volume licensing

They will be available through volume licensing from early January.

It will be available to volume licensing customers from January 1, 2011.

I'm sure they could work out volume licensing deals with the application vendors.

For the example described above, the volume licensing customer would receive the right to install one copy in a virtual machine.

Windows 8 Enterprise contains additional features aimed towards business environments, and is only available through volume licensing.

The Standard edition is only available through Volume Licensing.

Thats why volume licensing includes downgrade rights.

These are more or less the traditional volume licensing tiers, save for the fact that they contain no special upgrade licenses in-and-of themselves.

The secondary install right is associated with volume licensing of the operating system rather than Virtual PC.

As of yesterday, Visual Studio 2008 is now available via volume licensing and also for purchase as a full packaged product.

Microsoft has announced this week that it will continue to offer downgrade options to both volume licensing customers and end-users when Windows 7 ships.

Office 2007 was released to volume licensing customers on November 30, 2006, and to the general public on January 30, 2007.

This edition targets the enterprise segment of the market and is sold through volume licensing to companies which have a Software Assurance contract with Microsoft.

Adobe Elements 7.0 was also released which was still only sold by volume licensing outlets but decreased the minimum licenses limit to 100 licenses.

Standard: This suite adds Outlook and Publisher to the core lineup and is only available through volume licensing channels.

After a lengthy development process, Windows Vista was released on November 30, 2006 for volume licensing and January 30, 2007 for consumers.

In another example, Microsoft's IT folks moved two customer-facing software tools for volume licensing customers to Azure in about six weeks.

Remember, there is OEM stickers, there are volume licensing, there is software assurance and they have levels to this stuff.

Retail availability should begin in June, and Software Assurance and Volume Licensing customers should have access within two weeks.

Microsoft has also announced that companies which have a contract with Software Assurance may acquire Windows 7 when it became available for volume licensing on September 1, 2009.

This form of licensing typically applies for business, government and educational institutions, with prices for volume licensing varying depending on the type, quantity and applicable subscription-term.

All benefits are generated by a Benefits Administrator at the customer organization and can be managed on the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center.

Responding to an outcry from some of its largest customers, Microsoft announced changes to the controversial new volume licensing program it began rolling out the first week of October.

Volume licensing is a different beast altogether, and Microsoft has been able to leverage their volume discounts in such a way as to make SA somewhat attractive.

They are Home Basic, which was only released in emerging countries, and Enterprise, which is only available in Volume Licensing, and Software Assurance.