Microsoft EAP for Volume Licensing

One Solution for Your IT Platform Requirements

Organizations are challenged with implementing and managing the right IT solution to help them achieve strong business results. Customers have told us they are struggling with:

  • Maintaining silo solutions. Multiple projects are being designed and implemented as stand-alone projects, potentially with different platforms and standards, so interoperability may be compromised.
  • Meeting new and current business needs. Organizations increasingly need better access to information for mobile employees, compatibility with new data types, and more robust business intelligence (BI).
  • Managing assets and costs. Organizations often work with multiple independent software vendors and manage numerous licensing contracts, making it difficult for purchasing decision makers to predict budgets. It is also difficult for them to ensure that their licensed products are installed and up-to-date.

Solution: Microsoft Application Platform
The Microsoft Application Platform is an integrated set of mission-critical platform technologies and development tools encompassing the user experience, portal, service orchestration, business management, business intelligence, and data platform. It brings together the core technologies you need to develop applications that integrate with your existing systems and help you achieve your IT goals.

The following products are part of the Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) Agreement: 

  • Microsoft SQL Server database software 
  • Microsoft BizTalk Server 
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (no Client Access Licenses [CALs]) 
  • Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 
  • Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server business intelligence software 
  • Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE)

 



EAP Program Requirements and Details


  • Minimum number of desktop PCs: 250
  • Market segments: commercial (Enterprise Agreement) and government (Enterprise Agreement for Government)
  • Licensing offerings: L&SA
  • Pricing based on: number of desktop PCs
  • Agreement terms: 3-year (renewable)
  • License type: perpetual
  • Payment options: annual or up front
  • How to order: ESA and LAR
  • Physical media: provided (licensed products can be downloaded for no additional charge at the VLSC)
  • Software Assurance coverage: included
  • Products and services offered: up to 15 –40 percent savings on Microsoft Application Platform product licenses (Download the most recent Microsoft Product List for Volume Licensing): BizTalk Server Enterprise Edition and Microsoft BizTalk Server Standard Edition (processor licenses only), Microsoft Expression Studio Ultimate, Microsoft Expression Studio Web Professional, Microsoft FAST Search Server for SharePoint, SharePoint Server (server licenses only), Microsoft SharePoint Server for Internet Sites Enterprise, SQL Server Enterprise (server and processor licenses only), Microsoft SQL Server Datacenter, Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, Microsoft SQL Server Standard (server licenses, processor licenses, and client access licenses [CALs]), Microsoft Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack (1,000 users), Microsoft Visual Studio Premium with MSDN, Microsoft Visual Studio Professional with MSDN, Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer Everywhere, Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (CALs only), Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN, and Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN