VL Pricing - July 2012 - Price List Guide - MS Internal



October 2012 Price List GuideTable of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Price List Guide Scope PAGEREF _Toc333825154 \h 4New Products And/Or Versions Launching PAGEREF _Toc333825155 \h 4New Product Step Ups PAGEREF _Toc333825156 \h 4Discontinued Products/Product Migrations PAGEREF _Toc333825157 \h 4Removal of Software Assurance for Pre-System Center 2012 Server and Client MLs, System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE), and Server Management Suite Datacenter (SMSD), System Center Configuration Manager Server PAGEREF _Toc333825158 \h 4Database Consolidation Appliance 2012 Discontinued PAGEREF _Toc333825159 \h 5Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP/Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP Discontinued (to be sold by SAP) PAGEREF _Toc333825160 \h 5Antigen Enterprise Manager Discontinued PAGEREF _Toc333825161 \h 5Windows Azure Compute and Windows Azure CDN Discontinued PAGEREF _Toc333825162 \h 6Exchange Online Plan 1A Alumni STU removal PAGEREF _Toc333825163 \h 6New Program/Product Offering PAGEREF _Toc333825164 \h 6Windows Companion Subscription License PAGEREF _Toc333825165 \h 6Product Name Changes PAGEREF _Toc333825166 \h 7Promotions PAGEREF _Toc333825167 \h 7New “On Price List” Promotions Launching October 1, 2012 PAGEREF _Toc333825168 \h 7Links to Additional Information on Active Promotions PAGEREF _Toc333825169 \h 7High Level Summary of Active Global Promotions PAGEREF _Toc333825170 \h 7Updates to Active Promotions PAGEREF _Toc333825171 \h 8Promotions Ending September 30, 2012 PAGEREF _Toc333825172 \h 8Preview of Upcoming Promotions for October 1, 2012 PAGEREF _Toc333825173 \h 8New “Product List” Special Offers PAGEREF _Toc333825174 \h 8Strategic Pricing Changes PAGEREF _Toc333825175 \h 8Office 365 Government price decrease PAGEREF _Toc333825176 \h 8Point Count Changes PAGEREF _Toc333825177 \h 9Miscellaneous PAGEREF _Toc333825178 \h 9Sharepoint Online Extra Storage PAGEREF _Toc333825179 \h 9SQL Azure Business & SQL Azure Web unit of measure change PAGEREF _Toc333825180 \h 9Azure Support PAGEREF _Toc333825181 \h 10Program Abbreviation Glossary: PAGEREF _Toc333825182 \h 10Pricing Resources PAGEREF _Toc333825183 \h 10Price List Guide Scope The Volume Licensing Price List Guide is a companion resource that corresponds to the Price List. The intent of the Price List Guide is to proactively communicate strategic information connected to activity on the Price List at a global level. Examples of such activity are as follows:Adds – Strategic new product launches or program offerings, including promotionsChanges – Strategic product or program price changesDeletes – Strategic “end of life” product discontinuationsAll information relating to error corrections will be communicated through the standard Operations Communication (OpsComm) process posted on explore.ms. Examples of such activity are as follows:Adds – Correcting missing SKUsChanges – Correcting erroneous pricingDeletes – Correcting erroneous extra SKUsNew Products And/Or Versions LaunchingProductFor more information:Certification in Academic VL MCP Certification Pack Azure Support Product Step UpsPart NumberMaterial DescriptionStep Up FROM Product FamilySA Step Up TO Product FamilyA complete listing of all product step ups will be maintained and posted on explore.ms in the Tools Section.Discontinued Products/Product MigrationsRemoval of Software Assurance for Pre-System Center 2012 Server and Client MLs, System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE), and Server Management Suite Datacenter (SMSD), System Center Configuration Manager ServerIn order to provide customers a window of time to budget for the cost changes associated with System Center 2012, Microsoft allowed System Center customers to renew their license position using? pre-System Center 2012 SKUs and prices for contracts renewed before Oct 1st, 2012.? As of Oct 1st, 2012, the pre-System Center 2012 Software Assurance Renewal sku’s will now be removed for perpetual license programs such as EA, Select, Select Plus, Open, Open Value, Open Value Subscription, and Worldwide Gov’t Partner.SKU sample:Sample Part NumberSample Material Description9TX-00005SysCtrOpsMgrCltML ALNG SA MVL PerUsrJ3A-00162SysCtrCnfgMgrSvr ALNG SA MVLDatabase Consolidation Appliance 2012 DiscontinuedEffective October 1, 2012, Microsoft is discontinuing the Database Consolidation Appliance and removing all license offerings from the price list. Impacted sample part numbers?(with? corresponding material description) are as follows:SKU samples:Part NumberMaterial DescriptionS3L-00006DBCnsldtnApplnce SNGL LicSAPk MVL 1ProcDuet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP/Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP Discontinued (to be sold by SAP)Effective Oct 1, 2012, SAP will be the sole seller of Duet and Duet Enterprise SKUs, and Microsoft will not launch any Duet and Duet Enterprise SKUs through Volume licensing.?For customers wishing to deploy Duet and Duet Enterprise in the cloud, they will need to purchase Duet or Duet Enterprise from SAP and purchase hosting from Microsoft with Office 365 (via a future Duet Enterprise Hosting for SAP SKU). To support this transition, Microsoft will continue to have Duet download only SKUs on VLSC to support existing customers.SKU samples:Part NumberMaterial Description2TH-00162DuetEntSharePointSAPCAL ALNG LicSAPk OLV NL 1Y AP UsrCALR6H-00264DuetEntSharePointSAPSVR SNGL SA MVLJS6-00073DuetforOffice&SAPCAL ALNG LicSAPk MVL UsrCALJS5-00039DuetforOfficeSAPSvr ALNG LicSAPk MVLAntigen Enterprise Manager DiscontinuedEffective Oct 1, 2012, Microsoft is discontinuing Antigen Enterprise Manager SKUs and removing all license offerings from the price list. Impacted sample part numbers?