Open licensing is a simple and cost effective way for end-users to purchase Microsoft licences without the hassle of contracts & forecasts. The key features and benefits are explained below:

Minimum of 2 PC's - 5 licences to start agreement
All the end-user needs to do is place an order for 5 licences on their initial purchase. This could consist of 1x Windows Server & 4 CAL's or a mixture such as 2x Office Pro Plus licences & 3 Windows Vista Upgrades.All your customer needs to do is place an initial order

Perpetual Licensing
Once then end-user has paid for their perpetual licence in full, they have the right to use the software for as long as they wish.

Optional Software Assurance
Software Assurance is a maintenance offer that helps the end-user get the most from Microsoft software through a broad range of benefits. Please click here for further info

Easy transaction process
Simply place your order online and wait for your customers Licence Confirmation to arrive via email. This should take no longer than 24-48 hours

Two Discount levels - further purchases allowed for 2 years
Open Licensing is split into two categories:

Open Business - for small organisations, Open Business offers discounts at entry level over full packaged products

Open Volume - for larger organisations, Open Volume offers additional discount levels (Entry level & level C for Corporate & Entry level & level B for Edu) to customers placing a single order of 150+ points in any one product Pool
Customers can place orders for additional licences from as little as 1 licence as long as they provide their Authorisation number with the order. Open Volume customers can only user their Authorisation number to purchase additional licences for products within the same product Pool.

Ease of licence management through Eopen
eOpen is a secure website that records the status of all Open licences purchased. The end-user can create and retain personalised views of Open licence purchases, review their licence agreement and product use rights, update contact info, view Open licence purchases made in over 180 countries and access their Volume Licence keys to install their software.

Available to many end-user categories
Open licensing is available to Corporate, Education/charity and government end-users. Discount levels vary between end-user types.