Education Licensing Online Training For CEE Partners - April 2021

Microsoft Education
Licensing
Microsoft Partner NDA

Agenda
Education offerings
Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES)
Cloud Solution Provider (CSP)
OVS-ES
Student Use Benefit
Update to Open License agreement
Useful Resources

Education offerings

Education licensing options
CSP EES OVS-ES
Outsource cloud services to a trusted Cover faculty, staff and students with Cover faculty, staff and student with
partner who can oversee your solution Microsoft 365 cloud services, with on- Education Desktop. Org-wide
from end-to-end. Cover faculty, staff prem rights. Org-wide commitment for commitment for 1 or 3 years.
and students with Microsoft 365. 1 or 3 years.  OVS-ES for 5+ FTE employees or
 CSP for 1-999 seat orgs  EES for 1000+ seat orgs students
 No upfront commitment; able to  Student Use Benefit requires  Student Use Benefit requires
scale up and down based on needs org-wide commitment org-wide commitment
 Student Use Benefit requires
org-wide commitment
CLOUD SOLUTION PROVIDER (CSP) PROGRAM ENROLLMENT FOR EDUCATION SOLUTIONS (EES) OPEN LICENSE FOR ACADEMIC VOLUME LICENSING
1+ Partner 1K+
end-to-end
CUSTOMERS PAY AS YOU GO ANNUITY-BASED SUBSCRIPTION ANNUITY-BASED SUBSCRIPTION

Academic Eligibility
The following types of educational entities are typically

eligible to purchase through Microsoft academic volume
licensing programs:
• Educational institutions
• Administrative offices and boards of education
• Public libraries and museums
Eligibility may vary by geographic location.
https://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com
The Microsoft 365 family
Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365

Enterprise Business Premium Education
Microsoft 365
Office 365 Office 365 E3/E5 Office 365 A3/A5
Business Standard
Windows 10 Windows 10
Windows 10 Windows 10 Pro
Enterprise E3/E5 Education A3/A5
Security and Features from EMS +

EMS E3/E5 EMS A3/A5
management Windows 10 Enterprise
Minecraft:
Specialist Education Edition

The Microsoft 365 education suites
FREE CORE PREMIUM
Student Use Benefit eligible:

Office 365 A1 Office 365 A3 Office 365 A5
• M365 Apps
• Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Intune for Education
Windows 10 Windows 10
Education A3 Education A5 • Windows 10 Education
• Azure Active Directory Premium
(Plans 1 & 2)
Enterprise Mobility + Enterprise Mobility +
Security A3 Security A5 • Advanced Threat Analytics
• Minecraft: Education Edition
Minecraft: Minecraft:
Education Edition Education Edition
Microsoft Partner NDA https://products.office.com/en-us/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans

Microsoft 365 A5 Value
Microsoft 365 A5 adds incremental value to Microsoft 365 A3 across these solution areas
Microsoft 365 A5
Security Compliance Meetings & Calling Analytics

Extends identity and Brings together information Adds audio conferencing and Adds Power BI capabilities
threat protection protection & advanced calling capabilities in the cloud that help you realize
to help stop damaging compliance capabilities to to enable your teams significant value from
attacks with integrated protect and govern data while your data
and automated security reducing risk

● = Included
Add-Ons to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Plans

+ = Add-on
N/A = Not available
Office Office Office Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365

365 A1 365 A3 365 A5 A3 A5
Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection Plan 1 + + + + ●
Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection Plan 2 + + + + ●
Security Microsoft Cloud App Security + + +1 + ●
Microsoft Defender ATP + + + + ●
2 2 2
Microsoft 365 A5 Security + + + + ●
2 2 2
Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance + + + + ●
3 3 3,4
Microsoft 365 A5 Info Protection and Governance + + ●+ + ●
Microsoft 365 A5 Insider Risk Management + + ●+5 + ●
Compliance
Microsoft 365 A5 eDiscovery and Audit + + ● + ●
Office 365 Data Loss Protection + ● ● ● ●
Exchange Online Archiving + ● ● ● ●
6,7
Audio Conferencing + + ● + ●
6,7
Phone System + + ● + ●
6,7,8
Teams Domestic Calling Plan + + ● + ●
6,7,8
International Calling Plan (includes Domestic) + + + + +
Advanced Communications + + + + +
Intelligent Content Services (available 10/1/20) + + + + +
Knowledge &
Insights
Power BI Pro + + + + ●
Workplace Analytics + + + + +
Office 365 Extra File Storage + + + + +
Storage
eDiscovery Storage (500 GB) + + + + +
Microsoft Partner NDA See Speaker Notes for footnotes.
Adding A5 value to Microsoft 365 A3
Customers with Microsoft 365 A3 can add A5 value by choosing one or more add-ons—or step-up to full
Microsoft A5 suite and get all the value with additional savings.
Power BI Pro $2.25/u/m
Audio Conferencing $1.50/u/m
Phone System $3/u/m
M365 A5 Security $3.30/u/m Microsoft 365 A5 Step-up

