Company Background
Corporate Information
Grooveware, Inc.is a large manufacture company which produces furniture.
Physical Locations
Grooveware has an office which is located in New York. There are 180 employees in the New York office.
Existing Environment
Existing Licensing Solution
Under OEM agreements and Open License agreements Grooveware purchases Microsoft software licenses.
Existing IT Environment
The company has configured each employee with a desktop computer. Different versions of Microsoft Windows and different versions of Microsoft Office are installed on these desktops.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
After consideration, the company plans to implement Windows SharePoint Services. The company intends to standardize the operating system versions to Windows XP Professional in the next three years. But the company has no intention to upgrade to Windows Vista during this time period. Grooveware decides that it is unnecessary to keep new version rights for server products.
In the next four years, Grooveware plans to replace all desktops, upgrade e-mail services to Exchange Server 2007, upgrade all servers to the current version of Windows Server.
Problem Statements
The company’s software purchases are unplanned and improperly documented.
Business Goals
Grooveware aims to achieve the following business goals:
Own software licenses perpetually
Have easy access to verifiable license documentation
Standardize on the current version of desktop applications
Minimize the upfront cost of upgrading desktop applications
Offer all employees access to Unifed Messaging in Exchange Server 2007
Allow flexibility to buy new versions of server licenses, with or without Software Assurance
Question
Grooveware is evaluating a Volume Licensing solution for Windows Vista without Software Assurance. The company wants to know the benefit of purchasing Windows Vista Business under a Volume Licensing agreement that is unavailable through OEM licensing. So of the following options, which one is the benefit?
A.
Reassignment rights
B.
Online license management
C.
Downgrade rights
D.
New Version rights