Microsoft Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES)

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Microsoft EES Overview

Microsoft Licensing for Schools

There are some big changes to Microoft school licensing. It will make licensing simpler, and it will make it significantly cheaper for most schools in the UK.

What changes are we making?

From the 1st March 2011, Microsoft are introducing a new licensing scheme for schools, called Enrolment for Education Solutions. Or EES for short. This is a (better!) alternative to the School Agreement subscription scheme.

• EES works on a single annual subscription payment, based on your Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) staff count, and what products you select. You can optionally license computers dedicated exclusively to one student, or computers owned by students. Today's School Agreement works by counting all of your computers.
• You have a choice of software that you can license across all of the computers, including Microsoft Office*, the Windows Upgrade, and the Client Access Licence (CAL) suites.
• You can then license additional software on some, or all, of these computers - eg Visio or Project.

Why is it good for schools?

Firstly, costs will come down for most schools who use School Agreement, because you'll be counting staff, not computers. And in England, there's about two-thirds less staff than there are computers.

Secondly, if you normally buy your software on a perpetual license (eg Select), then switching to this will reduce your annual bill substantially, as well as making sure you're always licensed for the latest version, whenever you choose to use it. This means the decision of when you move to the latest version of Windows or Office can be dictated by your teaching and learning needs, not by cost. Of course, because it's a subscription, you have to pay the subscription fee every year, but when you see the costs nearer the time, you'll understand why it's wise to seriously consider a subscription.

You may order subscription licences for a wide selection of Microsoft software through EES.

The Professional Desktop Platform package includes:

• Windows 7 Enterprise Upgrade
• Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
• Microsoft Core CAL Suite

The Enterprise Desktop Platform includes:

• Windows 7 Enterprise Upgrade
• Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
• Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite

Alternatively, Office Professional Plus &/or Windows 7 Enterprise Upgrades can be licenced as 'standalone' products, again based on the number of FTEs. To request a quote please click here and we will reply with a tailored quotation.

Additional Products:

A broad selection of software and services are available as additional products under your EES. Additional products may be licensed for any quantity, ranging from one licence to the entire FTE employee count.

Examples of software products available as additional products include Microsoft Office Visio, Microsoft Project, Windows Server and Exchange Server, as well as additional CALs or Microsoft Online Services.

You can see a complete list of additional products on the Microsoft Product List at www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/PL.aspx

Please refer to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Product list for complete details of currently available products.

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