Benefits of Software Assurance

Software Assurance benefits provide support as you plan, deploy, use, maintain, and transition your software solutions.

With Software Assurance, you can:

• Stay current: Software Assurance benefits help you keep up with the ever-changing IT landscape.
• Manage costs and operational efficiencies: You select the benefits that add value to your organization so that you can budget more predictably, manage costs, and improve operational efficiencies.
• Increase productivity: With phone support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and Web support available during business hours, your IT staff can quickly address business-critical issues to minimize downtime.

You can choose Software Assurance maintenance up front at the time of purchase and begin using your benefits immediately for the term of your license agreement.

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Every customer with Microsoft Software Assurance receives access to new versions of licensed software released during the term of the agreement. Having new version rights to the latest Microsoft software provides flexibility and simplifies the software procurement process, shortens the business planning cycle, and enables you to deploy solutions at your own pace. With the New Version Rights benefit, you can also lower the costs associated with acquiring new version releases and take immediate advantage of the latest technology.

Microsoft is continually delivering new versions of its software. The New Version Rights benefit make it easy for you to acquire and deploy these and other new software releases.

Some of the most exciting new releases out now are:

• Microsoft Windows Vista - Click here to visit the Windows Vista Web site.
• Microsoft Office 2007 - Click here to visit the Microsoft Office 2007 Web site.
• Microsoft Exchange 2007 - Click here to visit the Microsoft Exchange 2007 Web site.