from M365 A3 $5/u/m
M365 A5 Info Protection & Microsoft 365 A5
Governance $2/u/m $10.75/u/m
Microsoft 365
M365 A5 Insider Risk Management
A5 Compliance
$1.70/u/m
$2.80/u/m
M365 A5 eDiscovery &
Audit $1.70/u/m
+
Microsoft 365 A3 $5.75/u/m
Microsoft Partner NDA Faculty USD ERP shown.

Microsoft 365 A3 and A5 Step-ups
EES Step-up SKUs facilitate mid-term upsell to full Microsoft 365 suites
Microsoft 365 A3 Microsoft 365 A5
M365
EMS Windows Office EMS Windows Office Microsoft
Apps for
A3/E3 Edu A3 365 A3 A5/E5 Edu A5 365 A5 365 A3
enterprise

Top EES Step-ups
Step-up To: From: Additional SKU(s)
EMS A3/E3 Microsoft 365 A3 Step-up from EMS A3/E3
Microsoft 365 A3
Office 365 A3 Microsoft 365 A3 Step-up from Office 365 A3
EMS A5/E5 Microsoft 365 A5 Step-up from EMS A5/E5
Microsoft 365 A5 Office 365 A5 Microsoft 365 A5 Step-up from Office 365 A5
Windows 10 Enterprise A5 Microsoft 365 A5 Step-up from Windows A5
Microsoft 365 A5 Microsoft 365 A3 Microsoft 365 A5 Step-up from Microsoft 365 A3
Office 365 A5 Office 365 A3 Office 365 A5 Step-up from Office 365 A3
EMS A5/E5 EMS A3/E3 EMS A5/E5 Step-up from EMS A3/E3
Windows 10 Enterprise A5 Windows 10 Enterprise A3 Windows A5 Step-up from Windows A3

Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] M365 A5 Security Full USL
[Microsoft 365 A3 + EMS A5/E5] or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A5/E5] Microsoft 365 A5 Security Step-up from EMS A5/E5
Microsoft 365 A5 Security
Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] + Windows 10 Enterprise A5 Microsoft 365 A5 Security Step-up from Windows A5
Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] + Office 365 ATP Plan 1 Microsoft 365 A5 Security Step-up from Office 365 ATP Plan 1
Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance Full USL
Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] + AIP Premium Plan 2 Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance Step-up from AIP Premium P2
Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] + O365 Adv Compliance, or Office 365
Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance Step-up from O365 Advanced Compliance
Microsoft 365 A5 A5 + EMS A3/E3
Compliance Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] + A5 Information Protection and Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance Step-up from A5 Information Protection
Governance and Governance
Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] + A5 Insider Risk Management Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance Step-up from A5 Insider Risk Management
Microsoft 365 A3 or [Office 365 A3 + EMS A3/E3] + A5 eDiscovery and Audit Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance Step-up from A5 eDiscovery and Audit
Office 365 ATP Plan 2 Office 365 ATP Plan 1 Office 365 ATP Plan 2 Step-up from Office 365 ATP Plan 1

Education Offer Availability
EES OVS-ES CSP Web Direct
Microsoft 365 A1 ⚫
Microsoft 365 A3 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft 365 A5 Security ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft 365 A5 Information Protection and Governance ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft 365 A5 Insider Risk Management ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft 365 A5 eDiscovery and Audit ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Office 365 A1 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Office 365 A3 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Office 365 A5 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise device-based subscription ⚫
Windows 10 Education A3 per User ⚫ ⚫
EMS A3/E3 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
EMS A5/E5 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Minecraft: Education Edition ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft Imagine Academy ⚫ ⚫
Microsoft Certifications ⚫ ⚫

