The current branch requires an active software assurance agreement or equivalent rights to configuration manager. Customers who have active software assurance coverage on applicable microsoft products, including microsoft sharepoint and microsoft exchange, are eligible for license mobility. These benefits can vary by volume licensing program such as an enterprise agreement or open value agreement, and the number of qualifying licenses you have enrolled in software assurance. Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it. Nov 27, 20 software assurance working out costs over 4 year period. You can now consolidate your software assurance coverage from an expiring agreement into another active volume licensing agreement. What if you have sa on your windows server licenses.
The answer depends on your situation and what you want to achieve with your purchase. Test coverage is another important metric that defines the extent to which the software products complete functionality is covered. Microsoft desktop optimization pack mdop available as an addon subscription license for those with software assurance coverage. It is included with some agreements and is an optional purchase with others.
What is included in the annual software assurance sa. Microsoft software assurance support incident submission. Expert offers tips on microsofts software assurance program. Microsoft volume licensing frequently asked questions welcome to lemington consultings microsoft volume licensing frequently asked questions. Reduced training costs user training is already included under your software assurance coverage. Mar 24, 2017 email support is available for server products which have the required software assurance coverage for server software and related cals. Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it applies to your donation. Software assurance is defined as t he level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its life cycle, and that the software functions in an intended manner. Do microsoft customers really need software assurance. The software assurance benefits calculator is an online tool to calculate estimated software assurance benefits that customers may be entitled to. What to know about upgrading to windows server 2016 with. Microsoft software assurance for volume licensing helps boost organizational productivity with 24x7 support, deployment planning services, and technical training, the latest microsoft software releases, unique technologies, plus support for cloud services adoption, all in one costeffective program. For assistance with benefits activation, please contact the microsoft. Dept of defense to develop a strategy for ensuring the security of software applications.
Sep 18, 2014 microsoft software assurance interactive benefits chart 1. Customers renewing sa for cals can switch between user and device. Software assurance benefits calculated by this tool are an estimate only, and the results generated do not constitute an offer. For every windows license covered under software assurance, you are eligible. 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. When oem licenses have software assurance sa coverage. In 2005 microsoft figured out how to tap into the revenue stream of extended warranties for software. Swe106 software assurance plan nasa software engineering. Microsoft includes two years of software assurance with most volume licensing products it donates through techsoup canada. To renew your software assurance benefits, request a standalone software assurance product through techsoup up to 90 days before your original benefits expire. Sep 04, 2009 5 windows virtual enterprise centralized desktop for software assurance windows vecd is an annual devicebased subscription that enables organizations to license virtual copies of windows 7 or prior os versions in a variety of user scenarios. Windows 7 enterprise the benefits of having software.
Email support is available for server products which have the required software assurance coverage for server software and related cals. Download vlsc software assurance guide from official. Code dx software assurance and complete code coverage. If the underlying windows software assurance or windows vda is licensed per device, then mdop covers the licensed device. Oct 24, 2016 seven principles for software assurance. These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software assurance. Eliminating sa on some products can lead to savings. I have to use the cache for the css files and js file which i used in the site. Software assurance microsoft partner 500 equivalent employees. Microsoft collects money in advance for future upgrades during a volumelicensing agreement and then keeps the money if it doesnt deliver.
Software assurance training vouchers satv microsoft. See the table below for a summary of benefits provided by products that include software assurance. Is your microsoft software assurance coverage expiring. Software assurance is a rigorous, lifecycle phaseindependent set of activities which ensure completeness, safety, and reliability of software processes and products. The main objective of software assurance is to ensure that the processes, procedures, and products used to produce and. 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. First year software assurance is compulsory but if you choose not to maintain your software assurance from year to year, a reinstatement fee equal to 20% of the. This is accomplished by guaranteeing conformance to all requirements, standards, procedures, and regulations. Microsoft open programs licensing guide microsoft volume licensing 4 software assurance microsoft software assurance for volume licensing helps boost productivity across your organization by enabling you to get the most out of your microsoft software with 24x7 support, deployment planning services, enduser and technical training, and the latest. Such options may include a limit to the number of software upgrades available. Microsoft software assurance sa is a microsoft maintenance program aimed at business.
Software assurance benefit terms are available in the product list, which is part of your volume licensing agreement. Feb 16, 2016 the data and software used by many businesses represents a major business asset. As you probably know, software assurance includes a benefit called new version rights. Software assurance benefits section in the microsoft product terms. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it applies to. Microsoft software assurance sa is a microsoft maintenance program aimed at business users who use microsoft windows, microsoft office, and other server and desktop applications. Should i buy software assurance with my microsoft licenses.
