After the software assurance benefit is activated, contact the software assurance benefits call center to request windows vista ultimate retail media and product keys. You can use software assurance to upgrade your software for free. Your software assurance benefits are activated in the volume licensing service center vlsc. Assurance sa benefits depending on their microsoft. Sep 07, 2012 its called the software assurance customer quickstart guide and its an extremely valuable 15 page overview that provides stepbystep instructions on how to activate, manage, and use each of the benefits that you have as a result of your volume licensing contract with microsoft.
Your software assurance benefits are activated in the volume licensing service center. Software assurance also offers other advantages, depending on how you activate and use the benefits. After you are signed in, youll find a complete list of your available software assurance benefits. If the administrator has not yet activated the 24x7 benefit in vlsc, there may be a delay of up to 48 hours before your 24x7 benefit can be used. Steps to activate software assurance benefits for your clients. If you are eligible, the following software assurance benefits are activated and managed in vlsc. Visual studio professional with msdn professional includes. Software assurance includes a core set of benefits to help improve workforce productivity, streamline software deployment, and reduce costs in a variety of ways across devices. For assistance with benefits activation, please contact the microsoft. Software assurance training benefit product catalog.
When courses are completed, the software assurance benefits administrators will receive an email to confirm each training delivered. How to activate your software assurance benefits microsoft. Sa is a real hit or miss solution depending on the companys needs. Redeem your microsoft software assurance training vouchers. Your software assurance benefits ate activated in the volume licensing service center. Entitlement summary for more details about software assurance entitlements through the mpsa, visit software assurance through mpsa. Indicates benefits that may also be available to customers licensed for microsoft intune andor windows vda subscription. Software assurance benefits are not the same as product licenses.
Contact the software assurance benefits call center. Guide to software assurance charity digital exchange. Software assurance coverage expires, may we still go to the training. Server 2012 r2 without software assurance is not that expensive. Microsoft partner network software licensing benefits faq. The point of buying it with software assurance, means you get upgrade rights when the next server version is released. Select view software assurance benefits, then select the benefit from the software assurance summary list. Technet benefits through software assurance volume licensing agreements signed after may 2014 are not eligible for technet through software assurance. 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. Microsoft today announced some forthcoming licensing changes designed to benefit its software.
Activate and use your microsoft software assurance training. 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. Mar 24, 2017 this will take you to the manage software assurance benefits page. The microsoft software assurance training voucher satv benefit offers classroom training options to help get your it staff uptospeed or boost their skills and knowledge on the latest microsoft operating systems, enterpriseready applications, and software development tools.
Your organizations software assurance benefits administrator receives an access id after clicking activate on the 24x7 benefit in the volume licensing service center vlsc. Software assurance membership sam is an integrated set of support services and benefits provided to all enterprise agreement ea customers and those select plus license customers who have selected the sam option for one or more product pools on their select plus enrollment or companywide option available under open value. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. Software assurance sa benefits, including rights to transfer licenses to service providers, maintain secondary instances for disaster recovery. Software assurance is a collection of benefits included with microsoft products requested through techsoup south africa. Before you can activate your software assurance benefits in the vlsc, your organization needs to provide you with software assurance manager permissions. Software assurance is a collection of benefits for microsoft products. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. For customers with software assurance, azure hybrid benefit for windows server allows you to use your onpremises windows server licenses and run windows virtual machines on azure at a reduced cost. Vlsc software assurance guide microsoft download center. Eligibility for software assurance benefits vary by offering and region and are subject to change. Software assurance how do i know my entitlement, how do i.
Enrollactivateuse your software assurance benefits. To activate your elearning training benefit, please follow the stepbystep instructions in this guide. Establish software assurance managers before you can use your software assurance benefits, your organization needs to identify and establish one or more individuals as software assurance managers using the vlsc. If you choose not to renew your license agreement and continue your software assurance coverage, you may proceed with taking the training course as long as the course date begins within 180 days following the expiration of your software assurance coverage. Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it applies. Appendix b software assurance microsoft volume licensing. Software assurance benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in it. Get genuine operating systems do not include software assurance benefits. Dec 06, 2015 if you do not have your access id, contact your software assurance benefits administrator or microsoft sales representative.