Student Use Benefit
Customers licensing all faculty and staff, Knowledge
Workers, or EQUs, for qualifying products are eligible for
corresponding Student Use Benefit licenses
A qualifying product license enables an institution to order

either 15 or 40 Student Use Benefit licenses, dependent on
the qualifying product
Relevant $0 SKUs are ordered to obtain Student Use

Benefit licenses which are then assigned to students to
enable the services
Products included and use rights of Student Use Benefit

licenses are different to those of the qualifying licenses
Rights to use products under the Student Use Benefit

expire when a student is no longer affiliated with the
Institution
Enrollment For
Education Solutions (EES)

Enrollment for Education Solutions
Count the number of Education Qualified Users
Meet the minimums of 1,000 Education Qualified Users
Commitment to cover all Education Qualified Users with
Online Services Education Platform Products
Commit to a 1 or 3 year term
Pay annually
Increase or decrease licenses to actual number of
Education Qualified Users at anniversary or to program
minimums
Use the Device-based Subscription to extend Microsoft 365
Apps for enterprise to all open access lab or library devices

Counting Education Qualified Users
What is an Education Qualified User?
 Any employee or contractor (except Students) who
accesses or uses an Education Platform Product for
the benefit of the Institution
 License with an Education Platform Product
Other users
 Any other user who doesn’t qualify as an EQU
 License with the free Office 365 A1 product

Licensing Education Qualified Users and Light Users
Education Qualified Users: Permitted scenarios in the Product
Education Platform Products Terms
• Microsoft 365 Education A3/A5 For Enrollment for Education Solutions (2018 version),
• Office 365 A3/A5 a mix of EPPs may be ordered to meet the
• EMS E3/E5 organization-wide commitment as defined in the
• Windows 10 Education E3/E5 table below.
• Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Permitted Mixed EPP Scenarios

M365 A3 and M365 A5
EMS E3 and EMS E5
Light Users:
Free product Windows 10 Edu E3 and
Windows 10 Edu E5
• Office 365 A1 ordered as a $0
SKU Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise and
Office 365 A3 and/or Office 365 A5

Office 365 A3 and Office 365 A5
Special Use Rights: Microsoft 365 Education A3/A5
Microsoft 365 Education A3/A5 are the successors to the Education Desktop and give equivalent
and enhanced rights:
Desktop rights Enterprise CAL Suite Server installation

Rights to install Office rights rights
Professional Plus on a single Exchange Server, SharePoint Rights to install current or
device per licensed user Server, Skype for Business previous versions of Exchange
Server Standard, and Enterprise Server, SharePoint Server, Skype
Rights to downgrade this
CALs for Business Server on as many
installation of Office
Windows Server and Windows servers as required, dedicated to
Professional Plus
Server ADRMS CALs the customer, in physical or
Rights to downgrade to virtual infrastructures
Advanced Threat Analytics CML
Windows 8.1 Enterprise/Pro, or
Windows 10 Pro Education, or System Center Configuration
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC Manager CML
System Center Endpoint
Protection SL
Note: Office 365 A1 does not allow users to access on-premises servers such as Exchange and SharePoint Server
Shared Windows Devices
Windows may be installed on shared devices, such as kiosks or lecture hall
computers, for use by infrequent users like janitors or café workers
Requirements:
• Institutions must purchase Windows 10
Education E3/E5 or Microsoft 365 A3/A5
licenses for all Education Qualified Users
• Shared devices may not be assigned to a
Primary User as a primary work device

Shared Windows Devices

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Device-based
Subscription (DBS) for Education
Allows admins to assign Microsoft 365 Apps for
enterprise to a device rather than a user
Available through EES as a no-additional-cost add-on
for qualifying education customers
Familiar applications and always-accessible files
update in real-time across Android, iOS, Windows, or
Mac
Easily to deploy and manage on lab and library
devices, ensuring students have a consistent
experience
Streamlines the device set up for shared computers
No user AAD identity required

Qualifications
EES customer (not available via CSP)
All Knowledge Workers or Education Qualified Users

licensed for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
(standalone or via suite)
Qualifying customers are entitled to as many DBS

licenses as the total number of Microsoft 365 Apps
for enterprise Faculty, Student, and Student Use
Benefit licenses
Windows 10 1803 or above and will require

