The minimum requirement for the Enterprise Agreement and Enterprise Subscription Agreement was amended on July 1, 2016 from 250 to 500 users or devices for new commercial customers. It excludes government and SCE agreements. For more information on this change in the directive, please refer to the frequently asked questions regarding the change in the minimum guidelines for partners. Partners must work with authorized Microsoft distributors to sell licenses and subscriptions through open agreements. You must also be an AER to sell licenses via Open License for Academic and Open Value Subscription for Education Solutions. Microsoft Cloud Agreement (MCA) is a transaction licensing agreement for commercial and government organizations that want to outsource the management of their entire cloud services through a cloud solutions provider (CSP). If the Microsoft Agreement on Products and Services is not an option for your organization, you can use Select Plus to purchase Microsoft software licenses at any level of affiliation or department, while enjoying the benefits as an organization. Select Plus offers the flexibility to acquire licenses when needed, a single agreement with no specific end date and a single affiliate lead customer ID to optimize account management. Software Assurance is optional. You must be a provider of Microsoft Licensing Solutions (LSP) to sell licenses and subscriptions through Microsoft Enterprise agreements and registrations. Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement (MOSA) is a transaction licensing agreement for commercial, government and academic organizations with one or more users/devices. MOSA is best suited for organizations that want to subscribe, enable, deploy and manage cloud services through the Microsoft Online Subscription Program (MOSP) seamlessly and directly across the web.

Local software and software insurance are not available via MOSA. Open License is a transaction agreement for commercial, governmental, academic and not-for-profit organizations. Software Assurance is optional. Microsoft Open License, Microsoft Open Value and Microsoft Open Value Subscription are Microsoft volume licensing agreements for organizations with 5-499 users/devices that want to license local Microsoft software, cloud services or both. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Microsoft Enterprise Subscription Agreement are engagement licensing agreements for commercial organizations that sign a new registration with 500 or more users/devices and government organizations with 250 or more users or devices. These agreements are best for organizations that want to license company-wide microsoft software and cloud services over a three-year period and at the best available prices. The EDOS program is ideal for large companies and government organizations with more than 5,000 users. As part of an EA, customers can subscribe to microsoft online services such as Microsoft Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online. Services should not be licensed at the company level, but can be reserved for each user.

The customer granted either the standard edition or the corporate edition of each service. The validity of the EDOS is three years and is related to an EA.