Price List Quick Reference Guide

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Price ListQuick Reference Guide


• Price Lists are published 30 days ahead of effective date (eg. Oct04 price list will be available for download on Sep 1st, 2004 from http://www.explore.ms.

• Portal support: [email protected]

• Price Lists are published 30 days ahead of effective date (eg. Oct04 price list will be available for download on Sep 1st, 2004 from http://www.explore.ms.

• Portal support: [email protected]

http://www.explore.ms/

mailto:[email protected]






• 2 ways to improve processing time required to download price lists– Be one of the first – Use filters to narrow your search criteria

• 2 ways to improve processing time required to download price lists– Be one of the first – Use filters to narrow your search criteria




• Be one of the first – Explore.ms is a portal used by Microsoft

channel partners worldwide. As your business day commences ahead of everyone else, it is recommended that you download the price list at the beginning of your business day to avoid the heavy traffic

• Be one of the first – Explore.ms is a portal used by Microsoft

channel partners worldwide. As your business day commences ahead of everyone else, it is recommended that you download the price list at the beginning of your business day to avoid the heavy traffic




• Use filters to narrow your search criteria– By Program

• Select• Enterprise 5/6/Subscription• Campus 3/School 3

– By Price List Type• Full

– Report comprises of all products offered in the price list for the selected month

• Add/Change/Delete– Report comprises of:-

» Add – Products newly added to price list» Change – Change in Net Price/ERP to existing products in

price list» Delete – Products removed from price lists & no longer

orderable

• Use filters to narrow your search criteria– By Program

• Select• Enterprise 5/6/Subscription• Campus 3/School 3

– By Price List Type• Full

– Report comprises of all products offered in the price list for the selected month

• Add/Change/Delete– Report comprises of:-

» Add – Products newly added to price list» Change – Change in Net Price/ERP to existing products in

price list» Delete – Products removed from price lists & no longer

orderable




• To download all products (license + media) offered in the Select Corporate price list, choose the following criteria:-– Price List = Australia Direct to Reseller– Price List Type = Full– Effective Date = 2004-09-01– Program = Select– Offering = Full– License Agreement Type = Corporate– Level = All– Pool = All

• To download all products (license + media) offered in the Select Corporate price list, choose the following criteria:-– Price List = Australia Direct to Reseller– Price List Type = Full– Effective Date = 2004-09-01– Program = Select– Offering = Full– License Agreement Type = Corporate– Level = All– Pool = All




• DO NOT use Program = Fulfillment when selecting your criteria as the report will only return results of media offered for fulfilling an Open license

• Need help on building filters? Send in your requirements to [email protected] & cc [email protected]. We’ll be happy to provide you with the appropriate filters.

• DO NOT use Program = Fulfillment when selecting your criteria as the report will only return results of media offered for fulfilling an Open license

• Need help on building filters? Send in your requirements to [email protected] & cc [email protected]. We’ll be happy to provide you with the appropriate filters.








• Delivery (When to use which mode)– Display in Browser

• Only a maximum of 1,000 rows of result can be returned

• Do not use this mode when downloading the full price list

– Download Report File• Use this mode when downloading the full

price list each month

• Delivery (When to use which mode)– Display in Browser

• Only a maximum of 1,000 rows of result can be returned

• Do not use this mode when downloading the full price list

– Download Report File• Use this mode when downloading the full

price list each month




• Recommended Fields to Display in Report

• Recommended Fields to Display in ReportPrice List (Required) Version

ACD Indicator Product Family

Country Product Type

Part Number (Required) Language

Item Name Operating System

License Agreement Type Add Date

Program Change Date

Offering Delete Date

Level Currency

Unit Count Prior Net Price

Purchase Unit Current Net Price

Purchase Period Net Price Difference

Pool Estimated Retail Price

Name Differentiator




• Interpretation of Item Name• Interpretation of Item Name269-06937 Office Pro 2003 Win32 English Disk Kit

