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1MicrosoftLicensingNEWSLETTERIssue 10Agreement & ProductsInsight, your Trusted AdvisorInsight’s vision is to be the Trusted Advisor to our clients, helping them enhancetheir business performance through innovative technology solutions. Keeping upto date with all the latest news and information you need direct from your reseller.ContentsMicrosoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional Add-On to Microsoft Office 365 - NOW2uBridge CALs in OLV/OVS - NOW 1st November2uAzure RemoteApp for Enterprise Mobility Suite Promotion - NOW 1st November2uOffice 365 Education - NOW available3uMSDN Operating Systems - Discontinued as of September3uOffice 2016 for Volume Licencing Roadmap3uMicrosoft announce Office 2016 for PC and Mac under HUP - NOW available4uOneNote and InfoPath Licensing Rules Update - NOW4uFastTrack Adoption for O365 and EMS Helping with your Migration - NEW DON’T MISS OUT5uThe new Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA)5uEnterprise Agreement - Enterprise Cloud Suite and Server Cloud Suite6uEverything you need to know about Licensing Windows 10 - NEW7uIncrease your ROI with adding Insight Direct as your Partner of Record (POR)7uSoftware Assurance Activation, Deployment and Managing - Book your live session now8uProduct Licensing and Use Rights Search8uYour Trusted Advisor uk.insight.com 0800 333 333

NEWSLETTER Issue 102Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online ProfessionalAdd-On to Microsoft Office 365NOWStarting from the 1st October2015, this Sales Productivity promotionfor Dynamics CRM will conclude and be replacedby programmatic Microsoft Dynamics CRM OnlineProfessional SKUs.Now available to purchase at a discount for new orexisting Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3, Plan E4, Plan E5(available in FY16), Business Premium, or EnterpriseCloud Suite (ECS) customers.NEWNEWFor further details or if you are affected by thisplease speak to your Account ManagerBridge CALs in OLV/OVSBridge CALs through Open License and OpenValue Subscriptions are now available as away for customersto move to cloudservices withoutpaying for a fullre-license. TheBridge CAL SKUsoffer OLV andOVS customers aNovember01cost-effective way to license only2015the CAL Suite components notalready included with the onlineservice (Windows Server CAL, SC ConfigurationManager, SC Endpoint Protection).Please speak to your Account Managerfor pricing and additional informationAzure RemoteApp for EnterpriseMobility Suite PromotionBetween 1st November 2015 and 31st March2016, Microsoft will offer a 40% discount on allAzure Plan SKUs of Azure RemoteApp to allexisting and new EMS customers.Customers will beallowed to lockthis price of AzureRemoteApp forall or a subset oftheir EMS seats forthe term of theirBACK TO CONTENTSNovember012015contract. They will have to migrate tomarket prices of Azure RemoteApp at the end oftheir contract.This offer will be available to customers via EA, EAS,CA/EES, and WWGP programs. Targeted customersegments include all of Commercial, Government,and Education.Please speak to your Account Managerfor pricing and additional informationpYour Trusted Advisor uk.insight.com 0800 333 333

NEWSLETTER Issue 103Office 365 Education NOW AVAILABLENOWEffective from the 1st September 2015, MS willbe making a series of updates to their Office 365Education plans. These updates include: Adding additional Exchange Online andSharePoint Online functionality to ourOffice 365 Education E1 plan Rebranding “Office 365 Education E1” as“Office 365 Education” Limiting Office 365 Education E3 and Office 365Education E4 access to existing customerrenewals only Removing Exchange Online Plan 2 from theOVS-ES and EES pricelists as well asOPEN Academic and School pricelists.MSDN Operating SystemsDISCONTINUED AS OF SEPTEMBERSeptember012015MSDN Operating Systems(retired as of the 1st September 2015)streamline the number of MSDN subscriptionofferings and simplify the sku lineup.Customers with active subscriptions will havethe option to renew their subscription underVisual Studio Professional with MSDN.Office 2016 for Volume LicensingALL AVAILABLE NOWUnmistakably Office, designed for MacThe new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlookand OneNote provide the best of both worlds for Macusers - the familiar Office experience paired with thebest of Mac.NOWDo your best work, anywhere, anytime Mac 2016 available under O365 option Mac 2016 available under VOLUME License programs(VL) programmes Office 2016 for Mac and PC available for Home UseProgramme (HUP) option as part of a SoftwareAssurance (SA) benefitBACK TO CONTENTSpYour Trusted Advisor uk.insight.com 0800 333 333

NEWSLETTER Issue 104Microsoft announce Office 2016 for PC and Macavailable under HUP (Home Use Programme)NEWMicrosoft announce Office forPC and Mac available underHUP (Home Use Programme).The Microsoft Home UseProgram (HUP) is available toVolume Licensing customerswith active SoftwareAssurance benefits.Software Assurance ensuresthat organisations have accessto the latest Microsoft softwareand provides a range ofbenefits, including productivityenhancements, support, toolsand training. Home UseProgram is one of theproductivity-enhancing benefitsof Software Assurance.Eligible employees may purchase qualifying Officesoftware for use at home through an assignedProgram Code provided by their organisation.Office Professional Plus 2016 for PC helps youto do your best work –anywhere, anytime. New,modern versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint,Outlook, OneNote and Skype for Business, are builtfor maximum productivity.Office 2016 for Mac enables you do your best work–anywhere, anytime. New, modern versions of Word,Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote have thefamiliar look and feel of Office, and are thoughtfullydesigned for Mac.The price of these new products is still 8.95 and a license is applicable for1 installation and activation (it can no longer be installed on 2 devices).Employees can additionally purchase backup media (optional), selectingbetween a DVD ( 10.95) and a USB stick ( 13.95).OneNote and InfoPath Licensing Rules UpdateBACK TO CONTENTSAs of October 2015OneNote licences are beingdiscontinued- Customersmay acquire rights to useOneNote moving forwardwith the purchase of anOffice Professional Plus2016 licence.NOWNOWAs of October/November 2015InfoPath 2013standalone licences will nolonger be available to be purchased,however the product version ofInfoPath 2013 will be included withinthe purchase of Office ProfessionalPlus 2016 licence.pYour Trusted Advisor uk.insight.com 0800 333 333

