Also, do not forget to look into the various MS SA support options. All to many people forget about SA support level agreements which let you use Microsoft as part of your troubleshooting resources, not having to ask permission to burn premium support hours.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Brian Desmond <br...@briandesmond.com> wrote: > Everyone goes through a reseller regardless. That said I expect your > negotiating power with that volume is somewhere around 0. :) > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > br...@briandesmond.com > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:34 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Win 7 Price > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <tvanderk...@expl.com> wrote: >> You negotiate your SA renewals with Microsoft the same way you can >> negotiate price with them up front for Licenses and SA. > > How big do you have to be before MSFT starts to care? When I checked a few > years ago, for my current employer (120 people, ~ 75 computers), we were too > small to have any negotiating leverage. MSFT told us to call a reseller > (e.g., Dell, CDW). Reseller quotes their standard price. :-( > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <tvanderk...@expl.com> wrote: >> [Software Assurance] also makes a great deal of sense when you have an >> EA or similar since they basically throw the Client OS licenses and SA >> in for free. > > Sounds like this might be a "large vs small company" thing. > Enterprise Agreement is way out of our reach. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
