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Price Decrease for Skype for Business Plus Client Access License add-on to Enterprise Cloud Suite 2 u

SQL Server 2016 3 u

O365 Lockbox Available for Education 3 u

SQL Server 2014 Developer being discontinued 3 u

Windows Server and Systems Centre 2016 Licensing Changes 4 u

Upgrade to Office 365 Plan E5 Promotional Step Up 5 u

Windows Roaming Rights Removed 6 u

Visual Studio Professional MSDN - Enterprise MSDN Step-up Promotion for 60 days ONLY - NEW 6 u

Welcome to Windows 10 Promo extended to 30th June 2016 - NEW Extension 7 u

Select Plus is Retiring for Existing Customers - NEW : PLEASE READ IF THIS AFFECTS YOU 7 u

Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) inc Multi Year & Short Term subscriptions 8 u

Enterprise Agreement - Enterprise Cloud Suite and Server Cloud Suite 9 u

Changes to the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) - NEW 9 u

Schools Discount now available via a MoU 10 u

FastTrack Adoption for O365 and EMS Helping with your Migration - NEW DON'T MISS OUT 10 u

MPSA Portal Changing to Business Centre Portal - EFFECTIVE 16th May 11 u

Increase your ROI with adding Insight Direct as your Partner of Record (POR) 11 u

Software Assurance Activation, Deployment and Managing - Book your live session now 12 u

Product Licensing and Use Rights Search 12 u

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As of March 2016 Cloud Add-ons will be available for Project and Visio customers. Add-ons enable hybrid customer scenarios through enablement of cloud services while retaining the licensing security of their traditional on premise licenses and active Software Assurance. With Project and Visio Cloud Add-ons, any EA/EAS, OV/OVS or MPSA customer can leverage their existing on-premise Project or Visio licenses as a starting point to get great pricing on Project Online w/ Project Pro for O365, Project Pro for O365, Project Online and Visio Pro for O365, through an easy Cloud Add-on purchasing model.With Project and Visio Cloud Add-ons, a customer’s underlying on-premise licensing position does not change. Customers continue to license their users and devices like they always have, and receive all of their corresponding SA benefits - including new version rights.The Project and Visio Cloud Add-ons are available to all new, mid-term/current and renewing Project Professional, Project Standard, Project CAL, Visio Professional and Visio Standard customers. The offer is available to all corporate, and government accounts. Customers have several options to add cloud services on top of their existing Project and Visio on-premise licenses.

The cloud Add-ons available to a specific customer is

determined by that customer’s underlying license position.

Act now as between 1st March and 30th June 2016 MS are offering a 20-30% off on Project and Visio Cloud Add-ons. Targeted customer segments include Commercial and Government. This

offer will be available in the EA, EAS, OLV, OVS, MPSA, and WWGP programs.

Project and Visio Cloud Add-ons Available for Customers

NEWNOW available

Offer: 20-30% off on Project Online w/ Project Pro for O365, Project Pro for O365, Visio Pro for O365.

Eligibility: Standard Add-on eligibility requirements: Must have underlying Project and/or Visio SA license.

Program(s): EA, EAS, OLV, OVS, MPSA, WWGP

Geography: Worldwide

Promo Dates: 1st March - 30th June 2016

20-30% OFF

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Price Decrease for Skype for Business Plus Client Access License Add-on to Enterprise Cloud Suite NEW

As of the 1st March 2016, the pricing of the Skype for Business Plus Client Access License (CAL) Add-on to Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS) is being lowered to match pricing for the Skype for Business PlusCAL Add-on. Pricing for the Skype for Business Plus CAL Add-on to ECS will be aligned to the Skype for BusinessPlus CAL Add-on to E3.

This alignment results in a price decrease of approximately 15 percent for the Skype for Business Plus CAL Add-in to ECS.

1st MAR

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The newest public preview of SQL Server 2016 is now available for download. It is the biggest leap forward in Microsoft’s data platform history with real-time operational analytics, rich visualisations on mobile devices, built-in advanced analytics, new advanced security technology, and new hybrid cloud scenarios.

