Microsoft announces new Enterprise subscription options for Windows 10, Surface for Business

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Published onJuly 12, 2016

published onJuly 12, 2016

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Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference has already moved to day 2, andtoday’s introducing keynotewas all about how Microsoft can help its partners and businesses embrace digital transformation. To that end, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Windows and Devices Group Yusuf Mehdiannouncedtoday that the company will launch new subscription options for both Windows 10 and Surface devices.

While Windows 10 is alreadyrunning on 350 million devices, Medhi shared that Microsoft is looking for better ways to help business confronted to high security risks to upgrade to the more secure OS. That’s the purpose of Windows 10 Enterprise E3 for Cloud Solution Provider channels (CSP): with this new offering, CSP partners will be able to provide businesses a subscription to Windows 10 Enterprise and get Microsoft’s “full IT Stack” including Office 365, Dynamics, Azure and CRM as a per user, per month offering.

Medhi added that customers will be able to scale up or down this offering according to their needs, and that this is “ideal for businesses who do not have dedicated IT resources or limited IT staff, and want their licensing and IT needs managed by a trusted and experienced partner.”

Key features will include:

Windows 10 Enterprise E3 in CSP will be available Starting this fall at just $7 a seat per month, but Windows 10 Enterprise will continue to be available through the company’s regular licensing programs and the newly-announced suites Secure Productive Enterprise E3 and E5 launching later this year.

By bringing to the market its Surface range of hybrid tablets, Microsoft contributed to define a new product category and Medhi emphasized how “innovative devices shift people’s behavior, inspire ideas, catalyze collaboration, accelerate progress, and transform business.” The exec also outlined that the Surface Business has grown significantly in the past year, going from generating $1B in revenue in a year to $1B in revenue per quarter.

However, Redmond is looking for accelerating the shift towards more versatile devices with the help from its partners. To that end, the company announced today that all Cloud Solution Partners (who are also Surface Authorized Distributors) will be able to sell Surface as a Service, which means that all of them will be able to “offer Surface devices through a managed service offering to all of our resellers and customers, alongside managed cloud services, Office 365, Windows 10, and relevant ISV software.” This new offering with start with leading CSP ALSO and will allow customers to get up do date devices in a more flexible way.

Medhi also announced an expansion of the company’s Surface Multi-National Purchasing Program with the addition of CDW, Insight, SHI and Zones. According to the exec, This will provide businesses “added choice in how they purchase Surface devices, benefit from a streamlined path for getting Surface on company-wide standards lists, and see cross-country adoption for line of business scenarios.”

Lastly, after Dell partnered with Microsoft tosell the Surface Pro and offer enterprise service and supportlast year, Medhi announced today that IBM and Booz Allen Hamilton have joined the company’s Surface Enterprise Initiative “to deliver industry specific solutions to our shared customers.”

In the end, Microsoft hopes that these new initiatives will “provide great opportunities for our partners and for our customers to transform their businesses to a more modern way of working.” Let us know in the comments what do you think of this latest announcements.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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