Software assurance is a comprehensive volume licensing program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help you deploy, manage. If you have software assurance on windows e3 per device. Depending on the microsoft volume licensing program you choose, you may still receive media plus have the option to acquire media or supplemental media, documentation and product support separately as needed. License mobility through software assurance gives microsoft volume licensing customers the flexibility to deploy eligible server applications with active software assurance on azure. Actual regional pricing and program discounts may apply. Assigning tangible value to a theoretical payoffthe commonly accepted definition of software assurance is a level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at anytime during its life cycle and that the software functions in the intended manner cnss 2006. Discounted microsoft products are available with or without software assurance. Software assurance benefits the enterprise agreement includes software assurance, microsofts enhanced maintenance program that helps you get the most out of your software investments. By not purchasing microsoft software assurance for onpremises products, you may actually increase your cloud bargaining power with microsoft the vendor knows that you are not locked in to one. The series pricing seems to be set to increase annually. Microsoft licensing 10% price increases and programme. Woody walton microsoft is always looking to increase the value of software assurance sa. Dec 11, 2017 microsoft s new unified support plan may result in price increases.
Software assurance spans microsofts range of software products and services, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, sql server. Since a lot of agreements come up for renewal in june, if customers renew sa on office, microsoft will give them relief from the price increase. Lets calculate the odds on the microsoft software assurance gamble. Under software assurance, companies pay 29 percent of the licensing cost for desktop products and 25 percent for server software per year. Software assurance working out costs over 4 year period. For example, purchasing a windows upgrade in an new enterprise agreement will cost the customer with less.
Microsoft to offer premium assurance for servers adding 6 years of patch support. Microsoft software assurance for volume licensing helps boost productivity across your organization by enabling you to get the most out of your microsoft software with 24x7 support, deployment planning services, enduser and technical training, and the latest software releases and unique technologies, all in one costeffective program. Use license advisor to research microsoft volume licensing products, programs and pricing. Microsoft to offer premium assurance for servers adding 6. Microsoft offers details on coming office 365 price hike for enterprise customers. Get a full quote that you can share with colleagues or your reseller.
Microsoft changes pricing and discounting policies for today. The software assurance spread payments benefit works with your budget and helps lower your initial licensing costs. Select the product and problem for which you need support. As a volume licensing customer, you can enhance your it investments further with software assurance benefits, which apply across a broad range of licensing agreements. How will recent microsoft price changes affect your organization. Use your benefits to help it staff efficiently deploy and manage microsoft office products and office 365 and get the newest software releases. To increase software solutions for microsoft dynamics 365 and nav. Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate deployment and improve enduser productivity. Maintain an available and responsive it infrastructure with asneeded support. Microsoft software assurance changes to favor fasttrack. This again is aimed at making the per user licensing option more attractive. Software assurance sa is a percentage of the license price, so the sa price will be affected if the license price increases. Microsoft recently announced a common endofsupport date for its microsoft desktop optimization pack tools, which also is a software assurance benefit.
Software pricing trends 28 january 2003 alvin park, jonathan mein document type. Pricing, i use multiple resellers but main ones are softcat. The addition of windows thin pc, wintpc for short, does just that. Beware hidden costs of microsoft s new windows server licensing the move to percore licensing could increase the costs of windows server substantially and impact software assurance customers as well. A customizable microsoft software purchase program that grants discounted access to microsoft training and certification solutions. Microsoft has clarified the more confusing elements of sql server licensing and extended major benefits to customers. Jul 08, 2014 if not, expect office 365 pricing increase microsoft will institute a 15% price hike for office 365 enterprise volume subscribers without a software assurance plan.
These will mean some actual price increases for a range of customers, primarily those in the midmarket space, and give a good indication of microsofts future plans. Microsofts new unified support plan may result in price. Nov 27, 20 software assurance working out costs over 4 year period. Software assurance benefits expire after two years. Organizations that have software assurance on top of their windows server 2012 licensing wont. An independent view of microsoft software license agreements. For desktop products mainly windows and office sa costs 29% of the license price each year. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. Using software assurance, microsoft has crafted a program that promises savings, while often costing businesses even more for software. Microsoft software assurance to offer fasttrack instead of. Microsoft sql server 2017 standard open business wsa 228. Microsoft license mobility through software assurance allows microsoft customers to move current onpremises microsoft server application workloads to amazon web services aws, without any additional microsoft software license fees. Google explains g suite price increase in context of. A costeffective program that grants access to specific software assurance elearning and instructorled training through your existing software assurance coverage.
Software assurance helps boost organizational productivity with 24x7 technical support, deployment planning services, enduser and technical training, exclusive technologies and rights, and the latest microsoft software releases and unique technologiesall in one costeffective program. Windows server is not permitted with or without software assurance, except on azure via azure hybrid benefit. A comprehensive program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help deploy, manage, and use microsoft products efficiently, software assurance helps keep your business up to date and ready to respond quickly to change and opportunity. Dec 12, 2017 microsoft s unified support plan will replace other microsoft technical support plans, including premier support, in about six months, and likely will result in substantial price increases for. Your software assurance manager can increase the number of available planning. The software assurance benefits calculator is an online tool to calculate estimated software assurance benefits that customers may be entitled to. Microsoft launched office 365 globally three years ago and since then has cut pricing for the suite of cloud apps. Find out about the basics of microsoft volume licensing programs, which include software assurance, shared source, open license, select license, select plus, enterprise agreement, enterprise subscription agreement, and product keys. With this software assurance benefit, there is no need to purchase new licenses and no associated mobility fees so, you can easily deploy existing licenses on the. Sep 18, 2019 microsoft software assurance changes to favor fasttrack. Toincrease software solutions for microsoft dynamics 365. The core premise behind sa is to give users the ability to spread payments over several years, while offering free upgrades to newer versions during that time period. Customers should refer to their agreements for a full understanding of their rights and obligations under microsoft s volume licensing programs. Software assurance provides you with the tools you need to do more with your microsoft it investments.
