Your Trusted Advisor • uk.insight.com • 0800 333 333

1

ContentsMicrosoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional Add-On to Microsoft Office 365 - New from 1st October 2 u

Microsoft announce Office 2016 for PC and Mac available under HUP (Home Use Programme) - From 8th October 2 u

Office 365 Education - NOW available 2 u

MSDN Operating Systems - Now discontinued 3 u

Office 2016 for Volume Licencing Roadmap 3 u

FastTrack Adoption for O365 and EMS Helping with your migration - NEW 3 u

Increase your ROI with adding Insight Direct as your Partner of Record (POR) 4 u

The new Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) 4 u

Enterprise Agreement - Enterprise Cloud Suite and Server Cloud Suite 5 u

Everything you need to know about licensing Windows 10 - NEW 6 u

Windows Software Assurance per User Licensing Details 6 u

Microsoft Planning Service Days 6 u

Software Assurance Activation, Deployment and Managing - Book your live session now 7 u

Product Licensing and Use Rights Search 7 u

Insight, your Trusted Advisor Insight’s vision is to be the Trusted Advisor to our clients, helping them enhance their business performance through innovative technology solutions. Keeping up to date with all the latest news and information you need direct from your reseller.

Microsoft Licensing Agreement & Products

Issu

e 9

NEWSLETTER

Issue 9NEWSLETTER

pBACK TO CONTENTS

Your Trusted Advisor • uk.insight.com • 0800 333 333

2

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional Add-On to Microsoft Office 365 01

October

2015

Starting the 1st October 2015, the Sales Productivity promotion for Dynamics CRM will conclude and be replaced by programmatic Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional SKUs. Now available to purchase at a discount for new or existing Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3, Plan E4, Plan E5 (available in FY16), Business Premium, or Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS) customers.

For further details or if you are affected by this please speak to your Account Manager

Effective from the 1st September 2015, MS will be making a series of updates to their Office 365 Education plans. These updates include:• Adding additional Exchange Online and SharePoint

Online functionality to our Office 365 Education E1 plan

• Rebranding “Office 365 Education E1” as “Office 365 Education”

• Limiting Office 365 Education E3 and Office 365 Education E4 access to existing customer renewals only

• Removing Exchange Online Plan 2 from the OVS-ES and EES pricelists as well as OPEN Academic and School pricelists.

Office 365 Education now available NOW

Microsoft announce Office for PC and Mac available under HUP – Home Use ProgrammeThe Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP) is available to Volume Licensing customers with active Software Assurance benefits.

Software Assurance ensures that organisations have access to the latest Microsoft software and provides a range of benefits, including productivity enhancements, support, tools and training. Home Use Program is one of the productivity-enhancing benefits of Software Assurance. Eligible employees may purchase qualifying Office software for use at home through an assigned Program Code provided by their organisation.

Office Professional Plus 2016 for PC helps you to do your best work –anywhere, anytime. New, modern versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Skype for Business, are built for maximum productivity.

Office 2016 for Mac enables you do your best work –anywhere, anytime. New, modern versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote have the familiar look and feel of Office, and are thoughtfully designed for Mac.

08

October

2015

The price of these new products is still £8.95 and a license is applicable for 1 installation and activation (it can no longer be installed on 2 devices). Employees can additionally purchase backup media (optional), selecting between a DVD (£10.95) and a USB stick (£13.95).

Microsoft announce Office 2016 for PC and Mac available under

HUP (Home Use Programme)

Issue 9NEWSLETTER

pBACK TO CONTENTS

Your Trusted Advisor • uk.insight.com • 0800 333 333

3

Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac The new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote provide the best of both worlds for Mac users - the familiar Office experience paired with the best of Mac.

Mac 2016 available under O365 option NOW

Mac 2016 available under VOLUME License programs (VL) programmes as of the 1st September 2015

Office 2016 for Mac and PC available for Home Use Programme (HUP) option as part of a Software Assurance (SA) benefit NOW

Office 2016 for Volume Licensing - different release dates

Starting 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 starting 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 percent 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 through March 31, 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 synchronization, 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.