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise build version 1907
or above
Device must be Azure AD joined or Azure AD Hybrid

joined
How to access and deploy
Place an order for the no-cost SKU through the
reseller
Select the number of licenses required from the
Admin Center
Install on any device within the organization
Use group policy or update the XML used by Office
Deployment Tool to set DBS mode (see
https://docs.microsoft.com/deployoffice/device-
based-licensing for details)
Use the Device-based Subscription to extend
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise to all open access
lab or library devices (Replaces historic Office on-
prem software lab and library benefit)

Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program

Education Offerings: Availability
Office 365 A1 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Office 365 A3 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Office 365 A5 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
EMS A3/E3 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
EMS A5/E5 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫

Changes for education customers in CSP
http://bit.ly/3bCGNP8
Authorized Education Partner program
• Discontinued from October 1, 2019
Selling education offers

• Allowed by any CSP partner
Eligible education customers

• Defined in the Qualified Education User
Definition document
• Previously qualified education customers
remain qualified
• New education customers must be vetted
by Microsoft

Creating an education customer
http://bit.ly/2xOspUo
Microsoft checks
each newly
created customer
tenant to ensure
they are qualified
for education
offers

Education Subscriptions in CSP
Licenses are added to a 12-month Subscription
during which time the price is protected
Licenses may be added or reduced,

currently with no penalty
Payment is upfront monthly or annually
No minimums or commitment to cover all users

Special Use Rights for CSP Education Products
Office 365 A3/A5 EMS E3/E5 Microsoft 365

Standard and Enterprise CALs Windows Server and Education A3/A5
for: Windows Server ADRMS CALs Rights as individual suites
Exchange Server Advanced Threat Analytics No rights to install
SharePoint Server CML productivity server products
Skype for Business System Center Configuration No rights to install Office
Server Manager CML Professional Plus instead of
System Center EndPoint Microsoft 365 apps for
Protection SL enterprise, or any downgrade
rights
No rights to downgrade
Windows 10
Use Rights for products purchased through CSP are governed by the Microsoft Customer Agreement
Windows 10 Home is now an upgrade license for education
From November 1, 2020 customers who have purchased Microsoft 365 A3/A5 or Windows 10
Enterprise A3/A5 can upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Education
Process Step-by-step guide and FAQ:

• Partners submit a support request • https://bit.ly/36nkkUp
• Windows 10 Pro Education key is provided to the
partner Overview of Windows 10 editions
for education customers:
• When the device joins the tenant domain the device
is automatically upgraded to Windows 10 Education • https://bit.ly/3lfBqJQ

Microsoft 365 A1 in CSP

Microsoft 365 Education A1 (CSP)
Microsoft
Microsoft 365 A5
Microsoft 365 A3 $10.75 per
365 A1 $5.75 per user per
($30 per user per month
Office device) month
365 A1
Free ($0)

Transacting Microsoft 365 Education A1 (CSP)
Availability
Only available through CSP
Licensing Rules
Device license enables multiple users on a single device
May only be reassigned to same type of machine after
permanent hardware failure
Term
Lifetime of the device = 6 years
No auto-renew
Pricing
ERP $30 for full term (one-time pricing/transaction)
No differentiated Faculty or Student pricing
No cancellations possible
No associated Student Use Benefit
Transacting Microsoft 365 A1

Microsoft 365 A1 resources
https://bit.ly/3eEgfil

Open Value Subscription – Education Solutions
(OVS-ES)

Education Offerings: Availability
Office 365 A1 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Office 365 A3 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Office 365 A5 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
EMS A3/E3 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
EMS A5/E5 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫

Key Facts
OVS-ES
All academic institutions

Institution-wide commitment based on FTEs
Minimum of 5 units required
Non-perpetual licences
1 or 3 year agreement
Annual payment and reporting
Software Assurance included
Student Use Benefit

FTEs
Full Time Equivalents
Institutions count FTEs to license
their chosen products
Minimum of 5 FTEs
All faculty and staff working more than
200 hours per annum should be included
Optional exclusion
Employees such as maintenance, groundsmen, and cafeteria
staff may be excluded from the faculty/staff FTE employee
count if they do not use institutional devices