Volume licensing service center software assurance benefits. It provides the greatest flexibility for how your organization uses windows because it includes access to enterprise offerings and use rights that are not available through other licensing programs. See the table below for a summary of benefits provided by products that include software assurance. Once software assurance for windows 10 enterprise e3e5 comes to an end, customers have a 90day grace period to switch their current installation to windows 10 enterprise ltsb. To do this, they need to uninstall their windows 10 enterprise e3 e5 version and then deploy windows 10 ltsb. Save up to 40 percent on windows server virtual machines using your existing licenses and software assurance, and get all the benefits of cloud computing. Software assurance by benefit microsoft volume licensing. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. Vlsc software assurance elearning benefit activation guide. The windows client licenses granted through the microsoft partner network are upgrade licenses only. Accept the benefit terms, enter contact information and applicable domains for your organization and click activate benefit. For further details and instructions for using your software assurance benefits, download the vlsc software.
You can use the benefit with windows server datacenter and standard edition licenses covered with software assurance. Before you can activate your software assurance benefits, your organization will need to provide you with all the permissions granted to the software manager. Click on the licenseid under which you choose to activate your sa training voucher benefit and view the benefits for activation pane. Microsoft is making changes to their software assurance benefits. Software assurance entitles you to all available software upgrades, including. Once you have signed in, youll find a complete list of your available software assurance benefits. If you do not have your access id, contact your software assurance benefits administrator or microsoft sales representative.
Azure hybrid benefit for sql server is an azurebased benefit that enables customers to use sql server licenses with software assurance or qualifying subscription licenses to pay a reduced rate base rate on sql database vcorebased options, such as managed instance, vcorebased single database, and vcorebased elastic pool. How to use or renew your software assurance benefits techsoup. Microsoft upping software assurance and cloud licensing. You the customer or the installer are responsible to provide the ari codes for all products to be covered by. Sell software subscriptions through csp partner center. Benefits must be renewed before the sa expiration date. Software assurance upgrade benefits for licenses are automatic. The terms and conditions of your volume license agreement and the terms and conditions under which any. Activate the benefit first time only to enable the sa access id for the enrollment this.
These benefits include free software upgrades, office multilanguage packs, office suites for use at home, elearning courses, and more. Visual studio professional is an integrated development environment ide for individual developers and small teams. The frequently asked questions faqs for the volume. This will take you to the manage software assurance benefits page. May 16, 2008 check out the below for software assurance benefit overview, the benefits require activation, you will not see any benefit to having sa unless you go to mvls and activate your benefits, once activated you can redeem the benefit, so you can print off the training vouchers and use them at a ctech centre of your choice, maybe get a few of the it. Which software assurance benefits are activated and managed via vlsc. Product licenses do not expire and are valid for as long as you own the product. Microsoft software assurance offerings ftp directory listing hp.
Software assurance benefits included with microsoft donations. Your organizations software assurance benefits administrator receives an access id after clicking activate on the 24x7. Software assurance can help you lower the operating expenses for employee development, deployment, and support costs. 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. During my licensing session sunday at smb nation, one of the items we discussed was activating the software assurance benefits such as. Microsoft software assurance support incident submission.
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. Microsoft offers several volume licensing programs, each tailored to the needs of different sizes of businesses and types of organizations. Volume licensing guide enrollment for education solutions ees. Software assurance sa benefits expire after two years, though they can be renewed for a fee. Follow these steps to access your microsoft satv benefits. Windows 10 enterprise with or without software assurance, an. Apr 22, 2018 azure hybrid benefit for windows server. Spectralink software assurance is specifically designed to complement and protect your existing spectralink dect solution. Microsoft includes two years of software assurance with all volume licensing products it. Software assurance benefits expire after two years, though they can be renewed for a fee up to 90 days before the date they. Azure hybrid benefit for windows server azure windows. Depending on the edition, you can convert or reuse your licenses to run windows server virtual machines in azure and pay a lower base compute rate linux virtual machine rates, for example. Below is a list of software assurance benefits that you may be eligible for based on your ees purchases. These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software assurance benefits obtained through other channels.
What you need to know about the latest microsoft sa changes. Select the licensing agreement number under which you wish to activate your satv benefit and view the benefits available for activation pane. Microsoft upping software assurance and cloud licensing benefits. Click elearning application, elearning system, or elearning server. To apply these usage licenses to computers within your environment, each of the computers must have a preexisting, qualifying operating system license that is, a license for windows xp professional, windows vista business, windows 7 professional, or windows 8 pro.
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