+1 What he said.
Over the past few years Microsoft has changed several things with licensing that has usually made it more affordable for companies to have an EA with SA. You may be able to get this license based on FTE (Full Time Employee Equivalent) and save quite a bit of money. I'd recommend working with a company that deals with licensing specifically to help you get what you want at the best price. We work with SoftwareONE on that..... *-----------------------------------------------* *Adam Juelich* Pulaski Community School District <http://www.pulaskischools.org> Client Management Specialist 920-822-6075 On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife < [email protected]> wrote: > In my opinion, if you’re in a company of 30,000 clients, and you’re not in > an EA with SA, you’re just asking for trouble. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Burke, John > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 17, 2016 9:10 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] SCCM and SA Agreements > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I’m here as part of a smaller company that just got eaten up by a large > company that doesn’t have an SA with Microsoft thus, can’t upgrade to 2012 > without significant cost. > > > > I’m wondering how many on this list don’t have enterprise agreements? > > > > I’m also wondering why they are so against an SA because of cost. Are > they that expensive to get for say 30000 system/ users and isn’t it offset > by the tools you automatically get access to via MDOP and so on? > > > > Any input would be appreciated. I’d love to be able to get back to point > that all the sub companies and domains could all get on the same Tech for > imaging, software deployment and so on. > > > > -- ------------------------------ The Pulaski Community School District does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected under State or Federal law.
