November2012 Price List Guide
Revised October 3, 2012
Table of Contents
Price List Guide Scope
New Products And/Or Versions Launching
New Product Step Ups
Discontinued Products/Product Migrations
EES/Campus Price List Buy-Out SKU Change
Windows Small Business Servers Essentials
New Program/Product Offering
New Azure SKUs in Campus Program
OVS-ES Price List Buy-Out SKUs Added
Buy Out Pricing Changes for EES and OVS-ES
Windows Server Essentials
New MSDT SKUs
Product Name Changes
Promotions
New “On Price List” Promotions Launching November 1, 2012
Links to Additional Information on Active Promotions
High Level Summary of Active Global Promotions
Updates to Active Promotions
Promotions Ending October 31, 2012
Preview of Upcoming Promotions for December 1, 2012
New “Product List” Special Offers
Strategic Pricing Changes
Point Count Changes
Miscellaneous
Program Abbreviation Glossary:
Pricing Resources
Price 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 promotions
Changes – Strategic product or program price changes
Deletes – Strategic “end of life” product discontinuations
All information relating to error corrections will be communicated through the standard Operations Communication (OpsComm) process posted on Examples of such activity are as follows:
Adds – Correcting missing SKUs
Changes – Correcting erroneous pricing
Deletes – Correcting erroneous extra SKUs
New Products And/Or Versions Launching
Product / For more information:Window Server 2012 Essentials /
New Product Step Ups
Part Number / Material Description / Step Up FROM Product Family / SA Step Up TO Product FamilyA complete listing of all product step ups will be maintained and posted on in the Tools Section.
Discontinued Products/Product Migrations
EES/Campus Price List Buy-Out SKU Change
For legacy reasons, the EES price list until now has listed both 1-year and 3-year buy-out SKUs even though the program only offers the option to buy-out after three consecutive years of coverage. The 1-year buy-out SKUs have been removed from the November 2012 pricelist to avoid confusion.
SKU samples:
Part Number / Material Description2FJ-00027 / OfficeProPlusEdu 2010 ALNG MVL 1Y
125-01169 / VSTeamFndtnSvr 2012 ALNG MVL 1Y
Windows Small Business Server Essentials – Replacement/Rebranding
Windows Small Business Server Essentials 2011 has been replaced with Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Windows Server 2012 Essentials is the latest version of Windows Small Business Server Essentials. It is a cloud enabled first server with an intuitive user interface. It can run on physical servers with up to two processors and has been designed for small businesses with up to 25 users. The name was changed to better align the Essentials edition with the Windows Server 2012 product family. Customers with Software Assurance on Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, will receive one Windows Server 2012 Essentials license. This grant will be reflected upon your agreement renewal; however you are entitled to use the granted product upon availability.
SKU samples:
Part Number / Material Description2VG-00220 / WinSBSEssntls JPN SA OLP B 1Y Gov
2VG-00225 / WinSBSEssntls 2011 ALNG OLV D Each AP
2VG-00228 / WinSBSEssntls 2011 CHNS OLP NL Acdmc Qlfd
New Program/Product Offering
New Azure SKUs in Campus Program
In order to better serve its Academic customers, Microsoft is adding the following new Product families for Azure components in the Campus program
Product FamilyAPPFABRIC ACCESS CONTROL
APPFABRIC CACHE
APPFABRIC SERVICE BUS
AZURE MONETARY COMMITMENT
AZURE SUPPORT
SQL AZURE BUSINESS
SQL AZURE WEB
WINDOWS AZURE CDN
WINDOWS AZURE COMPUTE
WINDOWS AZURE PLATFORM DATA TRANSFR
WINDOWS AZURE STORAGE
OVS-ES Price List Buy-Out SKUs Added
3-year buy-out SKUs have been added to the November 2012 pricelist to support this programmatic option
SKU samples:
Part Number / Material Description77D-00203 / VSProwMSDN 2012 ALNG OLV F Each Acdmc AP
EJF-02251 / WinMultiPointSvrCAL 2011 ALNG OLV E Each Acdmc AP DvcCAL
Buy Out Pricing Changes for EES and OVS-ES
The EES offering available through CASA+EES and through the OVS-ES agreement gives customers the option to obtain perpetual licenses for products included in their enrollment or agreement if they do not wish to continue their subscription. To exercise this buy-out option, customer must have licensed such products for at least 36 full calendar months immediately preceding the expiration of their current enrollment or agreement. Customers wishing to buy-out eligible products may do so using the buy-out SKUs now available on the pricelist. Please see the contract language for complete buy-out terms.
