Microsoft Volume Licensing Overview

Microsoft Volume Licensing offers customized programs that are designed to meet the needs of your business. Tailored to the size and purchasing preference of your company, these programs provide simple, flexible, and affordable solutions that enable you to easily manage your licenses.

Just follow these steps to find the program that's right for your company.

Open License

The Open License program is designed for companies that have as few as five desktop PCs. The program provides a simple, flexible, and cost-effective way to acquire the latest Microsoft technology to meet your organization's needs and procurement procedures.

Select License

The Select License program is designed for corporate, government, and academic organizations that have 250 or more desktop PCs and mixed product and purchasing requirements. With Select License, your organization receives a volume price level for each pool of products selected (applications, systems, and servers) based on a three-year software forecast.

Enterprise Agreement

The Enterprise Agreement program is designed for businesses that have 250 or more desktop PCs. Enterprise Agreement enables you to improve workplace productivity by standardizing on your choice of Microsoft software for all desktops across your enterprise at discounted prices based on a three-year agreement term.

Enterprise Subscription Agreement

The Enterprise Subscription Agreement program is designed for corporations that have 250 or more desktop PCs. With Enterprise Subscription Agreement, your company can subscribe to—rather than purchase—Microsoft software licenses. Enterprise Subscription Agreement offers significant discounts off full retail prices, lower annual payments, and pricing flexibility to accommodate acquisitions and divestitures.

Step 2: Choose a Volume Licensing program

Volume Licensing Recommendation Tool

This tool can help you determine which Volume Licensing program may be right for your company.

Compare Volume Licensing Options

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This chart makes it easy to compare the benefits and features of Microsoft Volume Licensing programs.

Microsoft Product Licensing Advisor

This online tool provides Volume Licensing program comparisons and guidance, simplifies Microsoft product selection through a series of questions, and produces a downloadable report and estimated retail price (ERP) or recommended retail price (RRP) quote in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.

Step 3: Learn About Microsoft Financing

Microsoft Financing and its finance solutions partners provide affordable, innovative financing for organizations of any size, small or large. With programs for licensing and financing Microsoft solutions available in 12 countries, Microsoft Financing helps customers around the globe acquire the IT solutions they need to stay competitive.

	For global businesses whose IT requirements include software, services, partner solutions, and hardware, Microsoft Financing and Microsoft Certified Partners offer Total Solution Financing and Enterprise Financing.
	For organizations that already license software from Microsoft, Microsoft Financing and its finance solutions partners offer License Financing to enable businesses to preserve financing resources by spreading software costs over an extended period of time.
	Learn more about Total Solution Financing
	Learn more about Enterprise Financing
	Learn more about License Financing
	View frequently asked questions from customers

Step 4: Acquire Microsoft Volume Licenses

To take the next step toward acquiring Microsoft Volume Licenses, contact your Microsoft partner, speak with a Microsoft representative, or find an authorized reseller near you. If you are not currently working with a Microsoft partner, contact an authorized Microsoft reseller.