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Open Business vs Open Value

Microsoft Open Business

Open Business is for companies looking to save money without a large up-front volume commitment. The initial order is five or more licenses for any combination of Microsoft products. You can place reorders for two full years and enjoy discounts (as compared to estimated retail prices for Full Packaged Product). There is no minimum reorder quantity.

Open Business Licensing, Open Volume Licensing and Open Value - A Comparison

	Open Business	Open Value
Customer Profile	Organisations needing five or more licenses.	Organisations with as few as five and up to 250 desktops that want the advantages of SA and the ability to spread payments annually.
Entry Minimum	Minimum initial order of five licenses.	Minimum of five Licenses and Software Assurance (L&SA) or five Software Assurance only (SA only).
Software License Offerings	License, L&SA and SA renewal.	L&SA and SA renewal
Additional Savings	No	Yes, for Company-wide Option.
Payment Options	Full payment due upon order	Annual or up-front payments.
Term	Two years	Three years
How to Buy	Contact your preferred reseller.	Contact your preferred reseller
Order Tracking	Microsoft assigns an authorisation number and posts order confirmations on the eOpen Web site. https://eopen.microsoft.com (US link)	Microsoft assigns an agreement number and posts order confirmations on the MVLS Web site. https://licensing.microsoft.com (US link)

Microsoft Software Assurance:

More value. More assistance. More manageable.

Software Assurance provides volume licensing customers the right to run any new versions of the covered product issued during the period of their Software Assurance coverage. Software Assurance also gives you automatic access to support, tools, and training to help deploy new software efficiently, flexibly and cost effectively.