Understanding & Choosing Open Value Subscription SKUs

Open Value Subscription license provides rental rights to use software the end customer can buy out at the end of the
agreement, renew or uninstall all products acquired under Open Value Subscription. These are Subscription licenses as apposed
to Perpetual customer do not own Subscription Licenses.

Option 1: CompanyWide Platform

Open Value Subscription companywide requires a customer purchase a minimum of one product companywide from within
each of the 3 product families: Operating System, Office and Client Access License. When Licensing CompanyWide, all other
products (outside of those listed in the CompanyWide Platform Product chart below), i.e. Server products, may be licensed in
any quantity within an Open Value agreement and are referred to as additional products. CompanyWide Platform products are
counted and ordered once a year on Anniversary.

How to read Company Wide Platform SKUs

79P-02338
ALNG
1Yr / 1Y
Pltfrm

OfficeProPlus ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Yr Pltfrm

All Language
Paying for 1 Year
CompanyWide Platform

OVS PLA NON 1Y NON CRP

$317.00

PLA
CompanyWide Platform
CRP
Corporate
LicSAPk License and Software Assurance

Company Wide Platform Rules

Can choose from the DesktopPro or Small Business Bundled SKUs OR

design a Platform from the options below
Can choose a MIXTURE of product family from OS category
Can choose a MIXTURE of product family from the Office category
Choose ONLY ONE product family from the CAL category
Note: Operating Systems and Office components must equal the number of qualified desktops and with therefore equal each
other. While the number of the CAL Component can be the same or greater allowing for other devices such as Windows
Smart Phones to access the network.

CompanyWide Platform Products

Family
Operating
System

Products
Vista Business Upgrade
Vista Business Upgrade with MDOP

Office

Office Professional Plus

Office Small Business
Office Enterprise

Client Access
License

Choose 1 or a mixture from this category

Choose 1 or a mixture from this category

Core CAL
Enterprise CAL
Windows Small Business Server Standard CAL
Windows Small Business Server Premium CAL

(can Mix SBS Cal editions)

Essential Business Server Standard CAL

Essential Business Server Premium CAL

(can Mix EBS Cal Editions)

Choose 1 component
only from this category

Option 2: CompanyWide Non Platform

Open Value Companywide is for organisations wishing to standardise software on each PC in the company. License one or two
Platform Component products (for each qualifying desktop in the company). CompanyWide Platform products are counted and
ordered once a year on Anniversary.

How to read CompanyWide Non Platform SKUs

269-09648
ALNG
1Yr / 1Y
Ent

OfficeProPlus ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Yr Ent

All Language
Paying for 1 Year
Company Wide Non Platform

OVS CUS NON 1Y NON CRP

CUS
CRP
LicSAPk

CompanyWide Non Platform

Corporate
License and Software Assurance

$334.00

Option 3: Non CompanyWide

Non CompanyWide (Additional Products) can be added to an Open Value Subscription agreement for products like Visio or
Server Products, but cannot be subscripted to by them selves. Non CompanyWide products are ordered in the month they are
deployed.

How to read Non CompanyWide SKUs

D86-02606
ALNG
1Yr / 1Y
AP

VisioStd ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Yr AP

OVS ACP NON 1Y NON CRP

All Language
Paying for 1 Year
Non CompanyWide

ACP
CRP
LicSAPk

$196.00

Additional Product
Corporate
License and Software Assurance

Up to Date SKUs
Open Value Subscription customers are entitled to a first-year Up to Date Discount (UTD) of 50% for the latest version and/or
latest version minus 1 of CompanyWide or CompanyWide Platform offering software for past purchases of software from other
licensing programs including OEM, FPP and Open Business. Up to Date SKU is used for the first year 1 payment only, year 2
onwards revert to the Company Wide or Company Wide Platform SKUs above.

How to read Up to Date SKUs

269-09649
ALNG
1Yr / 1Y
UTD

OfficeProPlus ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Yr UTD

All Language
Paying for 1 Year
Up to Date

OVS UTD NON 1Y NON CRP

CRP
LicSAPk

$167.00

Corporate
License and Software Assurance

Buy Out SKUs

Open Value Subscription customers can choose to Buy Out their ALL their CompanyWide or CompanyWide Platform products
counted in the last year of the agreement or any quantity of Non CompanyWide products ordered during the last year of the
Agreement. Orders must be placed within 30 days prior to the Agreement expiry. Buy Out SKUs are License (L), however
customers who purchase the buy out SKU can continue to enjoy the SA benefits by purchasing SA through Open, or Open Value
under a new agreement.

How to read Buy Out SKUs

79P-02388

OfficeProPlus 2007 ALNG OLV NL Each Pltfrm

OVS PLA NON EA NON CRP

$555.00

79P-01549

OfficeProPlus 2007 ALNG OLV NL Each Ent

OVS CUS NON EA NON CRP

$584.00

ALNG
1YR / 1Y
Each / EA

All Language
Paying for 1 Year
Buy Out

CRP
Pltfrm / PLA
Ent / CUS

Additional Resources:

Microsoft New Zealand Licensing Web site: www.microsoft.com/nz/licensing

Microsoft New Zealand Partner Web: https://partner.microsoft.com/nz
Software Assurance web site: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/sa
Product List: http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/PL.aspx

Corporate
CompanyWide Platform
CompanyWide Non Platform