You must be a DSP to sell licenses via Select Plus. You must also be an AER to sell licenses via Select Plus for Academic. Microsoft Cloud Agreement (MCA) is a transaction licensing agreement for commercial and government organizations that want to outsource the management of their entire cloud services through a cloud solutions provider (CSP). You must be a Licensing Solutions partner to be able to sell licenses and subscriptions through MPSA. You must also be an education dealer (AER) authorized by Microsoft to sell licenses via MPSA for Academic. Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) is a transaction licensing agreement for commercial, government and academic organizations with 250 or more users/devices. MPSA is most appropriate for organizations that wish to license Microsoft for software, cloud services or needs, without organizational-wide obligations or multi-year subscription options under a single agreement that does not expire. Software Assurance is optional. To become a licensed mobility partner, you must be a microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) partner and attach an addendum with additional licensing mobility requirements to your SPLA contract. To get the addendum, contact your dealer or microsoft Partner Development Manager or partner technology strategists. Connect to the computer using a user account containing the administration information.
Open Value Subscription for Education Solutions is a commitment-based Microsoft volume licensing agreement for academic organizations with five or more FTEs or students who wish to license a company-wide license. Software Assurance is included in the delivery. Open Value across the company and open value subscription are commitment-based agreements for business and government organizations that wish to license at the enterprise level over a period of one or two years. Software Assurance is included in the delivery. Microsoft Open License, Microsoft Open Value and Microsoft Open Value Subscription are Microsoft volume licensing agreements for organizations with 5-499 users/devices that want to license local Microsoft software, cloud services or both. Enterprise Enrollment, Enterprise Subscription Enrollment and Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) allow engaged customers to standardize one or more Microsoft user technologies. Software Assurance is included in the delivery. To host application server licenses with license mobility via Software Assurance, you must be an authorized license mobility partner. Open License is a transaction agreement for commercial, governmental, academic and not-for-profit organizations. Software Assurance is optional.
The minimum requirement for the Enterprise Agreement and Enterprise Subscription Agreement was amended on July 1, 2016 from 250 to 500 users or devices for new commercial customers. It excludes government and SCE agreements. For more information on this change in the directive, please refer to the frequently asked questions regarding the change in the minimum guidelines for partners. Combined with the value-added services of a cloud-based system integrator, hosting partner or reseller, the CSP program offers an easy way to license the cloud services your customers need. Local software and software insurance are not available from CSP partners. We offer several contract options to help partners license microsoft cloud services and on-premise software. As of July 1, 2016, Microsoft will no longer accept new orders and software insurance renewals in markets where MPSA is available, thanks to existing Select Plus business agreements for the next anniversary of the customer`s contract. Connect to the computer with an administrator`s user account.