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Volume Licensing · Open Value, Open Value Subscription, Open Value for Education · EUR and GBP

Open Value catalogue: every volume licence, our price, with part numbers

Microsoft’s Open Value price lists for the euro area and the UK, September 2026, at our price: 5% below Microsoft’s estimated retail price, shown per line. Licence with Software Assurance in three annual payments, Software Assurance renewals, step-ups, and the subscription and education variants. Build a quote list, get it invoiced by our entity for your country. Visual Studio subscriptions have their own calculator →

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How to read the list

Open Value in four sentences, and what the part numbers mean

Volume licensing has its own vocabulary. This is all of it that matters for a purchase.

Open Value: licence with Software Assurance, paid once a year

A three-year agreement for organisations of five or more users. Each “License/Software Assurance Pack” line is one licence with three years of SA, priced per year: you pay that amount on signing and on each anniversary, three times, and the licence is yours after the third. SA brings new versions, spread payment and, for servers, licence mobility and failover rights.

Software Assurance renewal, and step-up

“Software Assurance” lines are the annual price to keep SA on a licence you already own, on a new agreement signed before the old one ends. “SA Step Up” moves a licence with active SA to a higher edition — Standard to Datacenter, Professional to Enterprise — for the difference.

Open Value Subscription: rent, do not own

The same agreement, but the licences are subscriptions: lower annual price, nothing owned at the end, the right to reduce the count each anniversary. Suits organisations whose headcount moves, or who want the whole desktop on a subscription without Microsoft 365. For most cloud workloads, CSP is simpler; the comparison →.

Education: Open Value for schools and the School Agreement

Academic prices for accredited institutions, licensed per faculty or student. Microsoft checks eligibility; we handle the paperwork.

Purchase unit “1 Year(s)”, “2 Year(s)”, “3 Year(s)” is the coverage the line buys; “Acquired year 1/2/3” is which year of the agreement it is bought in. A new agreement uses year-1 lines. Part numbers are Microsoft’s and appear on the agreement and the invoice.

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Open Value quote, agreement and invoice from our entity for your country

Your quote list is attached. You get back the confirmed price, the agreement for e-signature (three-year term, one invoice a year), and a licensing check that the lines are the right ones. We sell to legal entities only.

Questions

Open Value questions we answer most

What is the difference between Open Value and Open Value Subscription?

Open Value buys licences with Software Assurance in three annual payments and you own them afterwards. Open Value Subscription rents the same licences for the term at a lower annual price; you own nothing at the end and can reduce the count each anniversary.

Why are there year 1, year 2 and year 3 part numbers?

Every licence added during an Open Value agreement ends on the agreement’s end date. A licence added in year 2 has two years left and its own part number and price; year 3 has one. A new agreement uses year-1 lines only.

Is Open Value cheaper than CSP for Windows Server or SQL Server?

Rarely in total. CSP sells the same perpetual licences in one payment, usually for less over three years; Open Value spreads the cost and adds Software Assurance benefits such as new versions, licence mobility and failover rights. If you want SA, Open Value; if you want the lowest price for a version you will keep, CSP perpetual. Both are priced on this site.

How much below Microsoft’s price are these?

5% below Microsoft’s estimated retail price, on every line, for commercial, government, charity and academic. Larger orders are quoted individually.

Can I add licences to an existing Open Value agreement you did not sell?

Yes, if the agreement is transferred to us as the reseller, which Microsoft allows and which we handle. Give us the agreement number in the form.