Microsoft Software Assurance Renewal – including FrontPage, Expression Web, Project, Visio, Visual Studio
Software Assurance for Microsoft Select 6.4 products will expire July
31, 2009.
Customers who have Software Assurance for any licensed Microsoft Select product – including FrontPage or Expression Web, Project, Visio, Visual Studio, server or other Microsoft software – should consider renewing Software Assurance. Software Assurance will expire July 31, 2009. Microsoft Office and Windows Operating Systems are provided to you at no charge, and therefore you do not need to pay for a renewal for Office or Windows.*
Software Assurance (SA) allows customers to upgrade their software at no additional cost during the term of the Microsoft Select License agreement, which is usually three years. If you pay to renew Software Assurance by July 31, 2009, software upgrades are covered under the plan until July 31, 2012. If you choose not to renew, you may continue to use the version of software that you paid for. Users who allow their Software Assurance coverage to lapse must acquire a new license to upgrade in the future. Users may not acquire Software Assurance for products that were previously paid for but not enrolled in Software Assurance at the time of purchase.
Microsoft Office and Windows operating systems are provided at no charge to UW departments through Microsoft Campus Agreement. Software Assurance and renewal is not needed for Office and Windows on University owned computers.*
To assist our customers in their Microsoft software inventory assessment, IT can provide a list of Microsoft Select software licenses that have been purchased by the departments. The list will reflect software that was purchased with Software Assurance and that is eligible for renewal. Please contact Sandi Foster through email at css-itfrontdesk@uwyo.edu or call 307-766-3686 to request a list for your department or your individual username. To facilitate the process of Software Assurance renewal, departments may wish to appoint a single person to review the department’s Software Assurance list that is provided by IT, determine what should be renewed, and submit a single order for the department.
Users may purchase Software Assurance renewal for Microsoft product licenses beginning in May 2009. Users will have until July 31, 2009, to renew Software Assurance.
To view product and pricing information, and to renew Software Assurance go to www.uwyo.edu/ITSOFTWARE/renewal/ to start your order. Prepare and send an IDR including the username, full name, part number, item description, and price to Sandi Foster, Information Technology Client Support Services, Ivinson Bldg 140.
If you have any questions please call Sandi Foster at 307-766-3686 or email css-itfrontdesk@uwyo.edu.
*Cooperating local, state, and federal agencies do not qualify to receive software under Campus Agreement. See www.uwyo.edu/infotech/services/Sales/Software/ for more information or contact Sandi Foster for assistance in determining eligibility for Microsoft Campus and Select License agreements.