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Understanding & Choosing Open Value Subscription SKU’s

Open Value Subscription license provides “rental rights to use software” – the end customer can buy out at the end of the
agreement, renew or uninstall all products acquired under Open Value Subscription. These are Subscription licenses as apposed
to Perpetual customer do not own Subscription Licenses.

Option 1: CompanyWide Platform


Open Value Subscription companywide requires a customer purchase a minimum of one product ‘companywide’ from within
each of the 3 product families: Operating System, Office and Client Access License. When Licensing CompanyWide, all other
products (outside of those listed in the CompanyWide Platform Product chart below), i.e. Server products, may be licensed in
any quantity within an Open Value agreement and are referred to as ‘additional products’. CompanyWide Platform products are
counted and ordered once a year on Anniversary.

How to read Company Wide Platform SKU’s


79P-02338 OfficeProPlus ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Yr Pltfrm OVS PLA NON 1Y NON CRP $317.00
ALNG All Language PLA CompanyWide Platform
1Yr / 1Y Paying for 1 Year CRP Corporate
Pltfrm CompanyWide Platform LicSAPk License and Software Assurance

Company Wide Platform Rules


• Can choose from the DesktopPro or Small Business Bundled SKU’s OR design a Platform from the options below
• Can choose a MIXTURE of product family from OS category
• Can choose a MIXTURE of product family from the Office category
• Choose ONLY ONE product family from the CAL category
• Note: Operating Systems and Office components must equal the number of qualified desktops and with therefore equal each
other. While the number of the CAL Component can be the same or greater allowing for other devices such as Windows
Smart Phones to access the network.

CompanyWide “Platform” Products


Family Products
Operating Vista Business Upgrade
System Vista Business Upgrade – with MDOP Choose 1 or a mixture from this category

Office Office Professional Plus


Office Small Business Choose 1 or a mixture from this category
Office Enterprise
Client Access Core CAL
License Enterprise CAL

Windows Small Business Server Standard CAL (can Mix SBS Cal editions) Choose 1 component
Windows Small Business Server Premium CAL only from this category
Essential Business Server Standard CAL (can Mix EBS Cal Editions)
Essential Business Server Premium CAL

Option 2: CompanyWide Non Platform


Open Value Companywide is for organisations wishing to standardise software on each PC in the company. License one or two
Platform Component products (for each qualifying desktop in the company). CompanyWide Platform products are counted and
ordered once a year on Anniversary.

How to read CompanyWide Non Platform SKU’s


269-09648 OfficeProPlus ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Yr Ent OVS CUS NON 1Y NON CRP $334.00
ALNG All Language CUS CompanyWide Non Platform
1Yr / 1Y Paying for 1 Year CRP Corporate
Ent Company Wide Non Platform LicSAPk License and Software Assurance
Option 3: Non CompanyWide
Non CompanyWide (Additional Products) can be added to an Open Value Subscription agreement for products like Visio or
Server Products, but cannot be subscripted to by them selves. Non CompanyWide products are ordered in the month they are
deployed.

How to read Non CompanyWide SKU’s

D86-02606 VisioStd ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Yr AP OVS ACP NON 1Y NON CRP $196.00
ALNG All Language ACP Additional Product
1Yr / 1Y Paying for 1 Year CRP Corporate
AP Non CompanyWide LicSAPk License and Software Assurance

Up to Date SKU’s
Open Value Subscription customers are entitled to a first-year Up to Date Discount (UTD) of 50% for the latest version and/or
latest version minus 1 of CompanyWide or CompanyWide Platform offering software for past purchases of software from other
licensing programs including OEM, FPP and Open Business. Up to Date SKU is used for the first year 1 payment only, year 2
onwards revert to the Company Wide or Company Wide Platform SKU’s above.

How to read Up to Date SKU’s

269-09649 OfficeProPlus ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Yr UTD OVS UTD NON 1Y NON CRP $167.00
ALNG All Language CRP Corporate
1Yr / 1Y Paying for 1 Year LicSAPk License and Software Assurance
UTD Up to Date

Buy Out SKU’s


Open Value Subscription customers can choose to Buy Out their ALL their CompanyWide or CompanyWide Platform products
counted in the last year of the agreement or any quantity of Non CompanyWide products ordered during the last year of the
Agreement. Orders must be placed within 30 days prior to the Agreement expiry. Buy Out SKU’s are License (L), however
customers who purchase the buy out SKU can continue to enjoy the SA benefits by purchasing SA through Open, or Open Value
under a new agreement.

How to read Buy Out SKU’s

79P-02388 OfficeProPlus 2007 ALNG OLV NL Each Pltfrm OVS PLA NON EA NON CRP $555.00
79P-01549 OfficeProPlus 2007 ALNG OLV NL Each Ent OVS CUS NON EA NON CRP $584.00
ALNG All Language CRP Corporate
1YR / 1Y Paying for 1 Year Pltfrm / PLA CompanyWide Platform
Each / EA Buy Out Ent / CUS CompanyWide Non Platform

Additional Resources:
 Microsoft New Zealand Licensing Web site: www.microsoft.com/nz/licensing
 Microsoft New Zealand Partner Web: https://partner.microsoft.com/nz
 Software Assurance web site: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/sa
 Product List: http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/PL.aspx

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