NEWDON’T MISS OUTNEWSLETTER Issue 105FastTrack Adoption for O365 andEMS - helping you with your migrationStarting 1stSeptember2015, customerswho purchase aminimum of 150seats of eligible Office 365 SKUs during the offer periodwill qualify for partner funds to drive Office 365 active useof 15 % of eligible SKUs purchased on a single workload.Trial customers who make eligible purchases will alsoqualify. Eligible workloads for this offer include SharePointOnline, OneDrive Online,Office 365 Pro Plus, Skype for Business Online, Yammer,Project Online, Project Pro for Office 365, and Visio Pro forOffice 365. This offer is available NOW until the31st March 2016.Also starting September 1st 2015, customers whopurchase a minimum of 150 seats of eligible EnterpriseMobility Suite (EMS) SKUs during the offer period willqualify for partner funds to drive Office 365 active useof 15 percent of eligible SKUs purchased on a singleworkload. Trial customers who make eligible purchaseswill also qualify. Eligible workloads for this offer includeEnterprise Mobility Suite for Intune and Azure ActiveDirectory Premium. This offer is available through 31stMarch 2016, and is in addition to the onboarding of allNOWworkloads and email data migration.FastTrack Onboarding is included as partof the purchase of Office 365 and EMS services anddelivered remotely by Microsoft experts to ensure theservice is ready to use.* Microsoft FastTrack providesremote onboarding and deployment assistance to“Jan says “don’t miss out, callyour Account Manager today””customers or preferred partners who are onboardingto either of the online services. Onboarding assistanceincludes infrastructure assessments through automatedchecks and configurations, user provisioning, identitysynchronisation, mail flow, and activation of coreservices, including remote email migration for Office365 customers. If the customer’s infrastructure requiresremediation, the Onboarding experts will work with thepartner to assist the customer with moving to the service.*Minimum of 150 seat purchase required of EMS only, Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS)only in any combination of EMS, and/or standalone Intune, Azure Active DirectoryPremium, and Azure Rights Management where at least one of the services has150 seats or more.The new Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA)The new Microsoft Products and Services Agreement(MPSA) is a single agreement for yourOnline Services, software, and SoftwareAssurance purchases acrossyour organisation.“”There should be an easier way tomanage my Microsoft assets.It can save time and money by combining purchasepoints for the best price level and reducing theadministrative overhead associated with managingmultiple agreements.The Microsoft Products and Services Agreement givesyou more options - for example, the ability to createPurchasing Accounts. Purchasing Accounts let youdefine how you want to purchase (by affiliate, division,BACK TO CONTENTSdepartment, or any other group you define in yourorganisation). You can then choose and provision thesolution that your organisation needs. You are in control.The new Microsoft Volume Licensing Center has anintuitive, easy-to-use interface that lets you quickly viewand generate reports on everything purchased under theMicrosoft Products and Services Agreement.You can manage your portfolio of Microsoft productsand services across your entire organisation.The Microsoft Volume Licensing Center also lets youself-provision online services, download software morequickly, access your volume license keysmore easily, and efficiently manage anduse your Software Assurance benefits.“I want one simple agreementfor software and services.pYour Trusted Advisor uk.insight.com 0800 333 333”LEARN MORE u

NEWSLETTER Issue 106Enterprise AgreementBenefitsBest value for organisations with 250 ormore devices, or users that want to buycloud services and software licensesunder one agreement.How it worksMaximise your investment inMicrosoft technologies with bestpricing and benefits.Enterprise EnrolmentThe Enterprise Enrolment equips devicesand users with on-premises or cloud-basedversions of Microsoft desktop products.Server & Cloud EnrolmentThe Server and Cloud Enrolment offersthe best pricing and benefits in exchangefor standardising on Microsoft server andcloud technologies.BACK TO CONTENTSpYour Trusted Advisor uk.insight.com 0800 333 333

NEWNEWSLETTER Issue 107Everything you need to know aboutlicensing Windows 10NOWCheck out the NEW editions available to you for Microsoft Windows 10,ensure your desktop operating system qualifies to upgrade to Windows 10and see what else is available for Windows 10 Enterprise users via a VolumeLicensing agreement.See the fulllicensing guide uMore detailedfeatures withinWindows 10 uIncrease your ROI by adding Insight Directas your Partner of Record (POR)If you currently use Office 365 you can now increaseyour ROI (Return of investment) by having a registrationPartner of Record (POR) added to your signature.The partner who acts as your partner of subscriptionsoffers assistance in terms of sales and support andtechnical expertise to help you configure andmaintain your subscription, that’s what Insightare here to do for you.To add insight as your preferred PORplease follow this simple process u.Alternatively, call Jan Prentice on 07827 848291and she can talk you though this simple process.BACK TO CONTENTSpYour Trusted Advisor uk.insight.com 0800 333 333NOW