SQL Server 2016NEW

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O365 Lockbox available for Education

Effective as of the 1st March 2016 Microsoft will make O365 Customer Lockbox available to EDU customers. Customer Lockbox gives customers explicit control in the very rare instances when a Microsoft engineer may need access to customer content to resolve a customer issue.

NEW

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SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition being Discontinued

As of 31st March 2106 SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition is being discontinued as a paid Volume Licensing program offering and instead, will be made available as part of the (free) Visual Studio Dev Essentials program.

SQL Server Developer Edition license offerings will no longer be sold in Volume Licensing.

NEW 31st MAR

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What’s changing?The licensing of the Datacentre and Standard Editions will move from processors to physical cores, aligning with the licensing model for SQL. The minimum license requirement will be 8 cores per processor, 16 cores each server. Licenses for Servers with 8 cores or less per proc will be the same price as the 2012 R2 two-proc license price. Core licenses will be sold in packs of 2 for incremental licenses and you will need above the required 8 cores per processor.

Why are MS making these change and how will it affect you? The reason for the change is to evolve Microsoft server licensing and to support the hybrid cloud. Following the October announcement of the Azure hybrid use benefit, allowing customers to run up to 2 instances on up to 8 cores each or 1 instance on up to 16 cores in Azure for each Windows Server Standard or Datacentre 2 processor license with SA, Microsoft wanted to simplify licensing by applying a single licensing model for on premise and cloud rather that the current separates. As an Enterprise customer, you will be able to continue to purchase processor licenses through to the end of the term of your agreement and when you reach the end of your agreement term, your processor licenses will be exchanged for core licenses and you can renew their SA on core licenses.

Number of 2-core pack licenses needed (minimum 8 cores/processor : 16 cores/server)

Physical cores per processor2 4 6 8 10

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Existing Office 365 E3, E4, and ECS Customers with From SA or Full USL SKUs will be eligible for a limited time promotion to upgrade to E5. Between 1st December 2015 and 30th June 2016, you can take advantage of this offer by getting 15% off on your step up to E5 from E3/E4 or E5 Add-on to ECS. Available in the EA, EAS, WWGP programs. Targeted customer segments include Commercial and Government customers. As of 1st December 2015, the new premium Office 365 Enterprise Suite E5 step up, will be introduced into the Microsoft Online Service family. E5 step up will encompass the core value of the modern productivity and collaboration capabilities Office 365 provides today, as well as significant new capabilities including Skype for Business services for real-time communication such as Cloud PBX and PSTN Conferencing, new analytics features like Power BI Pro and Delve Organisational Analytics, and new advanced security features such as eDiscovery, Customer Lockbox, and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP).The full suite for Office 365 E5 without the step up option released now.

Eligibility: Must be coming from an existing license E3, E4, or ECS

Program(s): EA, EAS, WWGP

Geography: Worldwide

Promo Dates: 1st Dec 2015 through to 30th June 2016

NEW ENTERPRISE VALUE IN OFFICE 365 E5SKYPE POWER BI SECURITY

BUILT FOR TEAMS AND NETWORKS

PERSONAL AND ORG INSIGHTS

PEOPLE CENTRIC SECURITY

Complete meeting solution including PSTN Conferencing

Live business analytics & visualisation in one place with

Power BI Pro

Customer-controlled data access with Customer Lockbox

Call managment with your Cloud PBX

Team & organisational insights with Delve Analytics

Secure attachments and URLs with Advanced Threat Protection

PSTN Calling offers plans with minutes directly from Microsoft

Enhanced legal & compliance search with Equivio Analytics for eDiscovery

Upgrade to Office 365 Plan E5 Promotional Step Up NOW available

NOW

15% OFF

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Windows Roaming Rights Removed

