Software assurance benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in it. These changes will take place over two years, starting in february 2020. Sign in to access the volume licensing service center. For general questions, please contact your microsoft account team or use the drop down menu below for programspecific information and resources. Microsoft vlsc software assurance guide welcome to software assurance software assurance for volume licensing offers a range of tools and resources to help your company deploy, manage, and maximize your volume licensing purchases. Organisations such as businesses that purchase software through microsoft volume licensing must normally purchase software assurance as a separate option. Software assurance training benefit product catalog.
Apr 03, 2010 software assurance is an agreement between your company and microsoft. Payments are handled through the software assurance voucher benefit savb online payment tool. To help verify your companys eligibility to enroll in a specific planning services engagement. This will take you to the manage software assurance benefits page. For assistance with benefits activation, please contact the microsoft. Microsoft assurance software is a program that was introduced in 2002 to help users deploy and support microsoft windows, microsoft office and. In support of the nonprofit community, microsoft has generously included software assurance with virtually all of its product donations through the donation program. Software assurance is a collection of benefits for microsoft products. Microsoft includes two years of software assurance with most volume licensing products it donates through techsoup canada. How to contact microsoft with my assure plan microsoft. Microsoft announced retirement of software assurance deployment planning services and software assurance training voucher benefits on september, 2019.
Software assurance by benefit microsoft volume licensing. Microsoft updates to software assurance sa, beginning. Software assurance includes home use rights, but you would have contact your it department about that. Software assurance planning services helps guide your customers through the deployment and business value planning stages of software implementation. Software assurance spans a broad range of microsoft software and services products, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, system center, sql server, microsoft azure, and many others. Microsoft home use program a guide for software assurance customers send email invites if administrators turn off autoclaim for a product, they can still send email invitations to individual employees. Sign in to the volume licensing service center to verify your eligibility for phone or email support benefits entitled through software assurance. If you do not have your access id, contact your software assurance benefits administrator or microsoft sales representative. These benefits include free software upgrades, office multilanguage packs, office suites for use at home, and more. Software assurance is included with some microsoft products available through techsoup, but it can also be requested on its own. First, it gives organizations the rights to use microsofts newer emerging software if an organization is still covered by sa for that. Software assurance helps keep your business up to date with a unique set of technologies, and services, and rights to maximize your microsoft investment. Access includes software assurance charity digital.
Software assurance spans microsoft s range of software products and services, helping you get the most out of your microsoft investment. So with windows 7, those customers that have software assurance on their windows desktop operating system licenses get first access to the windows 7 code for deployment through the volume license service center download site. Were fully retiring deployment planning services from software assurance in january 2022. Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate deployment and improve enduser productivity. Make sure that you choose the correct country youre in to be able to contact the appropriate support for your location. Software assurance planning services in partner center. Sep 04, 2009 first, having software assurance means you get first access to the new versions when they become available. Your organizations software assurance benefits administrator receives an access id after clicking activate on the 24x7 benefit in the volume licensing service center vlsc. The volume licensing service center vlsc gives you easy access to. Microsoft licensing is the single largest it expense for many. Jun 14, 2016 microsoft provides helpful selfaudit tools and reports to quantify and assess software assurance benefit utilization, but you may need to engage your it department to ensure that you are not utilizing some of these rights e. Software assurance for volume licensing includes a range of benefits that span microsoft software and services. Microsoft will send an email welcoming your organisation to the vlsc. How long does my microsoft software assurance last.
Participation in software assurance programs, including software assurance training vouchers satv and planning services, provides you an opportunity to grow your business with microsoft enterprise customers. You may check this link on how you can contact microsoft software assurance about your plan. The phased retirement of software assurance deployment planning services benefit. Software assurance is optional and cloud services are not available. First, having software assurance means you get first access to the new versions when they become available. You will see a green check mark next to any requirements or competencies you have already. Nov 07, 2011 microsoft is leveraging the immediacy and urgency of security updates to force customers into paying for software assurance. Microsoft software assurance is a gamble on whether potential upgrades will be worth the expense. To submit an invoice to microsoft through savb, follow the instructions in step 8 of the workflow. Get genuine operating systems do not include software assurance benefits. Microsoft products and services agreement mpsa customers should use the business center. Microsoft software assurance support incident submission. How to activate your software assurance benefits microsoft.
Software assurance benefits are not the same as product licenses. As a software assurance training vouchers partner, microsoft will compensate you to provide instructorled, technical classroom training. Microsoft could face a backlash from users if changes to its software assurance licensing scheme, due to be announced next month, do not address cost and value concerns. Microsoft provides helpful selfaudit tools and reports to quantify and assess software assurance benefit utilization, but you may need to engage your it department to ensure that you are not utilizing some of these rights e. Apr 21, 2020 assure software support is a subscription service that gives you one year of assisted technical software support on up to five personal devices, and oneonone inperson training, as often as you need it. After redeeming planning services vouchers, you must invoice microsoft for payment.
Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate deployment and. Expert offers tips on microsofts software assurance program. Effective july 1, 2016, in markets where the mpsa is available, microsoft no longer accepts new orders and software assurance renewals through existing commercial select plus agreements at the customers next agreement anniversary date. To renew your software assurance benefits, request a standalone software assurance product through techsoup up to 90 days before your original benefits expire. During registration, provide the same business or organization email address that was referenced in the access notification email you received. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. Microsoft assurance software is a program that was introduced in 2002 to help users deploy and support microsoft windows, microsoft office and related server desktop applications. View your relationship summary and license summary details. These help boost productivity by providing training to ensure effective and efficient deployment, management, support, and adoption of new microsoft software without impacting your training budget. Type your software assurance access id and email address you use to access the vlsc and click continue. After you receive this email, youll be able to follow the steps in the first email you received from charity digital exchange to obtain your donation through the vlsc. Access all your licensing information in one location.
Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it applies. On microsoft home use program page, select manage benefit, and then select the product. 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. Apr 04, 2019 microsoft home use program a guide for software assurance customers send email invites if administrators turn off autoclaim for a product, they can still send email invitations to individual employees. Gregor kneitz, who is a microsoft senior product manager for volume license programs will provide information about these benefits and will answer your questions about how to access it. You can get support at a microsoft store, or call microsoft, or contact us online. This email will indicate that microsoft has accepted your license agreement. The slick and sharp looking sorftware are there to help you achieve the maximum productivity in no time, similar to other office software but better. Software assurance spans microsoft s range of software products and services, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, sql server, and many others. This will take you to the software assurance benefit details page.
If you dont want to go that route, you can purchase an additional license if you want. Software assurance programs partner center microsoft docs. Microsoft software assurance big risk for a small reward. The home use benefit is managed through the vlsc by the person with the software assurance manager role. How to use or renew your software assurance benefits techsoup. Select the product and problem for which you need support. Software assurance sa benefits, including rights to transfer licenses to service providers, maintain secondary instances for disaster recovery. Dit uitgebreide programma omvat een unieke set technologieen, services en rechten om u te helpen microsoftproducten op een efficiente. Users will no longer be able to upgrade from previous versions of their microsoft software unless they join this controversial scheme. Software assurance is an agreement between your company and microsoft. Is foregoing of software assurance the right option for your company. Click on the license id for which you want to manage 24. Software assurance spans microsofts range of software products and services, helping you get the most out of your microsoft investment. Microsoft includes two years of free software assurance with most volume licensing products it donates through techsoup.
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. Software assurance for volume licensing includes a range of benefits that span microsoft. 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. After you have signed a licensing agreement that includes software assurance, you will need to activate many of your benefits online before you can begin using them.
By delivering planning services engagements, you have the opportunity to generate more leads, drive enterprise agreement renewals, and get paid by microsoft. Microsoft is leveraging the immediacy and urgency of security updates to force customers into paying for software assurance. Software assurances training benefit provides technical training through the software assurance training vouchers satv program. Microsoft home use program a guide for software assurance. On the create an incident select a payment option page, select use my software assurance agreement. Ninety days prior to expiration, your vlsc account owner should receive an email from microsoft saying that the benefits are expiring soon. 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. Software assurance sa benefits, including rights to transfer licenses to service providers, maintain secondary instances for disaster recovery, and stepup licenses to higher product editions. Microsofts software assurance programme is now running. Windows 7 enterprise the benefits of having software assurance. Benefits scenarios planning services training vouchers elearning 24x7 problem resolution support. Microsoft s software assurance programme is now running. Software assurance training benefits help boost productivity by providing indepth, instructorled technical classroom training for it professionals and developers, and opportunities to enhance enduser readiness, all designed to ensure effective and efficient deployment, management, support and adoption of new microsoft software without.
Assure software support is a subscription service that gives you one year of assisted technical software support on up to five personal devices, and oneonone inperson training, as often as you need it. 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. Mpsa customers sign in to the microsoft business center. Mar 24, 2017 go to microsoft software assurance support page and click on submit request. Software assurance benefits sa provides three benefits. Licensing guide software assurance at a glance multiplexing client access client brief. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. Microsoft is updating software assurance sa through changes to sa benefits, starting in february 2020. Go to microsoft software assurance support page and click on submit request.
Administrators can deploy software to many users at once with volume activation take control of a remote computer or virtual machine over a network connection with terminal services place voice calls using the lync client or skype for business client, initiate a call from the contact list by typing a name or number, or use a dial pad to. Get answers to frequently asked questions about software assurance. Product licenses do not expire and are valid for as long as you own the product. Learn about microsoft software assurance tools and resources that can help your company deploy. Open value subscription for education solutions is a commitmentbased microsoft volume licensing agreement for academic organizations with five or more ftes or students that want to license organizationwide. The home use program is a software assurance benefit available to microsoft volume licensing customers with active software assurance coverage on their office applications. Software assurance spans a broad range of microsoft software and services, including windows, microsoft. Sign into the partner center dashboard select mpn from the menu, then select programs select software assurance enrollment select the planning services program enrollment tab at the top of the page. Click on the licenseid under which you choose to activate your sa training voucher benefit and view the benefits for activation pane.
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