Jan says “don’t miss out, call your Account Manager today” “

”*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

NOW

MSDN Operating SystemsMSDN Operating Systems will be retired as of the 1st September 2015 to streamline the number of MSDN subscription offerings and simplify the sku lineup. Customers with active subscriptions will have the option to renew their subscription under Visual Studio Professional with MSDN.

NOW

NOW

Issue 9NEWSLETTER

pBACK TO CONTENTS

Your Trusted Advisor • uk.insight.com • 0800 333 333

4

If you currently use Office 365 you can now increase your ROI (Return of investment) by having a registration Partner of Record (POR) added to your signature. The partner who acts as your partner of subscriptions offers assistance in terms of sales and support and technical expertise to help you configure and maintain your subscription, that’s what Insight are here to do for you. To add insight as your preferred POR please follow the simple process here Click here u or call Jan Prentice on 07827 848291 and she can talk you though this simple process

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

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.

The new Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA)

I want one simple agreement for software and services.“ ”

There should be an easier way to manage my Microsoft assets.“

”

pBACK TO CONTENTS

Your Trusted Advisor • uk.insight.com • 0800 333 333

5Issue 9NEWSLETTER

Enterprise Agreement

Benefits

Best value for organisations with 250 or more devices, or users that want to buy

cloud services and software licenses under one agreement.

How it works

Maximise your investment in Microsoft technologies with best

pricing and benefits.

Enterprise Enrolment

The Enterprise Enrolment equips devices and users with on-premises or cloud-based

versions of Microsoft desktop products.

Server & Cloud Enrolment

The Server and Cloud Enrolment offers the best pricing and benefits in exchange for standardising on Microsoft server and

cloud technologies.

pBACK TO CONTENTS

Your Trusted Advisor • uk.insight.com • 0800 333 333

6Issue 9NEWSLETTER

Microsoft Planning Service Days

Everything you need to know about your Microsoft Planning Service Days. Speak to a Gold Service Partner now Receive planning assistance from qualified partners or Microsoft Consulting Services to help you plan your deployment - whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments.

Structured engagements help guide you through implementation planning for many Microsoft products and services to include:

� Desktop Deployment � SharePoint Deployment � Developer Tools Deployment � Skype & Lync Deployment AMENDED � Private Cloud & Virtualisation Deployment � Public Cloud & Azure Deployment � SQL Deployment � Dynamics Deployment NEW

To discuss your requirement further, please complete the contact form, and an

MS Partner will call you back.

CONTACT FORM u

NEW FEATURES

Access to Windows Enterprise can be licensed on a per user basis through the Windows Software Assurance per User and Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) per User licensing options. These options put your users at the centre of your Windows licensing solution, give you flexibility to decide how to deploy and access Windows across devices, and simplify Windows licensing and management.

Licensing by user frees your users to access Windows across all of their devices, regardless of who owns the device. You get the flexibility to deliver Windows Enterprise across devices through local install, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), or Windows To Go.

Windows Software Assurance per User License access to Windows on a per user basis

For the full Windows SA licensing guidePLEASE CLICK HERE u

Check out the NEW editions available to you for Microsoft Windows 10, ensure your desktop operating system qualifies to upgrade to Windows 10 and see what else is available for Windows 10 Enterprise users via a Volume Licensing agreement. Click here u to see the full licensing guide.

Everything you need to know about licensing Windows 10

For more detailed features within Windows 10 u

NOW

Issue 9NEWSLETTER

pBACK TO CONTENTS

Your Trusted Advisor • uk.insight.com • 0800 333 333

7

Get started with Software Assurance

For one-to-one assistance in activating and

deploying your benefits, please contact Jan to

arrange a Lync/Live Meeting session on

07827 848291 or jan.prentice@insight.com

Software Assurance OverviewSoftware 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.

?? ? ?? ?

END

If you have any questions or need additional information please contact Jan directly on 07827 848291 or email: jan.prentice@insight.com

Product Licensing and Use Rights SearchNeed to know about any Product Licensing changes or use rights on certain products? Visit Product

Licensing Search u

You must be registered to use the VLSC u