About Licensing

The latest Microsoft Office gives you access to your familiar Office applications, email, calendar, HD video conferencing, and most up-to-date documents.*

For Microsoft Volume Licensing customers, the latest Office provides more business value in each product offering plus new, innovative integrated Microsoft Office Web App capabilities.* Software Assurance customers benefit from an efficient migration path to Office and can take advantage of training, deployment planning, technical support benefits, and more to get the most out of the software.

^{*An appropriate device, Internet connection, and supported Windows Internet Explorer Internet browser, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari browser are required. Use of some devices or functionalities may require the purchase of separate licenses.}

Office Suites in Volume Licensing

Licenses for Office Professional Plus 2013 and Office Standard 2013 are available through Volume Licensing.

Office Professional Plus 2013 offers a complete toolset for both individual and team productivity and connects users to key business processes. The enhanced Enterprise Server Integration Features provide out-of-the-box integration with Microsoft Business Productivity server solutions—including Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, and Microsoft Lync Server 2013—creating new opportunities to collaborate within and across corporate boundaries, manage content more efficiently, and streamline everyday business processes.

Office Standard 2013 provides a comprehensive toolset for individual productivity including the tools you need to manage e-mail and to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

All Office licenses acquired through Volume Licensing include Office Web Apps and Commercial Use Rights for Office Home & Student 2013 RT for the primary user of the licensed device. These programs and online companion apps help people better manage their personal information and collaborate on documents and projects.

The following are included in the Office suites available through Volume Licensing.

Software Assurance for Microsoft Office

Microsoft Volume Licensing customers with active Software Assurance get more productivity value through their agreement by taking advantage of the new version software rights and by leveraging the deployment and productivity benefits included with Software Assurance.

Software Assurance Migration
Volume Licensing customers licensed for Office Professional Plus 2010 with active Software Assurance coverage at the time of Office 2013 availability have rights to Office Professional Plus 2013. Office Standard 2010 customers with active Software Assurance coverage at the time of Office 2013 availability have rights to Office Standard 2013.

When you add Software Assurance for Office, you get additional benefits including the following:

Microsoft Office suites are licensed on a per-device basis.

Suites by Volume Licensing Program

The availability of Office suites varies by Volume Licensing program. Office Professional Plus 2013 is the platform offering for the Enterprise Agreement, Enterprise Subscription Agreement, Open Value, Open Value Subscription, and Enrollment for Education Solutions programs. Office Professional Plus 2013 is also available in the Select Plus and Open License programs. Office Standard 2013 is available in the Select Plus and Open License programs and as a non-companywide option in the Open Value program.

	Office Professional Plus 2013	Office Standard 2013
Open Value
Open Value Subscription
Open License
Select Plus
Enterprise Agreement
Enterprise Subscription Agreement
Enrollment for Education Solutions

*Platform/companywide offering
**Non-companywide offering

Frequently Asked Questions about Licensing Office