Updated: July 12, 2020 (January 2, 2012)
Charts & IllustrationsOpen Program Comparison
Microsoft’s volume licensing Open programs serve a variety of business requirements. The left column lists some key features that can affect which program a company chooses to use, and the remaining columns compare how the various Open programs implement those features.
Software Assurance (SA) coverage is a subscription customers attach to a product license to provide product version upgrades and other benefits. SA is optional in some programs and included in others.
| Open License | Open Value Non-Organization-Wide | Open Value Organization-Wide | Open Value Subscription | |
| Initial purchase requirements | Five licenses or one server processor license. | Five licenses with SA
(Renewing customers may start by covering five existing licenses with SA). |
Must license at least one Enterprise Product [Office Professional Plus suite, Core or Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) suite, or Windows Professional Upgrade] organization-wide, that is, for all PCs | |
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