Savings exclude software assurance costs, which may vary based on volume licensing agreement. Instead of one upfront payment, you spread the costs of your volume licensing and software assurance purchase across three equal, annual sums, helping you forecast your technology budget up to three years in advance. Licensing programmes eligibility requirements microsoft azure. Currently gregor is focused on the design of the next generation of sa offerings for volume licensing. Software assurance swa is defined as the level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its lifecycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner. An alternative to software assurance are the new server subscriptions for azure which are available for 1 or 3 year terms. Microsoft will increase the pricing of remote desktop services. On the create an incident select a payment option page, select use my software assurance agreement. Software assurance microsoft s software assurance gives you automatic access to new technology and provides productivity benefits, support, tools, and training to help deploy and use software efficiently. Google explains g suite price increase in context of upgraded functionality. Microsoft offers details on coming office 365 price hike for. Companies paying around seven percent of annual software assurance cost for premier support will see a 25 percent to 30 percent cost increase for unified support, gartner calculated. The value and benefit gained under microsoft volume licensing programs and through use of microsoft software and services may vary by customer. Microsoft will be making some pricing and naming changes as of its october 2018 price list that will.
Or use the pricing calculator to add and configure a virtual machine. Select your platform and sql server edition from the os software list. Software assurance benefits calculated by this tool are an estimate only, and the results generated do not constitute an offer. Access to valuable benefits such as training, deployment planning, software upgrades, and product support can.
How to beat software vendors sneaky price increases. Microsoft will be raising the price of its user clientaccess licenses cals for a. Jul 26, 2018 microsoft acknowledges price increases coming for office 2019 and windows 10 enterprise users. Software assurance for volume licensing includes a range of benefits that span microsoft software and services. Microsoft hikes cost of licensing its software on rival. With open license business, customers can combine any set of microsoft products to qualify for the fivelicense minimum. Software assurance spans a broad range of microsoft software and services, including windows, microsoft. Software training for volume licensing customers microsoft docs. Mar 24, 2017 go to microsoft software assurance support page and click on submit request. Microsoft hikes cost of licensing its software on rival public clouds.
Increase overall user productivity with instructorled technical training. The result is an increase in the price of software assurance by as much as 44 percent. Microsoft licensing 10% price increases and program changes. Type your software assurance access id and email address you use to access the vlsc and click continue. How to beat software vendors sneaky price increases between complex licenses and the cloud, microsoft, oracle, and sap have lots of ways to hike up prices. Software assurance 4 by license type how to decide which 5 renewal is best for your organization consolidate your back software assurance cover. Windows server 2019 standard edition will see a 10% price increase while the rds device cal will increase by 30%, bring its pricing in line with the user cal. Microsoft certainly has enough revenue and market share in the world to provide their customers better pricing. This software assurance benefit allows correctly licensed users to remotely. How to decide which renewal is best for your organization. Appendix b software assurance microsoft volume licensing. Gartner is warning that microsoft s new unified support program for business users could result in higher costs for some.
He has been with microsoft for 15 years and has worked in multiple roles in licensing and engineering. Spa185198 in general, budgeting 5 percent annual increases should cover anticipated cost hikes for all new licenses purchased with or without software assurance through open and select programs. Microsoft software assurance sa is a microsoft maintenance program aimed at business users who use microsoft windows, microsoft office, and other server and desktop applications. Pricing overviewhow azure pricing works microsoft azure. The catch is that software assurance is required to take advantage of them. Microsoft software assurance for volume licensing software assurance renewal timing table of contents software assurance front renewal timing cover whats the value 23 of software assurance. Microsoft volume licensing reference guide microsoft download. Gregor kneitz is a senior product manager in microsoft licensing and pricing owning software assurance as a program. Unified support, with pricing based on an organizations software assurance payments, purportedly resulted in cost increases for organizations. They can be renewed by requesting a standalone software assurance product through techsoup up to 90 days before the end of the twoyear term, but not after the benefits have already expired. If not, expect office 365 pricing increase microsoft will institute a 15% price hike for office 365 enterprise volume subscribers without a software assurance plan. See stepbystep instructions in the vlsc software assurance guide pdf, 785 kb. Software assurance by benefit microsoft volume licensing. Most software companies increase pricing by 3 or 5%.
Software assurance benefits included with microsoft donations. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. In the case of some microsoft volume licensing programs, you may also purchase software assurance. Volume licensing guide microsoft select plus for academic. Microsoft to hike by percent its user clientaccess. Microsoft licensing 10% price increases and programme changes. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. Microsoft acknowledges price increases coming for office 2019. Your software assurance manager can increase the number of available planning services days by converting unused training voucher days in the volume licensing service center. Innovative software solutions for microsoft dynamics 365 and nav for manufacturing, architecture engineering, construction, and food companies. Pricing for eas is set by microsoft so there is no price difference between. This makes it possible to bring microsoft software licenses that do not have software assurance or license mobility benefits as long as the licenses are purchased prior to october 1, 2019 or added as a trueup under an active enterprise enrollment that was effective prior to october 1, 2019. If you only need to find out a cost estimate for a specific combination of sql server edition and virtual machine size, see the pricing page for windows or linux.
Models for assessing the cost and value of software assurance. When will you know what the government increase is going to be as it just states 3% to 18%. Actual savings may vary based on region, instance size, and performance tier. Microsoft to hike by percent its user clientaccess license prices as of august 1. If you are an aws customer, the information on this page which currently says you can use your own licensed microsoft software on dedicated infrastructure, even without software assurance.
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