If an oem license has sa coverage, although the sa coverage may be transferred the underlying oem license may not. The core premise behind sa is to give users the ability to spread payments over several years, while offering free upgrades to newer versions during that time period. Having unlimited access to our training and support team for 1 year allows our customers to team up with us. Use this chart to compare software assurance benefits across microsoft volume licensing programs. Software assurance activities ensure that the project team implements software engineering products and processes according to the plans established by the project and that these products and projects comply with requirements in nasastd8739. If you decide not to enroll in the software assurance program initially, you may still have the option to purchase software assurance at a later date, but it is much more economical and beneficial to subscribe now. Software assurance coverage expires, may we still go to the training. First, it gives organizations the rights to use microsofts newer emerging software if an organization is still covered by. This branch is supported for use in production environments that want to receive regular quality and feature updates from microsoft. With software assurance, a business can profit from product enhancements made available in future software releases and schedule upgrades at a time that suits their business. This is probably the reason you bought sa in the first place although there are other good reasons to buy sa. In addition, customers with software assurance receive access to the following additional benefits. These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software assurance benefits obtained through other channels.
The value and benefit gained under microsoft volume licensing programs and through use of microsoft software and services may vary by customer. How to decide which renewal is best for your organization fewer than 250 pcs. Microsoft volume licensing product licensing search. Ninety days prior to expiration, your vlsc account owner should receive an email from microsoft saying that the benefits are expiring soon. These benefits can be viewed from the software assurance page in the volume licensing service center vlsc. Jan 10, 2017 tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Software assurance swa is defined as the level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its lifecycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner. Dynamics customers with software assurance coverage. Software assurance is only available through volume licensing and is purchased when you buy or renew a volume licensing agreement. The data and software used by many businesses represents a major business asset. May 28, 2008 coverage begins at the same time your customer and microsoft both accept the agreement or add new licenses with software assurance to the agreement, and it expires with the volume licensing agreement term. You can consolidate an expiring program agreements software assurance coverage into an existing active program agreement within 90 days of the expiration date.
Software assurance coverage is required to take advantage of stepup licensing. Employee skill enhancement employees can use software assurance sa elearning to prepare for a new software deployment or gain skills to be more productive on their current software. The product list outlines the terms for all of the software assurance benefits, including the home use program. 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. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Benefits must be renewed before the sa expiration date. Volume licensing customers can consolidate their software assurance coverage from one or more expiring program agreements into another existing active program agreement. Software assurances training benefit provides technical training through the software assurance training vouchers. I gather its looking for a useragent, but then what. How to activate your software assurance benefits microsoft. It is important for business owners to understand how their particular policy handles electronic media coverage. Licence holders, who optionally acquire software assurance sa benefit from future improvements and new features of the licensed product.
For specific terms and a complete list of microsoft products that are eligible for license mobility, refer to the appendix b. Fail over rights allows a passivefailover instance i. 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. The swamp is a publicly available, open source, nocost service for continuous software assurance and static code analysis.
When you consolidate, theres no need to sign a new license. Microsoft software assurance has always been a gamble. It indicates the completion of testing activities and can be used as criteria for concluding testing. Get genuine operating systems do not include software assurance benefits. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. Software assurance is available to organizations that support as few as five devices. Entitlement summary commercial and government offerings to use the interactive chart. For complete technet coverage, including fullversion software licensed for. You may subscribe to mdop if you have windows software assurance or windows virtual desktop vda subscription. Measurecolor software assurance plan the measurecolor team is constantly working to improve the software and add great new features.
Product licenses do not expire and are valid for as long as you own the product. Software assurance benefits add value to your products but are not part of them. If any upgrades have been applied as part of the sa coverage, those upgrades must be removed before reassignment of sa to a. Rather than pay full cost for the higherlevel software edition, stepup licensing allows you to pay only the pricing difference. Software assurance training benefits help boost productivity by providing training to ensure effective and efficient deployment, management, support, and adoption of new microsoft software without impacting your training budget. Entitlement summary commercial and government offerings new version rights licensed products with software assurance coverage can be upgraded to the latest version of that product made available during the covered period.
To get a stepup license, you need a license for the qualifying, earlier product. Microsoft software assurance interactive benefits chart. Software assurance benefits included with microsoft donations. More importantly, they give insights into your teams test progress, productivity, and the quality of the system under test. How to use or renew your software assurance benefits techsoup. Software assurance is a collection of benefits included with microsoft products. What sa options are available for oem and full packaged product fpp software. The frequently asked questions faqs for the volume. System rights use up to four instances of windows in virtual os environments for each license that has active software assurance coverage. Software assurance benefits are not the same as product licenses. Software assurance elearning overview elearning overview.