(with? corresponding material description) are as follows:SKU samples:Part NumberMaterial Description73F-00002AntigenEntMgr ALNG LicSAPk MVL Srvcs73F-00042AntigenEntMgr ALNG SubsVL OLV E 1Mth Acdmc AP SrvcsWindows Azure Compute and Windows Azure CDN DiscontinuedEffective October 1, 2012, Microsoft is discontinuing certain Windows Azure Compute and Windows Azure CDN SKUs from the price list. Impacted part numbers?(with?corresponding material description) are as follows:SKU details:Part NumberMaterial DescriptionN7H-00024WinAzureCompute ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL 10CompueHRS Commit WebSitesN7H-00025WinAzureCompute ShrdSvr ALNG Fee MVL 10CompueHRS Ovrg WebSitesP3H-00025WinAzureCDN ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL 10MTrnsctns Commit SSLP3H-00026WinAzureCDN ShrdSvr ALNG Fee MVL 10MTrnsctns Ovrg SSLExchange Online Plan 1A Alumni STU removalEffective October 1, 2012, Microsoft is discontinuing STU offerings from Excahnge Online Plan 1A Alumni for Academic customers. Impacted SKU:Part NumberMaterial Description5RS-00002ExchgOnlnPln1A ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL PerUsr AlumniNew Program/Product OfferingWindows Companion Subscription LicenseThe Windows Companion Subscription License (CSL) enables Bring Your Own Device scenarios and provides businesses with more flexibility to run Windows across secondary or companion devices for their employees. This optional add-on grants the rights for the primary user of an SA or VDA licensed device to access a corporate desktop through VDI or Windows To Go on up to four devices. Devices eligible for use under the Windows CSL include any type of personally owned device as well as corporate owned non-x86 devices.SKU sample:Part NumberMaterial Description9HS-00015WinCSL ALNG SubsVL MVL PerDvcProduct Name ChangesNote: Product Name changes to existing SKUS are retro-active and will flow to all downstream systems that display SKU/Descriptions regardless of the date range of the information. When a product name change is made, it will flow to downstream systems within 24 to 48 hours. Old Product Family NameNew Product Family NameTarget Change DateNew SKUS?No Product Name changes, but please see Misc. section below detailing Product Type name changes. PromotionsNew “On Price List” Promotions Launching October 1, 2012Visual Studio Premium with MSDN Step-upWith the launch of Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft is introducing new value into Visual Studio Premium with MSDN, making it an even more compelling offering--including testing and lab management tools that previously were available at the Ultimate level as well as new feedback solicitation and agile planning capabilities. These changes make it so that it will be a compelling time to upgrade from Visual Studio Professional with MSDN. We want to help the step-up motion by providing this additional discount to get customers moved up from Pro to Premium.Offer:30% Discount Eligibility:As with any step-up, the customer must have a license under active SA to upgrade. In the case of this promo, the qualifying Visual Studio Professional with MSDN license that is under active SA must have been purchased prior to September 1, 2012.Program(s):EA (Corp;Gov;Local Gov), Select Plus (Corp;Gov), Open Value/OVS (Corp;Gov), Worldwide Gov’t PartnerGeography:WorldwidePromo Dates:October 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013Sample SKU:9ED-00364VSPremwMSDN 2012 ALNG MVL PromoLinks to Additional Information on Active PromotionsThe active global promotions information page is available on the Partner portal.Learn about our worldwide Microsoft Volume Licensing SKU-based promotions for Microsoft software resellers. Extend these valuable offers to your customers to encourage sales of Microsoft solutions—and grow your revenue streams.You can get promotion details and SKU information at this location. Please note, this content is only available in English at this time. Level Summary of Active Global PromotionsPromotion NameStart Date/Price List Guide DateEnd DatePrograms(See Glossary Below)CommentsForefront Online Protection for Exchange Promotion1-Sept-201131-Dec-2012OV, OVS, SEL+, WWGPSQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse Promotion1-Feb-201231-Dec-2012EA, EAS, SEL+, WWGPExchange Server Standard Promotion1-May-2012 31-Dec-2012OLP, OVWindows Server Datacenter Step Up Promotion1-Sep-201231-Mar-2013EA, WWGP, Sel+, Sel-Local, CA/EES, SC, OV, OVSUpdates to Active PromotionsNonePromotions Ending September 30, 2012NonePreview of Upcoming Promotions for October 1, 2012NoneNew “Product List” Special OffersNoneStrategic Pricing ChangesOffice 365 Government price decreaseEffective October 1, 2012 in most geographies where Office 