Microsoft Licensing

Ultima has been accredited by Microsoft as one of the UK's leading software licensing specialists and our software team have many years of Microsoft licensing experience between them - they live and breathe it every day (well, Monday to Friday...)! Their knowledge and experience is just a phone call or email away - phone 0118 902 7256/7215, or email softwaresales@ultimabusiness.com.

As a Certified Gold Partner, an authorised Large Account Reseller (LAR) and Education Large Account Reseller (EdLAR), Ultima is the ideal partner to help you through the complexities of each of the licensing options available to your organisation. Discounts are available to you on all volume purchases of Microsoft licenses, whether you need just a handful more to cover an increase in personnel, or your requirement is thousands of licenses as a result of deploying a new product.

The role of Ultima's Software Team is to support you in three ways. Firstly, they will ensure that you choose the right licensing solution for your organisation - one that meets your business needs, procurement requirements and is cost-effective. Secondly, the Team will endeavour to make sure that your organisation is using the software legally, i.e. you are software license compliant. Finally, the Software Team is here to support your on-going licensing needs, e.g. when renewals are due or when additional licenses are required.

Microsoft Volume Licensing Programmes

Open Licence - A flexible volume licensing programme for organisations with between 2 to 500 desktop PCs that offer organisations a cost-effective way to buy and licence multiple copies of Microsoft software.

Open Subscription Licence - Open Subscription Licence (OSL) is designed for small to medium-sized organisations with 5 to 500 or more desktop PCs who want to standardise the use of their Microsoft software.

Multi-Year Open Licence - Multi-Year Open (MYO) Licence is for organisations with a minimum of 5 PCs that want the flexibility of spreading payments over three years, while standardising on some or all of Microsoft Platform products.

Select Licence - Select Licence is a perpetual volume licensing programme for corporate, government and academic customers, using 250 or more desktop PCs that have mixed product and purchasing requirements.

Enterprise Agreement - Enterprise Agreement licences are designed for large corporate and government customers, with 250 or more desktop PCs, who want to standardise some or all of their Microsoft Platform products.

For further details on Volume Licensing Programmes, click here.

Microsoft Software Assurance
Software Assurance provides Microsoft volume licensing customers with the support and tools to help you maintain both server and desktop efficiency. Software Assurance also gives you access to the latest software upgrades to keep your business flexible and competitive. If you are a customer who has chosen a three-year agreement, there is also an option to spread your payments annually (Open Licence, which has a two-year agreement term, does not offer the spread payment option).

For further details on Software Assurance, click here.

Microsoft Licensing Guides
Microsoft have produced two guides to help those responsible for purchasing licenses that you may find useful.

To download these guides, click here.

If you require any further information about Microsoft licensing, please contact Ultima Software Team on 0118 902 7256/7215, or email softwaresales@ultimabusiness.com.