Software assurance coverage will be covered under your contracts unlimited online support request provision for noncritical support. Microsoft volume licensing frequently asked questions faqs. Microsoft provides this material solely for informational purposes. Some benefits of consolidating software assurance may include. Software security assurance, a set of practices for ensuring proactive application security, is key to making applications compliant with this new law. Students still learn these principles in todays classrooms, but these principles are no longer sufficient, as. How to decide which renewal is best for your organization. Technisoft software assurance is not included in the sale price of the product and will be charged to end user by the associated business partner that provided the technisoft software. Software assurance by benefit microsoft volume licensing. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Define software assurance activities and tasks to meet the objectives of software assurance software acquired from any source e.
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. Software assurance frequently asked questions sa faq. Renewing software assurance coverage for client access licenses cals and client management licenses mls transitioning between user and device cals. Software assurance sa benefits expire after two years, though they can be renewed for a fee. To do so, you must acquire the remaining years of software assurance coverage in the existing program agreement. To stay up to date and receive these upgrades we advice our users to subscribe for our measurecolor software assurance plan mcsa. Software testing metrics are a way to measure and monitor your test activities. Your organizations software assurance benefits administrator receives an access id after clicking activate on the 24x7 benefit in the volume licensing service center vlsc. Youll need to have a license for an office suite, not just an individual office product. Apache has some special purpose environment variables where forcenovary is one of them this causes any vary fields to be removed from the response header before it is sent back to the client. That is why we include install, training and 1 year of ongoing support or. 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. Apr, 2017 upgrading to windows server 2016 through sa benefits.
The product list is updated monthly to include new products and offerings. Licensing and branches configuration manager microsoft. In 1974, saltzer and schroeder proposed a set of software design principles that focus on protection mechanisms to guide the design and contribute to an implementation without security flaws. Software assurance is a comprehensive volume licensing program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help you deploy, manage. Apr 03, 2020 software assurance for volume licensing offers a range of tools and resources to help your company deploy, manage, and maximize your volume licensing purchases. For more information, see software assurance and the current branch. Software assurance frequently asked questions sa faq ms. To receive this benefit you must have software assurance coverage for all of your purchases under the systems product pool and have at least 1,500 desktops covered with software assurance. Use multiple tools to regularly scan software at or download swampinabox for onpremises software assurance.
Dec 23, 2014 if you are in the market for microsoft licenses, one question you should be asking is. The software assurance spread payments benefit works with your budget and helps lower your initial licensing costs. Recognizing that software security is fundamentally a software engineering issue that must be addressed. Together we guide and explore all the tools the software has to offer so that you can uncover the exact tools you need. Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it applies. Software assurance coverage is required with the initial sale of most nec products. Software assurance coverage for the related product pool and a premier support agreement in place. If you decide not to enroll in the software assurance program initially, you may still have the option to purchase software assurance at a later date, but. Instead of one upfront payment, you spread the costs of your volume licensing and software assurance purchase across three equal, annual sums, helping you forecast your technology budget up to three years in advance. Software assurance helps to protect your license investment for future requirements and releases. The hosted software must fit the definition of a unified solution, and only certain microsoft products are eligible. Software assurance is xchanges software subscription and support program specifically designed to maximize the value of xchanges solutions. Windows 7 enterprise the benefits of having software assurance. The self hosting benefit allows customers with software assurance to provide their own software as a hosted service using a combination of microsoft software and their own software to create a unified solution unified solution, subject to the terms outlined in the microsoft product terms.
Not every microsoft customer needs software assurance on all of the vendors offerings. Since electronic media and programs are not physical objects, covering them with property insurance is difficult. The primary user of a device covered by active software assurance for windows may access a vdi on a corporateowned windows rt companion device. You can use software assurance to upgrade your software for free. Software assurance benefits can only be renewed before their twoyear term expires not after. The first step is understanding what software assurance is, so in this post i will try to explain it in a clear and concise manner. Software assurance working out costs over 4 year period. Computer software assurance serves as first cybersecurity law of 2011 and requires the u. Windows virtual enterprise centralized desktop for software assurance windows vecd is an annual devicebased subscription. The program covers microsoft technologies and services and includes new product version rights, technical and enduser training, deployment planning, and support. The hosted software must fit the definition of a unified solution, and only certain microsoft products are eligible for selfhosting.
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