Which Microsoft Licensing Option? Let Principal be your Guide
Your optimum choice of licensing for all Microsoft products depends on a variety of factors. Let Principal - your Microsoft Gold Certified Partner - talk you through the possibilities and work with you to select the most efficient, cost-effective buying method.
As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Principal is recognised by Microsoft to offer the highest level of competence and expertise using their technologies. Additionally, the certification is your assurance that Principal has the closest working relationship with them. You can be sure of the best advice from us, with access to the resources and support you need to succeed.
To choose the best licensing option for your organisation, you need first of all to understand the major characteristics of Microsoft’s licensing policies and programmes.
Areas for consideration include:
- The size, style and type of your company or organisation
- The products you need to license
- The way in which you plan to use and deploy those products
Microsoft Software Licensing Options: What are the types?
Full Packaged Product:
Full Packaged Product (FPP) is software which comes in shrink-wrapped box. FPP is for customers who have identified a need for a small quantity of software licenses. This might be your choice, and you can purchase full versions and upgrades of software through FPP.
Original Equipment Manufacturer or System Builder:
When you buy a computer with software legally preinstalled, you are acquiring Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and System Builder software licenses. Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows are examples of this type of software.
Volume Licensing
Microsoft Volume Licensing programs may be the right choice for your organisation if you need multiple copies of Microsoft software. Volume licensing is a flexible and economical way to acquire from five to thousands of licenses for software. Microsoft Volume Licensing programmes provide potentially substantial savings, ease of deployment, flexible acquisition, numerous payment options, and other benefits such as Software Assurance.
An important point to understand is that only Windows Client upgrades can be acquired through Volume Licensing; the full operating system license must be acquired as FPP or be preinstalled by an OEM or System Builder.
Microsoft Software: How we can help
The route map is simple: Evaluate – Acquire – Configure – Succeed!
We work with customers to tailor most Microsoft software and technologies to the needs of specific industries, as well as public sector organisations including schools and universities. We can evaluate recommendations for nearly any organisation type, whether a commercial enterprise or an academic not-for-profit or government organisation.
For smaller enterprises or organisations, the Open programs may provide a simple, cost effective way to acquire the latest Microsoft technology.
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