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Subscribe to the oit software licensing email list to receive updates when new software items are available. There are various license options microsoft offers, such as retail license, oem license and volume license. After system center 2016 general availability and prior to renewal of the agreement, licenses with software assurance may upgrade to system center 2016 at any time. Windows server licences are not eligible for licence mobility through software assurance, but customers licensing windows server with software assurance can utilise the azure hybrid benefit for a cheaper perminute cost when running a windows virtual machine. Our goal is to provide software pricing at a significant discount compared to vendors regular academic pricing, and to distribute software to subscribers as easily and conveniently as possible. Volume licenses are different from licenses for retail products primarily because they can apply to different versions of the software, can include software assurance benefits, and have different product use rights. You can find your volume license product keys at the volume licensing service center vlsc.
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