As of the February 2016 Product Terms, Roaming Rights for Windows Enterprise and Windows VDA has now been discontinued. As of January 31st, 2017 or the end of a customer’s existing Enrolment or Agreement term, whichever is later. Roaming Rights Retirement for Windows Enterprise and Windows VDA Customers with active SA for Windows Enterprise or Windows VDA retain Roaming Rights through the later of: � the end of their existing Enrolment or Agreement term, or

� January 31, 2017

With Roaming Rights, the Primary User of a licensed devices has the right to access his or her virtual desktop from any remote third party device, as explained in the same document: Roaming Rights: An SA benefit that permits the Primary User of a Licensed Device certain access and use rights. The Primary User may use a Qualifying Third Party Device to (i) remotely access and use permitted Instances or

copies of the software running on Servers dedicated to Customer’s use

(ii) locally use a permitted Instance or copy in a Virtual OSE, or

(iii) locally access a permitted Instance or copy of the software on a USB drive via Windows to Go, in each case solely for work-related purposes while the user is not on Customer’s premises.

No other user may use the software under the same License at the same time. Despite anything to the contrary in Customer’s volume licensing agreement, Qualified Desktops and Devices do not include any Qualifying Third Party Devices from which Customer’s users access and use the software and any (other) enterprise product solely under Roaming Rights. Primary User: the user who uses a Licensed Device during more than 50% of the time in any 90-day period. The removal of these Roaming Rights is not surprising considering the following facts: 1. In many cases it is difficult if not impossible to

identify the Primary User of a particular device. In environments where a Primary User cannot be identified Roaming Rights cannot be used.

2. A while ago Microsoft introduced Windows Enterprise SA Per User and Windows VDA Per User, which offer roaming rights that aren’t limited to remote third party devices.

NEW

1st MAY

Visual Studio Professional MSDN-Enterprise MSDN Step-up Promotion

Between 1st May 2016 and 30th June 2016, Microsoft will offer a 25% off SASU (Pro-Enterprise step-up and Test Pro-Enterprise step-up). This offer will apply to New agreements, Renewal agreement SA retentions, Renewal agreement add-ons and Mid agreement add-ons. Targeted customer segments include Commercial, Academic and Government. This offer will be available in the EA, EAS, OLV, OVS, MPSA and WWGP programs.

Offer: 25% off SASU Eligibility: Only Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Licenses bought before April 1, 2016 are eligible Program(s): EA, EAS, OLV, OVS, MPSA and WWGP programs Geography: WorldwidePromo Dates: 1st May 2016 and 30th June 2016 inc

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30th June

Welcome to Windows 10 Promo EXTENDED TO 30TH JUNE 2016

It’s time to get excited about the best operating system on the planet and the best Windows ever! Between 1st Nov 2015 and now extended until 30th June 2016, Microsoft will provide a 20% discount to new Windows customers purchasing Windows Enterprise SA User Subscription Licenses.Targeted customer segments include Commercial and Government. This offer will be available in the EA, EAS, WWGP, and SEL + programs.

Offer: 20% discount on Windows Ent SA Per User USLEligibility: New Windows UsersProgram(s): EA, EAS, SEL +, WWGPGeography: WorldwidePromo Dates: 1st Nov 2015 and now extended until 30th June 2016

NEWEXTENSION

In 2014 Microsoft announced that the Select Agreement Programme was due to be phased out and replaced with MPSA, from the 1st July 2016, every Select Agreement will be terminated as it reaches the anniversary month. For example, if you have a Select Plus Agreement and your anniversary month is September, your agreement will be terminated on the 1st of October. You can transition to the MPSA at any time, you don’t need to wait for your Select Agreement to be terminated.

Select Plus is Retiring for Existing Customers NEW

1st JULY

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The new Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) is a single agreement for your Online Services, software, and Software Assurance purchases across your organisation.

It can save time and money by combining purchase points

for the best price level and reducing the

administrative overhead associated with managing multiple agreements. The Microsoft Products and Services Agreement gives

you more options - for example, the

ability to create Purchasing Accounts.

Purchasing Accounts let you define how you want to purchase

(by affiliate, division, department, or any other group you define in your organisation). You can then choose and provision the solution that your organisation needs. You are in control. The new Microsoft Volume Licensing Center has an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that lets you quickly view and generate reports on everything purchased under the Microsoft Products and Services Agreement.You can manage your portfolio of Microsoft products and services across your entire organisation. The Microsoft Volume Licensing Center also lets you self-provision online services, download software more quickly, access your volume license keys more easily, and efficiently manage and use your Software Assurance benefits.

Multi-year subscriptions

In a surprise move Microsoft has released multi-year subscriptions in its MPSA Volume Licensing program, which replaces Select Plus. Here is what you need to know about this new option. A multi-year subscription is a two-year or three-year subscription for a particular Online Service such as Office 365 E3. Available Online Services include:

� Dynamics CRM Online

� Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS)

� Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS)

�Microsoft Intune

� Office 365 E1, E3 and E4

Once a Purchasing Account enters into such a subscription, all subsequent purchase orders for the same Online Service will slot into the existing subscription and hence get the same end date and are price-protected through a “price ceiling”.As of March 2016 MS have brought in the addition of being able to order some Online Services as a short-term subscription. Short-term subscriptions can be between one and eleven months with no automatic alignment to existing subscriptions for the same Product. Pricing for orders of short-term subscriptions is different from pricing for other term options and is set at time of ordering. Other billing and alignment options for orders through your MPSA may be made available in the future

Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) inc Multi Year & Short Term Subscriptions NOW available

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MPSA portal changing to the Business Centre Portal

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Enterprise Agreement

How it worksMaximise your investment in Microsoft technologies

with best pricing and benefits.

BenefitsBest value for organisations with 250 or more devices, or

users that want to buy cloud services and software

licenses under one agreement.

Server & Cloud

EnrolmentThe Server and Cloud Enrolment

offers the best pricing and benefits in exchange for

standardising on Microsoft server and cloud

technologies.

Enterprise Enrolment

The Enterprise Enrolment equips devices and users

with on-premises or cloud-based versions of Microsoft desktop

products.

As of the 1st July 2016 Microsoft are making a change to the Enterprise Agreement (EA) program that will raise the minimum commitment for commercial customers signing new Enterprise Enrollments and Enterprise Subscription Enrollments from 250 to 500 users/devices.

Existing customers approaching renewal with fewer than 500 users/devices will be able to extend their current Enrollments for 36 months, in keeping with current program rules. This change will simplify the purchasing experience.

Changes to the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) as of the 1st July 2016NEW

As Microsoft strives to make it easier for partners to identify the best solution for individual customer needs, two alternative licensing programs are available...

Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA): Offers a fast, flexible way to license software and online services through one simplified agreement. With MPSA, organisations can create a purchasing structure that meets their organisational needs while simultaneously optimising pricing through point consolidation.

Cloud Solution Provider (CSP): Offers a solution for customers who are fully committed to online services and who are looking to outsource service management.

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Schools Discount now available via MoU

The new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft which commenced 1st January 2016 enables all schools in the UK (that wish to do so) to take advantage of specific discounts and better licensing terms across a wide range of Microsoft’s academic software programmes. The new MoU is entitled “Education Cloud Transition Agreement”. Microsoft has agreed a period of time up until 2018 when schools will be able to benefit from UK

specific discounts and preferential terms, but Microsoft have also made it clear that their future investment in products for schools will be linked to cloud services (“cloud” refers to services that are provided over the internet rather than downloaded by customers onto local servers).

