Select Plus Minimum Waived on Initial Order

The Select Plus licensing program rules have been changed to enable smaller initial purchases. Specifically, Microsoft has waived the requirement to make an initial purchase worth at least 500 points to get the minimum discount, and the change puts Select Plus on par with the closely related Select License program. Select Plus will be most valuable to customers who go on to purchase much more software and achieve greater discounts, since the discount available at the 500-point level is matched by simpler volume licensing programs with low starting requirements.

Select Volume Licensing Programs

Select License and Select Plus are often used by midmarket and enterprise customers to purchase software in volume, offering discounts down to about 35% below retail prices. Discounts are calculated by the number of “points” each license is worth (for instance, an Office 2010 Professional Plus license earns three points, and a SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise per-processor license earns 200 points).