Enterprise Wide Products
Desktop Platform Products
These must be licensed enterprise wide and may be licensed
individually or via the Desktop Platforms:
Education Desktop with Core CAL Suite
Windows 10, Office Professional Plus and Core CAL Suite
Education Desktop with Enterprise CAL Suite
Windows 10, Office Professional Plus, Enterprise CAL Suite
CAL Suite Components

These are not Desktop Platform Products, but must be
licensed enterprise wide

Office 365 Education in OVS-ES
Qualify for OVS-ES, then add Office 365
Meet Minimum Add Office 365 Services for Faculty/Staff or Students:

Requirements:  Microsoft 365 apps for enterprise
 Organization-wide  Office 365 A1 or A3
Commitment  EMS A3 or A5
 At least one Desktop
Platform Product Per user, in any quantity as Additional Products
 5 FTE or more In OVS-ES, Office 365 Plans are not platform online services and do not
count toward the org-wide commitment.
 Sold as 1 year subscription

 Up-front payment
 No minimum threshold once program minimums are met

Student Use Benefit

Student Use Benefit

Student Use Benefit


Student Use Benefit entitlements

EES - Mixed Education Platform Products

Student Use Benefit


enable the services

Transacting Student Use Benefit licenses (CSP)

Student Use Benefit


enable the services


Student Use Benefits licenses: included products

Student Use Benefits licenses: use rights
There are sometimes differences in use rights when licenses are obtained as Student Use
Benefit licenses:

Student Use Benefits licenses: use rights

Student Use Benefit


enable the services

Rights to use products under the Student Use Benefit

expire when a student is no longer affiliated with the
Institution
Student Use Benefit (EES)
Graphic Design
School of Fine Art Trey Research Institute
Education Qualified Users Education Qualified Users Education Qualified Users
• Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise • Office 365 A3 purchased for all • Microsoft 365 Education A3
purchased for all 1,000 EQUs 1,000 EQUs purchased for all 3,700 EQUs
Students Students Students

• Up to 15,000 Microsoft 365 Apps • Up to 40,000 Office 365 A3 • Up to 148,000 Microsoft 365 A3
for enterprise Student Use Benefit Student Use Benefit licenses may Student Use Benefit licenses may
licenses may be ordered be ordered be ordered
• Students have access to all the • Students have access to all services in
services in Office 365 A1, Microsoft Office 365 A1, Microsoft 365 Apps for
365 Apps for enterprise, and Office enterprise, Office 365 Cloud App
Security, Windows 10 Education A3,
365 Cloud App Security
Intune for Education, Azure Active
Directory Premium Plan 1, Advanced
Threat Analytics, Minecraft: Education
Edition
Licensing guidance

Comparing education licensing options
CSP EES OVS-ES
• No minimum number of User SLs • 1,000 User SLs with an organization • 5 licenses with an organization
To start
• No minimum commitment term wide commitment required wide commitment required
• 1- or 3-year term • 1- or 3-year term
• Monthly or annual upfront • Annual, upfront payment for • Annual, upfront payment for
Ongoing payment for licenses licenses licenses
• Change number of licenses on a • Decrease licenses at anniversary to • Decrease licenses at anniversary
monthly basis program minimums to program minimums
• 1 price level • 4 price levels • 1 price level
Price/price protection • Price protection for Subscription • Price protection for the term • Price protection for the term
• Microsoft 365 A1/A3/A5, plans and • Microsoft 365 A3/A5, plans and • No Microsoft 365 A3/A5
Availability components components • No User SLs for Windows 10
• Software at commercial pricing • Software as additional products • Software
• Access to licensed, on-premises • Access to licensed, on-premises • Access to licensed, on-premises
Use rights for OLS servers servers servers
• Rights to install Exchange,
SharePoint and Skype for Business
Server
• Student Use Benefit • Student Use Benefit • Student Use Benefit
Benefits and features • Azure Dev Tools for Teaching • Azure Dev Tools for Teaching
• Imagine Academy • Imagine Academy
• Support for consortia
• Amendments and concessions
from Microsoft
Updates to the Open Licensing program

