Microsoft Select Agreement General Questions
What is the MS Select Agreement?
The Microsoft Academic Select Agreement is a volume purchasing agreement between The University of Texas System and Microsoft, Corp. Based on an annual estimate of purchase volume across the entire UT System, Microsoft offers reduced pricing for most available software titles. Purchasing under this agreement is available only to departments within the UT System.
For more details on the actual agreement and terms, please see Microsoft's Academic Select Agreement page.
What are the benefits of the MS Select Agreement?
The Select Agreement makes popular software titles available at greatly reduced prices. This allows departments to run Microsoft products not already covered under the Microsoft Campus Agreement without having to pay full retail pricing.
What products are included in the contract?
The Select Agreement does not include provisions for any specific product or products. Typically, departments should find most current Microsoft application, server, and system titles available from the University's Large Account Reseller (LAR). If products are not available, sales representatives at the LAR can usually contact Microsoft to obtain products for Select customers.
Please note that departments should not purchase products already licensed under the Microsoft Campus Agreement. For more information on purchasing products from the LAR, please see the MS Select Purchasing FAQ.
How long is the contract going to last?
The Select Agreement is in effect for three years, ending August 31, 2008.
What kinds of support will be available for use of MS products?
The Select Agreement does not specifically make any provisions for support. Select purchases are entitled to installation support and fee based per-incident support similar to retail purchases. Customers who purchase licensing plus Software Assurance under Select are entitled to additional support options.
