Affiliate Structure for Select Plus for Government Agreements With Select Plus for Government, a unique customer ID is established with the public customer number (PCN) of an organization’s lead affiliate. The PCN is associated with the PCNs of any number of affiliates, linking them to the same agreement. This framework helps streamline purchasing, Software Assurance benefit delivery, and licensing reporting. A Select Plus for affiliate registration cannot be initiated without a Select Plus for Government agreement. Licensing Scenarios with Select Plus for Government The following scenarios can help you determine when Select Plus for Government is right for your organization. Scenario one: With Select Plus for Government: A state government has multiple agencies that The state agencies have a single, state-wide agreement purchase their own licenses. The organization has that does not have to be renegotiated and renewed signed an Enterprise Agreement to standardize and complements their EA. This enables: the IT infrastructure with each agency purchasing Affiliate-level purchasing under a single master additional licenses to support unique IT needs agreement. using their own Select License agreement. This A single customer ID to provide organization-wide situation can create a few possible problems: purchase benefits and asset reporting. Anytime licensed product purchasing at both central Purchasing can get out of control. and affiliate procurement locations. No easy way exists to accurately track and Easy tracking and reporting on all licensed product manage licensed assets. assets across the organization—all the way to the Renewing multiple agreements occurs at different affiliate level. times, making increasing administrative overhead. The new Microsoft Licensing Statement to combine all Managing the procurement process takes time of your organization’s software assets, including and can be costly. numbers for affiliates, in one report. An organization-wide asset view to help determine how to efficiently deploy newly licensed products. Scenario two: With Select Plus for Government: A federal government department needs to buy The department can purchase the server licenses multiple servers for a number of IT initiatives that through their Microsoft partner using a one-page
Affiliate Structure for Select Plus for Government Agreements With Select Plus for Government, a unique customer ID is established with the public customer number (PCN) of an organization’s lead affiliate. The PCN is associated with the PCNs of any number of affiliates, linking them to the same agreement. This framework helps streamline purchasing, Software Assurance benefit delivery, and licensing reporting. A Select Plus for affiliate registration cannot be initiated without a Select Plus for Government agreement. Licensing Scenarios with Select Plus for Government The following scenarios can help you determine when Select Plus for Government is right for your organization. Scenario one: With Select Plus for Government: A state government has multiple agencies that purchase their own licenses. The organization has signed an Enterprise Agreement to standardize the IT infrastructure with each agency purchasing additional licenses to support unique IT needs using their own Select License agreement. This situation can create a few possible problems: Purchasing can get out of control. No easy way exists to accurately track and manage licensed assets. Renewing multiple agreements occurs at different times, making increasing administrative overhead. Managing the procurement process takes time and can be costly. The state agencies have a single, state-wide agreement that does not have to be renegotiated and renewed and complements their EA. This enables: Affiliate-level purchasing under a single master agreement. A single customer ID to provide organization-wide purchase benefits and asset reporting. Anytime licensed product purchasing at both central and affiliate procurement locations. Easy tracking and reporting on all licensed product assets across the organization—all the way to the affiliate level. The new Microsoft Licensing Statement to combine all of your organization’s software assets, including numbers for affiliates, in one report. An organization-wide asset view to help determine how to efficiently deploy newly licensed products. Scenario two: With Select Plus for Government: A federal government department needs to buy multiple servers for a number of IT initiatives that The department can purchase the server licenses through their Microsoft partner using a one-page
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