Microsoft Licensing

We are committed to supporting our customers with the best fit Microsoft licensing to enables digital transformation, empowering them to achieve more.

Microsoft Enterprise Agreement

Designed for organisations with more than 250 users and/or devices looking to licence 100% of their estate, the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) offers an annual payment that is fixed for a 3-year term on selected products. With the options of either purchasing software licences through Enterprise Agreement Enrolments or Enterprise Subscription programs, a pricing plan can be found to suit your budgetary requirements.

Flexibility at its finest

The EA enables you to adapt to changing and different user requirements – so you can add or remove licences when best fits your needs. By enabling the adjustment of licensing as required between traditional and cloud platforms, greater control can be gained to ensure your organisation is running as effectively as possible across all bases.

Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Benefits

Reduced purchasing complexity through simplified purchasing agreements and affiliate purchasing
Added value by offering ways to save money, realise more value from Software Assurance and make a seamless transition
Increased flexibility by cross-language use rights, training and evaluation software licences re-imaging rights and secondary use rights
Allows the migration of software into a cloud solution with on-premise, online or a hybrid software usage

Microsoft CSP Licensing

Microsoft’s Cloud Solutions Provider programme (CSP) is designed to offer customers a level of flexibility unlike any other Microsoft Agreement. CSP permits customers to scale up or down daily therefore easily catering for periods of additional licensing needs, all the while being fully guided and supported by Phoenix.

Microsoft CSP enables customers access to a range of cloud services to enhance their working environment and develop their Digital strategies. Key products available include Office 365, Microsoft 365, Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility and Security and Azure – the best thing is you only pay for what you use.

Phoenix offer our own online marketplace to not only facilitate CSP orders, but explore licence utilisation and reporting, display financial information, provide renewal reminders and useful Phoenix news articles. The Phoenix Solutions Platform (PSP) allows easy management, support and billing of licences and enables us to offer additional services to best support our customers and provide true additional value.

Microsoft CSP Flow

Microsoft Open & OVS

Offering low initial costs and the flexibility to increase or decrease licence usage on an annual basis, Microsoft Open Agreements are ideal for public sector and academic organisations with at least five PCs. With a modifiable platform and price advantages for volume purchasing, Open programs provide a simple, cost effective way to acquire the latest Microsoft technology – and start using Microsoft programs immediately

Open Value

Open Value can help you to simplify licence management, manage software costs and get better control over your investment. By including Software Assurance, this also provides access to valuable benefits such as training, deployment planning, software upgrades, and product support help you boost the productivity of your entire organisation.

Open Value Subscription

With the lowest up-front costs of the Open Program options, flexibility to reduce the total licensing costs in years when the desktop PC count declines, an Open Value Subscription is a great option for a smaller organisation. It also gives your organisation the rights to run the software throughout the organisation, but only during the term of the agreement with Microsoft.

Open License

Open License offers a pay-as-you-go payment plan, suitable for academic, charitable or government organisations. Additional licensed products can be purchased through Open License in any quantity at any time during the two-year agreement term, however, a minimum of five software licences must be purchased at the start of an Open License agreement.

OVS Licensing Benefits

Assists with the planning of the annual cost for software
Easily manage software licences and guarantee that the licences are still valid
The right to order other products using the Microsoft Open License
The price includes some telephone support
Use of the latest version of the product involved in the Microsoft platform without the need for additional procurement and payments
Software Assurance Benefits

Microsoft MPSA

The Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) offers more flexible purchasing options, so you have greater control in how you purchase. The MPSA is supported by streamlined, self-service tools, making it easier for you to manage your assets. Suited for organisations with 250 or more users, the MPSA is the best option for transactional purchases of Microsoft products and Online Services.

MPSA features

One simple agreement
The MPSA is a single agreement for your software, Online Services and Software Assurance purchases across your organisation. It can save you time and money by combining purchase points for the best price level and reducing the administrative overhead associated with managing multiple agreements.

Flexible, faster purchasing
Under your MPSA, you have the flexibility to define how you want to purchase (for example, by affiliate, division, department or any other group you define in your organisation), to choose and provision the solution your organisation needs. You are in control.

Easier asset management
The Microsoft Volume Licensing Center (MVLC) has an intuitive, easy to use interface so you can quickly view and generate reports on everything purchased under the MPSA. The MVLC also allows you to self-provision online services, more quickly download software, and access your volume licence keys more easily.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

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