Spotlight on:

Microsoft Products and

Services Agreement

Vicky Lea

On-premises

Online Services

March

2015

Commercial Select Plus Retirement As of July 2015, Microsoft will no longer offer new

commercial Select Plus agreements

• Select Plus customers can choose to migrate to the Microsoft Products and

Services Agreement and maintain their current Select Plus price level

• Existing Select Plus customers can continue to renew their Select Plus agreement

after this date

As of July 2016, commercial customers will no longer

be able to make new purchases through their existing

Select

Plus agreements after their agreement anniversary

MPSA capabilities roadmap

What’s New for March 2015?

March

2015

Software Assurance Software Assurance is easier to understand, manage and use through the MPSA and

provides a comprehensive range of benefits to help organizations plan, deploy and use the

latest Microsoft software and services.

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Planning Services

Training Vouchers

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License Mobility

Unlimited Virtualization

Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) Rights

• E-Learning

• 24x7 Problem Resolution Support

Recommending the Right

Agreement

REMEMBER:

The MPSA does not

replace an Enterprise

Enrolment or an

Enrolment for

Education Solutions!

If you have an

existing agreement

then you should

continue to purchase

your licenses through

this agreement, but

can use the MPSA as

a transactional

option

March

2015

Online

Services Licenses L&SA

Software

Assurance

Renewal

EA

EES

MPSA

The next generation of Microsoft Volume

Licensing

Multi-year initiative that simplifies the Volume Licensing experience through:

Blue Yonder

Airlines Blue Yonder Airlines are headquartered in the US and are

registered in the US as a legal entity. Their Procurement

department generally purchases software licenses, but there is a

Research department that would like to have the flexibility to make

their own purchasing decisions. The UK branch office is a separate

legal entity but is wholly owned by Blue Yonder Airlines in the US,

and they too would like to purchase software of their choice

Blue Yonder Airlines sign an MPSA which allows them to set up

three Purchasing Accounts reflecting their purchasing needs. They

choose key personnel to manage each Purchasing Account on a

day-to-day basis, and each Purchasing Account works with

partners of their choice

The Procurement department is set up as the Agreement

Administrator and, as such, gets a consolidated view of licensing

assets across the whole organization

Blue Yonder Airlines: UK

Purchases Blue Yonder Airlines UK have a Purchasing Account

through the Blue Yonder Airlines MPSA. This gives them the

flexibility to purchase what they need

Over the first three years of the MPSA they want to procure

both software and Online Services licenses. Their orders for

this period are made up of purchases for licenses for

Windows Server and SQL Server with some Software

Assurance, as well as user licenses for CRM Online Basic

which they purchase over several months as they do a

phased roll-out

Blue Yonder

Airlines UK

Pools, Points, Price Levels,

and

Purchasing Accounts (Commercial)

Pools

• Applications, Systems, Servers

• All products are allocated a pool

Points

• All products are allocated a points value

Price Levels

Purchasing

Accounts

• Points contribute across all Purchasing Accounts of the same type

to give a Price Level for a pool within the

MPSA

2014

Blue Yonder

Airlines

2015

Blue Yonder

Airlines

Pools, Points, Price Levels, and

Purchasing Accounts (Government

&

Academic)

Pools

• Applications, Systems, Servers

• All products are allocated a pool

Points

• All products are allocated a points value

Price Levels

• Just one price level each for Government and Academic Purchasing Accounts

• Pricing is similar to today’s Select Plus agreements with different pricing for

Academic and Government customers

• Minimum of 500 points or 250 USLs per pool, per year required

Purchasing Accounts

• Points contribute across all Purchasing Accounts of the same type to reach the

minimums

March

2015

Microsoft Volume Licensing Partner Center Microsoft Volume Licensing Center

Common Data

Microsoft Volume Licensing Partner Center Microsoft Volume Licensing Center

Common Data

Microsoft Volume Licensing Center

A consistent view of benefits with a single source of customer and partner

data