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Licensing
We have a wide range of licensing options available, and have created this page to help you quickly find out which are the best for your current situation. Simply answer the questions below and we can start pointing you in the right direction.
Which Licensing program is right for you?
Are you looking to:
 
 
 
Do you already have a Microsoft based solution in market:
 
 
Attain the ISV/Software Solutions competency at the Certified Partner or Gold Certified Partner level and receive additional licenses for internal use and training purposes.
Enrollment requirements:
  • Microsoft Certified or Gold Certified Partner status
  • Software must pass specified tests
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Attain the Custom Development Solutions Competency and get additional licenses for internal use, development, and training purposes.
Enrollment requirements:
  • Microsoft Certified or Gold Certified Partner status
  • Two individuals who passed specified Microsoft exams
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Attain the Hosting Solutions competency at the Certified Partner or Gold Certified Partner level and access additional licenses for internal use and training purposes.
Enrollment requirements:
  • Microsoft Certified or Gold Certified Partner status
  • Two individuals who have passed specified Microsoft exams
  • Sign the Services Provider License Agreement
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License Microsoft products on a monthly basis to provide services and hosted applications to your end customers.
Enrollment requirements:
  • Microsoft Registered or Certified Partner status
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Helps you to provide one-stop shopping for your customers, and rewards you for integrating Microsoft software applications into your applications.
Enrollment requirements:
  • Current Microsoft Partner Network membership
  • Independent Software Vendor  
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Annual subscription to internal-use software, tech support, as well as testing and developing licenses with MSDN.
Enrollment requirements:
  • Microsoft Registered Partner
  • Software or web development company
  • Under 100 employees
  • Pass assessment test
  • US $429 annual membership fee
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Software businesses under 3 years old with less than $1 million in revenue can get access to the latest design, development and production tools from Microsoft.
Enrollment requirements:
  • Privately owned software development company
  • Less than three years old
  • Less than US $1M annual turnover
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Professional web development and design companies with 10 or fewer employees can get access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools, platform technologies, and server products.
Enrollment requirements:
  • Web development company
  • Fewer than 10 members
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