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| EA Subscription Prices Cut |
| Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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The price of an Enterprise Agreement Subscription (EAS) was reduced 10% in Jan. 2010, as Microsoft copes with an economic downturn by focusing on agreements that cost customers less in the short run. While a standard Enterprise Agreement (EA) offers perpetual licenses for every PC or user in an organization and always include Software Assurance (SA, Microsoft's maintenance and upgrade plan), an EAS customer pays an annual subscription fee to use the latest version of the software and get related SA benefits, but does not get perpetual licenses that permit use of the software after the agreement ends.
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Additional Resources
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- New Deployment Services for SA Customers (Jul. 25, 2011)
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- Windows Intune Licensing (Jun. 13, 2011)
- Reduce License Costs for Hosting (May 23, 2011)
- Core CAL Suite Adds IM, Antimalware (Apr. 11, 2011)
- Dynamics CRM Self-Service Licensing (Apr. 11, 2011)
- Select Plus Discounts, SA Rules (Mar. 21, 2011)
- Opalis License Deal Extended (Mar. 14, 2011)
- Lync Server 2010 Packaging, Pricing, and Licensing (Feb. 21, 2011)
- Windows 7 Upgrade Licensing Strategies (Sept. 30, 2010)
- SA Benefits Trimmed (Aug. 23, 2010)
- Select Licensing Phased Out by 2016 (Jan. 10, 2011)
- Use Rights for SQL Server Bundles (Dec. 27, 2010)
- Price Changes for Hosters (Dec. 27, 2010)
- Server Enrollments Modified (Nov. 8, 2010)
- New Enrollment for Academic Subscriptions (Oct. 25, 2010)
- Volume License Center Update (Oct. 11, 2010)
- Select Plus Minimum Waived (Sep. 27, 2010)
- New Dynamics Light-Use Licenses (Sep. 20, 2010)
