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In the past we have purchased individual computers from Dell direct with an OEM office license. With Office 2016 released, we will be upgrading current computers and purchasing for new computers.
I've contacted Microsoft, Dell, and CDW to get a price for a small 'volume' license for 15 to 25 computers. The problem is the price compared to individual license bought off of Amazon! The approximate cost per license for the vendors are:.
Microsoft $400.00. Dell $363.64. CDW $224.08. Amazon $194.85 Why is getting a volume license so much more than an individual license? For our operation, the convenience of having one product key to activate several computers is not worth the additional cost per license, and especially not worth the huge upfront cost for volume licenses! Do any other sysadmins have recommendations?
That is the correct part number under Open Business:. My Cost: $313.50.
Industry Average Mark up is 8%: $338 Dell is right in line, but CDW appears to be quoting you something different. Even on CDW.com that part is listing at $369.99 which is lowest an authorized Microsoft partner can price it at on web. If they were closer to the $313 price point I'd say maybe they were losing money to win your business, but that large of delta means they are quoting something other than Office Standard. Do you have their part number by chance? Few other things:. Never. For anything.
It will always be more expensive. Amazon is bad source for software licenses. There's a lot of shady vendors dealing in pre-owned, incorrect versions, etc.
For software. It's not to say you can't find a legitimate source, but it's much more difficult to know who is legitimate for software on there. CDW/Dell are the most expensive places for software. If you insist on using one of the national guys, go with SHI or Insight, they have better software tracking tools and cost is lower. I'm not a license expert but I think the following is correct.When you buy Windows pre-installed on hardware that license is forever tied to that hardware.
Converting it to volume allows you to move it to another machine if the original is decommissioned.Some Volume Licenses include Software Assurance. That gives you access to the latest released versions. (With retail, you would have to buy the entire license again when a new version releases.) I'm guessing this is where you see the higher price in comparison.I especially like Office volume licenses. If you have 5 licenses or more you can set up a KMS server to auto-activate installs.Using VAMT with volume licenses also allows me to easily do an audit of used licenses. If I'm off a bit, feel free to add corrections. Always learning here too. Edit: formating.
Most people think of Microsoft volume licenses as the province of big companies - as Microsoft's way of keeping the hoi polloi from buying some of its fancier products. VLs are expensive, cumbersome, and not for the faint of heart, the story goes.
But that story's wrong. It turns out there's a trick that people in the know have been using for years to comply, quite precisely, with the rules and pick up any VL software they might want for a song.
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I've already written about the way, 'the best new feature to hit Excel in 20 years,' according to 'Mr. Excel' Bill Jelen. PowerPivot is freely available to anyone with a copy of Excel 2010, but Microsoft took PowerPivot out of almost all versions of Excel 2013 - apparently as an incentive to force PowerPivot users to rent Office 360 E3 at $240 per year. Even Office 2013 Professional, with a $399 list price, doesn't include PowerPivot. Jelen has a on the topic: Put to the test:. Review:.
My friends, who create Excel, did not do this. They're engineers. They've created great products. I appreciate those products, you've seen me rave about those products. It's someone else, high up, who puts the packages together, who made what I believe to be the world's worst mistake. Well, certainly in the top five.
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The volume licensing version of Excel 2013 has PowerPivot - or more accurately, it will have PowerPivot on Feb. 27, when the corporate versions of Office 2013 ship. I've seen the VL version of Excel 2013 listed for, but few individuals in pursuit of PowerPivot will have the wherewithal to qualify for a Microsoft volume license. Or will they? Most people think of volume licensing as a high-volume deal, with a minimum of five copies required to get a VL contract. If you want VL Excel 2013, you have to buy five of them, right?
At least, that's what I thought, until I went through Jelen's. Jelen credits fellow with discovering a loophole. A friend of mine, also a Microsoft MVP, confirms that this loophole's been around for years, and it's commonly used by people who want to buy a VL Windows server product but don't need five copies of Windows, much less five copies of Windows Server.
Here's how the trick works. In order to qualify for a volume license, you don't need to buy five copies of the same piece of software.
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You only need to buy five copies of some software offered in the VL program. Lemington Consulting, which works extensively with Access volume licenses, in its FAQ: Is there a mininum number of licenses that must be purchased under a Volume License Agreement? The minimum number of licenses required for a Volume License Agreement is five (5).
Hp updates for this computer. However, the five licenses can be made up of any combination of products. Quantities of less than five can also be purchased economically by making up the additional license using an inexpensive 'make up' product SKU.
Once the initial Volume License Agreement is in place, additional licenses can be added to the Agreement in quantities of less than five. For example, if a company purchases five Office 2010 Professional Plus licenses under a new agreement, three months later the same company can purchase one additional Office 2010 Professional Plus license under the same agreement. The minimum license number therefore only applies to the initial Volume License agreement. One of the worst-kept secrets in VL cognoscenti circles: The Microsoft DVD Playback Pack for Windows Vista Business is (as you would imagine) quite cheap. I've seen it for.
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So if you really want PowerPivot, and aren't going to succumb to Microsoft's lofty Office 360 E3 rental fee, sign up for an official Microsoft Volume License, order four gratuitous copies of the Vista DVD Playback Pack ($28), and toss in a genuine VL Excel 2013 ($173). The whole thing will set you back $201, give or take taxes and shipping - less than one year's rental - and you'll end up with a completely valid volume license that you may be able to use to your advantage in the future.
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