MVL CD

Product Family = Office Professional

Operating System =

32-Bit Win

Language = English

Product Type = Disk KitLicense Type =

Microsoft Volume License

Media = CD

Version = 2003




• Programs by Price List– Australia Direct to Reseller

• Select 4 Government license + media• Select 6 Corporate license + media• Select 6 Academic license + media• Enterprise 5 Corporate license + media• Enterprise 6 Corporate (Additional Products only) license +

media• Enterprise 6 Government license + media• Enterprise 6 Local Government license + media• Enterprise Subscription Corporate license + media• Enterprise Subscription Government license + media• Enterprise Subscription Local Government license + media• Campus 3 license + media• School 3 license + media

• Programs by Price List– Australia Direct to Reseller

• Select 4 Government license + media• Select 6 Corporate license + media• Select 6 Academic license + media• Enterprise 5 Corporate license + media• Enterprise 6 Corporate (Additional Products only) license +

media• Enterprise 6 Government license + media• Enterprise 6 Local Government license + media• Enterprise Subscription Corporate license + media• Enterprise Subscription Government license + media• Enterprise Subscription Local Government license + media• Campus 3 license + media• School 3 license + media




• Programs by Price List– Australia Direct to End User

• Enterprise 6 Corporate license + media• Enterprise 6 Government license + media• Enterprise 6 Local Government license + media• Enterprise Subscription Corporate license +

media• Enterprise Subscription Government license +

media• Enterprise Subscription Local Government

license + media

• Programs by Price List– Australia Direct to End User

• Enterprise 6 Corporate license + media• Enterprise 6 Government license + media• Enterprise 6 Local Government license + media• Enterprise Subscription Corporate license +

media• Enterprise Subscription Government license +

media• Enterprise Subscription Local Government

license + media




• Programs by Price List– New Zealand Direct to Reseller

• Select 6 Corporate license + media• Select 6 Academic license + media• Select 6 Government license + media• Enterprise 5 Corporate license + media• Enterprise 6 Corporate license + media• Enterprise 6 Government license + media• Enterprise Subscription Corporate license + media• Campus 3 license + media• School 3 license + media

• Programs by Price List– New Zealand Direct to Reseller

• Select 6 Corporate license + media• Select 6 Academic license + media• Select 6 Government license + media• Enterprise 5 Corporate license + media• Enterprise 6 Corporate license + media• Enterprise 6 Government license + media• Enterprise Subscription Corporate license + media• Campus 3 license + media• School 3 license + media




• Pricing for MSDN Additional Media is not published in the price lists available in Explore.ms. Please contact [email protected] if you wish to receive an updated copy of the price list.

• Pricing for MSDN Additional Media is not published in the price lists available in Explore.ms. Please contact [email protected] if you wish to receive an updated copy of the price list.






• Media with “Student Media” listed in the Item Description is actually the WAH media

• To download the WAH media price list, please follow the steps described on the next page

• Media with “Student Media” listed in the Item Description is actually the WAH media

• To download the WAH media price list, please follow the steps described on the next page




1. Login to http://www.explore.ms.2. Go to Products/Prices – Price List Details3. Select the following criteria:-

• Price List = Australia Direct to Reseller• Price List Type = Full• Effective Date = 2004-09-01• Program = All• Offering = Fulfillment• License Agreement Type = All• Level = All• Pool = All

1. Login to http://www.explore.ms.2. Go to Products/Prices – Price List Details3. Select the following criteria:-

• Price List = Australia Direct to Reseller• Price List Type = Full• Effective Date = 2004-09-01• Program = All• Offering = Fulfillment• License Agreement Type = All• Level = All• Pool = All






4. Click on Search to bring back the results of your search criteria.

5. Name your report & click OK.6. Go to Download Reports to export

the results to Excel.

4. Click on Search to bring back the results of your search criteria.

5. Name your report & click OK.6. Go to Download Reports to export

the results to Excel.




7. Open the report in Excel.8. Then go to Data – Filter – AutoFilter7. Open the report in Excel.8. Then go to Data – Filter – AutoFilter




9. Select the filter in the Item Name column.10.Go to Custom.9. Select the filter in the Item Name column.10.Go to Custom.




11. In the Custom AutoFilter, select the following criteria:-• Item Name contains *Student Media

12. Click on OK & the filtered results will display all WAH media.

11. In the Custom AutoFilter, select the following criteria:-• Item Name contains *Student Media

12. Click on OK & the filtered results will display all WAH media.


Price List (applicable to Australia Only) Quick Reference GuidePrice List (applicable to Australia Only) Quick Reference Guide• To distinguish between pricing for Federal

Government & State Government, please refer to “License Agreement Type”

• License Agreement Type = Government– Refers to Federal Government– 10% GST is applied to Net Price & not to ERP

• License Agreement Type = Local Government– Refers to State Government– 10% GST is applied to ERP & not to Net Price

• To distinguish between pricing for Federal Government & State Government, please refer to “License Agreement Type”

• License Agreement Type = Government– Refers to Federal Government– 10% GST is applied to Net Price & not to ERP

• License Agreement Type = Local Government– Refers to State Government– 10% GST is applied to ERP & not to Net Price


Questions?Questions?


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• Price List Fields– ACD Indicator

• Add – New product newly added to price list• Change – Change in Net Price/ERP to

existing products offered in price list• Delete – Products removed from price list &

no longer orderable

– Program• Refers to licensing program (eg. Select,

Enterprise 6)

• Price List Fields– ACD Indicator

• Add – New product newly added to price list• Change – Change in Net Price/ERP to

existing products offered in price list• Delete – Products removed from price list &

no longer orderable

– Program• Refers to licensing program (eg. Select,

Enterprise 6)




• Price List Fields– Offering

• Used to distinguish different pricing based on offering type within each licensing program

• Eg. MVLP (offered in Select), Additional Products (offered in Enterprise 6)

– Level• Pricing levels associated to different volume

of purchase• Levels available are A, B, C & D, where A is

the pricing level for the lowest volume

• Price List Fields– Offering

• Used to distinguish different pricing based on offering type within each licensing program

• Eg. MVLP (offered in Select), Additional Products (offered in Enterprise 6)

– Level• Pricing levels associated to different volume

of purchase• Levels available are A, B, C & D, where A is

the pricing level for the lowest volume




• Price List Fields– Purchase Unit

• Indicates what the price is specific to• Eg. Purchase Unit of “2 Year(s)” indicates

the price for the license of the product to a customer for a 2 year period

– Purchase Period• Refers to period remaining of the license

purchased (eg. 2 Year(s) Remaining

• Price List Fields– Purchase Unit

• Indicates what the price is specific to• Eg. Purchase Unit of “2 Year(s)” indicates

the price for the license of the product to a customer for a 2 year period

– Purchase Period• Refers to period remaining of the license

purchased (eg. 2 Year(s) Remaining




• Price List Fields– License Agreement Type

• Refers to nature of business the license is being priced for

• Eg. License Agreement Type = Corporate, this would be the pricing for licenses purchased for commercial use

– Pool• Specifies which pool the product is a part of for

contractual purposes of pricing level assignment• Pool names available: Application, System &

Server

• Price List Fields– License Agreement Type

• Refers to nature of business the license is being priced for

• Eg. License Agreement Type = Corporate, this would be the pricing for licenses purchased for commercial use

– Pool• Specifies which pool the product is a part of for

contractual purposes of pricing level assignment• Pool names available: Application, System &

Server




• Price List Fields– Product Family

• Identifies the common name for a product regardless of operating system, language, packaging, etc

• Examples: Office Professional, Exchange Server - Standard

– Product Type• Categorizes items based on their expected usage

characteristics• For example, a Standard license is a license that has

been packaged, priced, and is expected to be ultimately purchased by a user who has not purchased a previous version of that product

• Price List Fields– Product Family

• Identifies the common name for a product regardless of operating system, language, packaging, etc

• Examples: Office Professional, Exchange Server - Standard

– Product Type• Categorizes items based on their expected usage

characteristics• For example, a Standard license is a license that has

been packaged, priced, and is expected to be ultimately purchased by a user who has not purchased a previous version of that product




• Price List Fields– Unit Count

• Indicates how many “units” toward fulfillment of volume pricing commitment that 1 license of this item represents

• Price List Fields– Unit Count

• Indicates how many “units” toward fulfillment of volume pricing commitment that 1 license of this item represents

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