Open programs overview

Open License: key facts
Open License purchases Agreement term
• 2 years
Perpetual licenses Perpetual licenses 12-month Tokens for Azure

for software
without SA
for software
with SA
Subscriptions for
Online Services
consumption
services
Payment terms
• Upfront
Initial order
Additional orders
• 5 licenses for most products, or
• 1 license for any product
• Single license for some products:
• 1 x SQL Server Standard Core 2-pack
• 1 x Office 365 E3 User SL
• 1 x Azure token

Summary of Open License program changes
Purchasing ending Removing duplicate Customers currently December 31, 2021:

through the Open licensing programs with purchasing through the last day of Open
License program the availability of Open License program license purchases
Improving the perpetual software in
purchasing experience CSP
for customers

Things to know

Introducing software in CSP

Licenses for on-premises products in CSP
Perpetual licenses
• A single, upfront payment is made
for perpetual ownership of the
license
• No Software Assurance is available
to purchase, and no SA benefits are
included as part of the license
rights
• Use rights are detailed in the
Product Terms site, and are
consistent across the different ways
that customers can buy licenses

Available products
Windows Windows Server 2019 Exchange Server 2019

• Windows 10 Pro • Standard and Datacenter Core • Server license and
• Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 licenses Standard/Enterprise CALs
Upgrade • CALs and External Connector
• RDS CALs and External Connector SharePoint Server 2019
Office • RMS CALs and External Connector • Server license and
• Office Standard 2019 Standard/Enterprise CALs
• Office Professional Plus 2019 SQL Server 2019
• Office for Mac Standard 2019 • Standard Server license and CALs Skype for Business Server 2019
• Standard and Enterprise Core • Server license and
Project and Visio licenses Standard/Enterprise/Plus CALs
• Project Standard and Professional
2019 Project Server 2019
• Visio Standard and Professional • Server license and CALs
2019
Other products are also available: for example, BizTalk Server and the individual Office products
Deployment options
Physical or virtual servers
• Server licenses are assigned to a
physical server and the product
may be deployed in a physical or a
virtual operating system
environment
Network server usage
• Servers must be dedicated to a
single customer’s use, provided by
the customer or an Authorized
Outsourcer

License reassignment
90-day rule applies 90
• Licenses may be reassigned
between devices or users, but no
more frequently than every 90
days
Exceptions
• Permanent hardware failure
• Termination of a user’s
employment
• Temporary reallocation for a
user’s absence or a device that is
out of service
Upgrade and downgrade rights
Current version
• A license is purchased for the
current version
• If a later version is released,
there are no rights to this
version
Downgrade rights
• Any prior version may be used
• Permitted lower editions may be
used

What about public sector?

Adding offers in the Cloud Solution Provider program
Qualified Education User definition

Nonprofit eligibility criteria
Government eligibility criteria

Open Value new offers for education and nonprofit
What Why Who When

Adding SKUs for Offer for public sector Managed Reseller and July 2021
education and customers that want new Commercial Distributor
nonprofit to the licenses with Software
Open Value program Assurance or online
services using
tokens/Azure credits

Adding offers in the Open Value program
Commercial, government, and nonprofit

Education

Licensing guidance, Open License transitions
Education
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Microsoft Partner NDA Government, academic, and nonprofit licensing guidance (microsoft.com)
Licensing guidance, new customers
Education
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Microsoft Partner NDA Government, academic, and nonprofit licensing guidance (microsoft.com)
Timeline

Useful Resources

One location for operations readiness resources
Operations Readiness (microsoft.com)