NEWNOW available

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From 1st September 2015, customers who purchase a minimum of 150 seats of eligible Office 365 SKUs during the offer period will qualify for partner funds to drive Office 365 active use of 15 % of eligible SKUs purchased on a single workload. Trial customers who make eligible purchases will also qualify. Eligible workloads for this offer include SharePoint Online, OneDrive Online, Office 365 Pro Plus, Skype for Business Online, Yammer, Project Online, Project Pro for Office 365, and Visio Pro for Office 365. This offer is available NOW until the 31st March 2016. Also from September 1st 2015, customers who purchase a minimum of 150 seats of eligible Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) SKUs during the offer period will qualify for partner funds to drive Office 365 active use of 15 % of eligible SKUs purchased on a single workload. Trial customers who make eligible purchases will also qualify. Eligible workloads for this offer include Enterprise Mobility Suite for Intune and Azure Active Directory Premium. This offer is available until 31st March 2016, and is in addition to the onboarding of all workloads and email data migration. FastTrack Onboarding is included as part of the purchase of Office 365 and EMS services and delivered remotely by Microsoft experts to ensure the service is ready to use.*

Microsoft FastTrack provides remote onboarding and deployment assistance to customers or preferred partners who are onboarding to either of the online

services. Onboarding assistance includes infrastructure assessments through automated checks and configurations, user provisioning, identity synchronisation, mail flow, and activation of core services, including remote email migration for

Office 365 customers. If the customer’s infrastructure requires remediation, the Onboarding experts will work with the partner to assist the customer with moving to the service.

*Minimum of 150 seat purchase required of EMS only, Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS) only in any combination of EMS, and/or standalone Intune, Azure Active Directory Premium, and Azure Rights Management where at least one of the services has 150 seats or more.

FastTrack Adoption for O365 and EMS Helping you with your migration

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MPSA Portal (MVLC) is changing to the Business Centre Portal FROM 27th JAN

Microsoft is improving your online home for Microsoft Volume Licensing where your current MPSA agreement(s) reside.The Microsoft Volume Licensing Centre (MVLC) is becoming the Microsoft Business Centre to bring more resources to your online volume licensing experience and to make it easier to do business with Microsoft. In the Business Centre, you can see your licenses, subscriptions and benefits you’ve purchased through the Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) right when you sign in, and get additional support resources when you need them.

Over time, more information and capabilities will be added to help you manage your relationship with Microsoft, including purchases you have made through other Microsoft volume licensing agreements.

What’s not changing is all the data and functionality you had in the MVLC, including information about your licenses and subscriptions and how you sign in.

As we originally shared in late 2015 and reiterated in February, Microsoft is upgrading the Microsoft Volume Licensing Centre (MVLC) to the Microsoft Business Center to improve your MPSA online volume licensing experience. Customers will find

all the data and functionality you have already in the MVLC for your MPSA purchases, with a new dashboard view that surfaces relevant information on the landing page.

The Microsoft Business Centre will be launched for all customers worldwide including the UK on May 16th. This follows launches with MPSA customers in the United States, Canada and Japan in late 2015.

Upon WW launch, when customers sign in as you do today, you will be taken to your dashboard in the Microsoft Business Centre. There, you will see an enhanced view of your licenses, subscriptions and benefits you’ve purchased through your MPSA. Customers will find all the familiar tasks you are used to in the MVLC through a menu and links on the dashboard.

Over time, MS will add more capabilities and resources to the Business Centre dashboard to help customers manage their relationship with Microsoft, including viewing purchases you’ve made through other Microsoft volume licensing agreements. We will also be launching new support resources through the portal later this calendar year. Until that time, all customers will see the same support experience that you find today.

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Software Assurance for Volume Licensing offers a range of tools and resources to help your company deploy, manage, and maximise your Volume Licensing purchases. The program covers Microsoft technologies and services and includes new product version rights, training, deployment planning, and support. Software Assurance is designed to help improve productivity of IT professionals and end users in your organisation, and to help you extend the value of your technology investment.

Key benefits of Software Assurance include: � Planning Services to enable efficient deployments

� In-person and online training for IT pros and end users

� Rights to new software releases during the term of your agreement at no additional cost

� Access to unique technologies available only to Software Assurance customers

� Ways to spread payments over time

Check your benefitsYour Software Assurance benefits are determined by your Volume Licensing agreement, such as an Enterprise Agreement or Open Value agreement, and qualifying license purchases you have with Software Assurance. Use the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) to get the most accurate statement of your current benefits.

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