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Student Use Benefit

Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited

Unit
Other
Aliases
Student Licenses; SUB
Definition
Student Use Benefit: The option for Institutions that license a qualifying Product for their Organization-wide count to license a Product for use by their Students at a ratio of 1:15 or 1:40 Students per Education Qualified User or Knowledge Worker (or staff/faculty user) at no additional cost. Such Student Licenses may not be counted toward minimum order requirements. Rights to use Products under the Student Use Benefit expire when Student is no longer affiliated with the Institution.
Counting rules
Count student instances per paid Faculty/Staff, Education Qualified User, or Knowledge Worker license at the published ratio. May not count toward minimum orders. Not eligible for Software Assurance Benefits. CAL and ML Equivalency: Student Use Benefit users do not satisfy most CAL/ML rows except ATA 2016 and Endpoint Configuration Manager. A1 does not satisfy CAL equivalency.
Floors / minimums
Published ratios (Student Use Benefits and Academic Programs): 15 — Entra ID P1/P2, ATA, Intune for Education, Minecraft Education, Defender for Office 365 P1/P2, Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. 40 — Microsoft 365 Education A3/A5, EMS A3/A5, Office 365 A3/A5, Windows Education A3/A5 per user, Defender Suite for Education.
Applies to products
  • Microsoft 365
Product category
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