Partner Licensing Resources & Support Paths
− Parter Center Announcements: Learn about important Partner Center updates.
− CEE Partner Licensing News & Readiness Yammer Group for all CEE partners to get the latest licensing news and download Licensing Readiness
calendar with the schedule of upcoming events.
− Commercial Licensing on Microsoft Partner Network helps you to understand different aspects of licensing, rights to install and use Microsoft
Stay updated software and cloud services.
Available in English and Russian languages.
− Commercial Licensing site Website on Microsoft’s Licensing available in English, Russian and Polish languages.
− Commercial Licensing Terms – Product Terms site (combined Product Terms and Online Services Terms).
− Explore.ms – portal for Microsoft Channel Partners to access general volume licensing information and detailed agreement information.
− Get Licensing Ready Your starting point to learn Microsoft Product/Program Licensing.
− Partner Licensing Readiness webpage on MPN gives access to the upcoming licensing online trainings and on-demand recordings of the past sessions. Available
in English and Russian languages.
− Partner Readiness - Microsoft Partner Community readiness information for CEE Partner Community.
Build your knowledge − Partner Licensing Academy – attend 30 licensing training sessions supported by 4 private learning paths on Get Licensing Ready.
− Licensing webinar library CSP Spotlight and Licensing Updates events and recordings.
− Licensing Terms and Documentation Quickly access licensing terms, conditions, and supplemental information relevant to the use of products
and services licensed through Microsoft Volume Licensing programs.
− Operations Readiness - new directory on Partner Network with consolidated Operations Readiness for Partners.
Partner Licensing Resources & Support Paths
− Partner Center Support Explore FAQs and self-help guides & resources for all Programs, Incentives, Co-sell and Referrals, MPN Benefits &
Competencies and Product Support. If additional assistance is needed, you can create a support ticket.
− Modern Quote Help Address your Partner Quotes questions to the ECIT Quoting Help.
− Microsoft Cloud Yammer Community Yammer network accessible to all CSP partners. Join the CSP Yammer Partner Community (for all CSP
Ask questions & partners), CSP Indirect Yammer (for CSP indirect providers), CSP Direct Yammer (for CSP direct partners), access CEE Partner Licensing News &
escalate issues Readiness.
− Select Live Chat within explore.ms for all types of support queries or questions to ROC. Log a query using Call Logging Tool (CLT) accessible via
explore.ms if the Live Chat agent is unable to resolve the issue. If the CLT tool is not available, send an email to Microsoft Commercial Support
mscosup@microsoft.com.
− PI escalations Where a standard query ticket has already been raised and the case is out of SLA or has been closed but solution is not
satisfactory, email existing Tier 1 ticket to: eocciesc@microsoft.com (EMEA).

Microsoft Education Partner Concierge Desk
The global Microsoft Education Partner Concierge Desk has been set up in four timezone-friendly
regions to ensure partners get fast and timely service across the following types of challenges:
• Microsoft Education licensing

• Education business
• Partner or customer technical issues
• ISV related challenges working with Microsoft
Partners can contact the desk directly for education related business issues through one of the regional
email alias’ below:
Global Region EDU SMB Partner Concierge Contact Email Location Official Languages
Asia EduPartnerSupportAPJ@microsoft.com Dalian, China English, Chinese
North America EduPartnerSupportNA@microsoft.com Fargo, North Dakota, US English
EMEA EduPartnerSupportEU@microsoft.com Sophia, Bulgaria English
LATAM EduPartnerSupportLA@microsoft.com San Jose, Costa Rica Spanish

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Education Licensing Online Training For CEE Partners - April 2021

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Microsoft Education

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CUSTOMERS PAY AS YOU GO ANNUITY-BASED SUBSCRIPTION ANNUITY-BASED SUBSCRIPTION

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The following types of educational entities are typically

Eligibility may vary by geographic location.

Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365

Security and Features from EMS +

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Student Use Benefit eligible:

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Security Compliance Meetings & Calling Analytics

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Add-Ons to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Plans

Office Office Office Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365

Power BI Pro $2.25/u/m

Audio Conferencing $1.50/u/m

Phone System $3/u/m

M365 A5 Security $3.30/u/m Microsoft 365 A5 Step-up

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Microsoft 365 A3 Microsoft 365 A5

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Windows 10 Enterprise A5 Windows 10 Enterprise A3 Windows A5 Step-up from Windows A3

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A qualifying product license enables an institution to order

Relevant $0 SKUs are ordered to obtain Student Use

Products included and use rights of Student Use Benefit

Rights to use products under the Student Use Benefit

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• Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Permitted Mixed EPP Scenarios

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Desktop rights Enterprise CAL Suite Server installation

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All Knowledge Workers or Education Qualified Users

Qualifying customers are entitled to as many DBS

Windows 10 1803 or above and will require

Device must be Azure AD joined or Azure AD Hybrid

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Selling education offers

Eligible education customers

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Licenses may be added or reduced,

Payment is upfront monthly or annually

No minimums or commitment to cover all users

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Office 365 A3/A5 EMS E3/E5 Microsoft 365

Process Step-by-step guide and FAQ:

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