Campus Agreements

Campus Agreement from Microsoft is an annual comprehensive licensing program specially created to address the unique needs of your higher education customers. Your higher education customers will appreciate the simplicity of counting employees instead of computers, making it easy to manage their licenses in a decentralized environment.
 

Campus Agreement customers lease the right to use a selection of products (and any upgrades or downgrades of those products) for the designated term. They also receive the benefits of Software Assurance Membership, which entitles them to additional tools, support resources, and eLearning courses.

http://www.microsoft.com/Education/CampusAgreement.aspx

School Agreements
 

School Agreement from Microsoft is an annual comprehensive licensing program specially created to address the unique needs of your K-12 education customers. Your K-12 customers will appreciate the simplicity of counting computers just once per year. School Agreement is also available to qualifying pre-schools, public museums, and public libraries.
 

School Agreement customers lease the right to use a selection of products (and any upgrades or downgrades of those products) for the designated term. They also receive the benefits of Software Assurance Membership, which entitles them to additional tools, support resources, and eLearning courses.

http://www.microsoft.com/education/SchoolAgreement.aspx

Open license

Microsoft Academic Open License is a smart choice for great value on Microsoft software. Designed for educational institutions of all sizes, Academic Open provides an easy way to acquire and administer multiple copies of software and receive license confirmations quickly and conveniently. With an initial order of just five or more licenses, you can obtain the most current Microsoft software products while managing overall costs and staying compliant.

In addition, Academic Open License offers you the Software Assurance option, giving you the rights to stay current with the latest versions of your licensed software and access to eLearning content.

http://www.microsoft.com/Education/Open.aspx

Select License

Microsoft Academic Select License offers medium-to-large educational institutions a flexible, volume-based program designed to help reduce your total cost of software ownership.

Academic Select makes it easy to acquire licenses for Microsoft products on an ongoing basis and best serves customers able to forecast software needs over time.

With flexible payment options designed to work with a variety of budgeting systems, Academic Select is a great value for any institution needing an extensive product list along with volume purchasing power.

In addition, you can enhance the value of your software purchases with our Software Assurance option, giving you the opportunity to stay current with all your licensed software. You can also obtain copies of most Microsoft software for evaluation and training purposes, adding even more value to your Academic Select investment.

http://www.microsoft.com/Education/Select.aspx