SKU samples:
Part Number / Material DescriptionF52-01880 / BztlkSvrEnt 2010 ALNG MVL 3Y Ent 1Proc
UAS-00838 / SysCtrOpsMgrSvrMLEnt 2007R2 ALNG MVL 3Y Ent
Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Windows Server 2012 Essentials is the latest version of Windows Small Business Server Essentials. It is a cloud enabled first server with an intuitive user interface. It can run on physical servers with up to two processors and has been designed for small businesses with up to 25 users.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials incorporates best-of-breed 64-bit product technologies to deliver a server environment well-suited for the vast majority of small businesses. It is a flexible offering that provides a platform for running on-premises or cloud-based workloads.
SKU samples:
Part Number / Material DescriptionG3S-00208 / WinSvrEssntls CHNS SA OLV C 1Y AqY1 AP
G3S-00566 / WinSvrEssntls ALNG LicSAPk MVL 1Proc
New MSDT SKUs
The MSDT (MS Developer Tools) licensing program allows partners to license our Developer Tools and technologies such as ATL, MFC runtimes, C++ compilers and CRT. These new SKUs reflect the updated program fees and royalty fees for this set of developer technologies. The following new SKUs are being added :
Part Number / Material DescriptionFDD-00022 / MSDT MVL VSIP ATL Addendum Program Fee
FDD-00023 / MSDT MVL VSIP C++ Compiler Addendum Program Fee
FDD-00024 / MSDT MVL VSIP CRT Addendum Program Fee
FDD-00025 / MSDT MVL VSIP MFC Addendum Program Fee
FDD-00026 / MSDT MVL VSIP ATL Addendum Royalty Fee
FDD-00027 / MSDT MVL VSIP C++ Compiler Addendum Royalty Fee
FDD-00028 / MSDT MVL VSIP CRT Addendum Royalty Fee
FDD-00029 / MSDT MVL VSIP MFC Addendum Royalty Fee
FDD-00030 / MSDT MVL VSIP SW Srvc Provider Addendum Royalty Fee
Product Name Changes
Note: 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 Name / New Product Family Name / Target Change Date / New SKUS?No Product Name changes, but please see Misc. section below detailing Product Type name changes.
Promotions
New “On Price List” Promotions Launching November 1, 2012
Step Up to 8 with SA Promotion
Between November 1, 2012 and January 31, 2013, Microsoft offers a 40% discount on Open upgrade licenses with Software Assurance (Open License or Open Value Programs) and a 15% discount on Open upgrade licenses. Price promotions are valid on purchases of up to 150 licenses
Offer:Upgrade + SA in Open/Open Value: discounted by 40% (up to 150)
Upgrade only: discounted by 15% (up to 150)
Eligibility:Limit to 150 VL per customer. VL only to be used on underlying Pro devices
Program(s):OLP, OV
Geography:Worldwide
Promo Dates:November 1, 2012 – January 31, 2013
Sample SKU:FQC-06628WinPro ALNG UpgrdSAPk OLV C 1Y AqY1 Pltfrm StepUpto8w/SA Promo
Links to Additional Informationon Active Promotions
The 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.
High Level Summary of Active Global Promotions
Promotion Name / Start Date/Price List Guide Date / End Date / Programs
(See Glossary Below) / Comments
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Promotion / 1-Sept-2011 / 31-Dec-2012 / OV, OVS, SEL+, WWGP
SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse Promotion / 1-Feb-2012 / 31-Dec-2012 / EA, EAS, SEL+, WWGP
Exchange Server Standard Promotion / 1-May-2012 / 31-Dec-2012 / OLP, OV
Windows Server Datacenter Step Up Promotion / 1-Sep-2012 / 31-Mar-2013 / EA, WWGP, Sel+, Sel-Local, CA/EES, SC, OV, OVS
Visual Studio Premium with MSDN Step-Up / 1-Oct-2012 / 31-Mar-2013 / EA, Sel+, OV,OVS, WWGP
Updates to Active Promotions
None
Promotions Ending October 31, 2012
None
Preview of Upcoming Promotions for December 1, 2012
Project CAL Promotion for Company Wide
Project and Visio Step Up Promotion
New “Product List” Special Offers
None
Strategic Pricing Changes
Part Number / Material DescriptionPoint Count Changes
Changes 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 priceusing asliding 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.
Miscellaneous
Part Number / Material DescriptionProgram Abbreviation Glossary:
Program Name / Abbreviation / Program Name / AbbreviationOpen License / OLP / Enterprise Agreement / EA
Open Value / OV / Enterprise Subscription / EAS
Open Value Subscription / OVS / Worldwide Gov’t Partner / WWGP
Select Plus / SEL+ / Select / SEL
Campus (Enrollment for Education Solutions) / CA/EES / School / SC
ISV Royalty / ISV / Services Provider License Agreement / SPLA
Pricing Resources
The 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
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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