` SOFTWARE ASSURANCE BENEFITS BY AGREEMENT Program Licensing Software Assurance 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft provides this material solely for informational purposes. Details may vary by geography. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. v13.105 SOFTWARE ASSURANCE Software Assurance (SA) is included in many Microsoft Licensing Programs, and is an optional purchase on others.SA contains a range of benefits which provide technology, services and support to manage the software lifecycle. SA benefits are managed through tools such as the Volume Licensing Service Center: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/home.aspx SOFTWARE ASSURANCE NOTES BY PRODUCT WINDOWS 7 FPP and OEM SA for Windows 7 Professional is available Additional Rights Organizations are entitled to the SA rights of the volume licensing program that they have purchased through The original OEM license is tied to the hardware, but the SA may be reassigned to a new PC provided that PC has a qualifying operating system MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 OEM only SA for Office Professional 2010 is available and gives rights to Office Standard 2010 Additional Rights If SA has been purchased on the Office OEM licenses organizations may reassign or transfer the license and SA together to an alternative or new machine WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 FPP and OEM SA for Windows Server 2008 R2 is available Both the server license and the CALs must be enrolled to get the full benefit of SA Additional Rights Entitled to the SA rights of the program they have purchased through The license and SA may be reassigned or transferredSA NOTES BY AGREEMENT TYPE Included or optional purchaseFPP/OEM enrolmentOther notes OpenOptionalwithin 90 daysSA must be added to volume licenses at time of purchase Open ValueIncludedwithin 90 days Select PlusOptionalwithin 90 daysFor SA Membership (SAM), organizations must buy SA on all software in chosen pool EA / ESAIncludedwithin 90 days OPEN SELECT AND SELECT PLUS OPEN VALUE SELECT PLUS SAM, EA, ESA New Version Rights rights to new software version releases Step-Up Licenses rights to purchase a license to migrate from Standard to Enterprise edition of certain products Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) rights to purchase these tools to help optimize desktops Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 SKU optimized for mid and large organizations Planning Services partner services to help deploy Microsoft technology License Mobility through SA enables deployment of licenses to service providers shared hardware Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) access virtual desktops from corporate PCs, or third party devices Windows Thin PC repurpose existing PCs as thin clients Office Roaming Use Rights remotely access Office, Project and Visio on third party devices TechNet Benefits through SA access to evaluation and beta software, support and training Microsoft Office Multi-Language Pack (MLP) a single Office image with support for 37 languages Training Vouchers technical training from Microsoft Certified Partners for Learning Solutions E-Learning flexible self-paced learning for users and technical staff Home Use Program rights to purchase Microsoft Office for employees to use at home 24x7 Problem Resolution Support business critical support by phone and Web Extended Hotfix Support (EHFS) specific non-security fixes for products out of mainstream support Cold Backups for Disaster Recovery an offline server can be moved into production in an emergency Enterprise Source Licensing Program access to Windows source code for internal development Spread Payments option to make annual payments rather than one up-front payment Further Microsoft Licensing handouts and exams: GetLicensingReady.com NEW PRODUCTS SPECIALIZED SUPPORT DEPLOYMENT TRAINING