365 is sold, the Government pricepoints for have been reduced slightly. This event is connected to the broad price decrease Microsoft put in affect in May 2012, and further aligns our prices across channels which Office 365 is sold, ensuring Volume Licensing customers continue to receive the most favorable prices. SKU samples:Part NumberMaterial DescriptionT7A-00003Off365PE2 ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL PerUsrT6A-00061Off365PE1 ShrdSvr ALNG SU MVL GovOnly Off365K1 PerUsrPoint Count ChangesChanges to Point Counts cannot be tied to a particular price list month. Point counts flow to downstream systems as soon as they are either set, or changed. While this precludes the ability to provide a 30-day preview on point count changes, it does mean that point count errors can be corrected quickly without relying on the following month’s price list publication schedule. As point count changes will not be visible on the preview price list, please refer to the Product List for updated point counts in the interim. License point values (referred to as the “Unit Count” on price lists) are assigned based on a product’s global base price using a sliding scale and are only applicable in the Open and Select program. Each product pool (Applications, Systems, Server) has a unique scale for assigning point counts. MiscellaneousSharepoint Online Extra Storage Effective October 1, 2012, Sharepoint Online Extra Storage in-market SKUs are being refreshed to update systems, generating a new part number. SKU samples:Discontinued Part NumberReplaced By Part NumberMaterial DescriptionUT9-000076WT-00001ShrPntOnlnXtraStrg ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL AddOn XtraStrg1GBSQL Azure Business & SQL Azure Web unit of measure changeEffective October 1, 2012, certain SQL Azure Business and SQL Azure Web SKUs will change billable meters, or units of measure. This causes a new part number to be generated. Please note the following SKUs and their replacement part numbers. Impacted SKUs:Discontinued Part NumberMaterial DescriptionReplaced By Part NumberMaterial DescriptionN6H-00001SQLAzureWeb ShrdSvr ALNG Fee MVL 1GB OvrgN6H-00006SQLAzureWeb ShrdSvr ALNG Fee MVL 1DBUnit OvrgN6H-00004SQLAzureWeb ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL 1GB CommitN6H-00005SQLAzureWeb ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL 1DBUnit CommitP4H-00002SQLAzureBsnss ShrdSvr ALNG Fee MVL 10GB OvrgP4H-00012SQLAzureBsnss ShrdSvr ALNG Fee MVL 10DtbaseUnt OvrgP4H-00003SQLAzureBsnss ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL 10GB CommitP4H-00011SQLAzureBsnss ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL 10DtbaseUnt CommitAzure Support Azure Support SKUs have come on to the October 2012 Pricelist, but will be not be orderable until a future date. Please do not place orders against the following SKUs. SKU details:Part NumberMaterial DescriptionW6T-00001AzureSpprt ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL Commit StdUpgrdProDrctW6T-00002AzureSpprt ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL Commit ProDirectW6T-00003AzureSpprt ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL Commit StdProgram Abbreviation Glossary:Program NameAbbreviationProgram NameAbbreviationOpen LicenseOLPEnterprise AgreementEAOpen ValueOVEnterprise SubscriptionEASOpen Value SubscriptionOVSWorldwide Gov’t PartnerWWGPSelect PlusSEL+SelectSELCampus (Enrollment for Education Solutions)CA/EESSchoolSCISV RoyaltyISVServices Provider License AgreementSPLAPricing ResourcesThe monthly price list guide will now maintain a list of useful hyper links to resources for pricing and price list information. The below resource titles are hyperlinks to their location on explore.ms. Please Note: The links below will only take you to the Explore.ms home page, rather than directly to the document download. Please use the snapshot below to locate the links to the individual resources below. We apologize for the inconvenience.Product Family Version Matrix (Click on the title)The Product Family (PFAM) version matrix provides a mapping of current PFAM names to the product’s earlier version names (up to 2 versions back) as well as provides information on product discontinuations and product migrations where applicable.Product List (Click on the title)Published monthly, the Product List for Volume Licensing provides information about the availability of new products, discontinuation of products, available promotions, point values, product migration paths, Software Assurance benefits, and other notes and information specific to products.Product Step Up List (Click on the title)The Product Step Up List provides a comprehensive list of all product step ups available. Please note, not all product step ups are available in all programs.Product Description Glossary (Click on the title)The Product Description Glossary lists all unique abbreviations, acronyms and codes which have been utilized to create the new product descriptions for all Volume License SKUs. Product Description FAQ (Click on the title)The Product Description FAQ provides a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions about the new standard abbreviations being applied to Volume License SKUs. ................
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