The Open License Program is a
Microsoft
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service that allows
corporate,
academic,
charitable, or
government
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organizations to obtain
volume license
In software licensing, a volume licensing is the practice of selling a license authorizing one computer program to be used on a large number of computers or by a large number of users. Customers of such licensing schemes are typically business, ...
s for Microsoft products. It is ideally suited for companies with between 2 – 250
personal computers
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, but can accommodate organizations with up to 750 computers. Microsoft announced on 2 October, 2020 to end its 20-year-old Open License program for small and midsize organizations, starting on January 1, 2022.
Programs
*Open License
**Open License for Charities
**Open License for Governments
**Open License for Education
*Open Value
*Open Value Subscription
See also
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Software license
A software license is a legal instrument (usually by way of contract law, with or without printed material) governing the use or redistribution of software. Under United States copyright law, all software is copyright protected, in both source ...
*
Microsoft Enterprise Agreement EA/SA (Enterprise Agreement/Software Assurance) is a volume licensing package offered by Microsoft. It primarily targets large organizations which have 500 or more personal computers. The minimum quantity was increased from 250 to 500 on 1 July 2016 ...
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Software licenses