Company Background
Corporate Information
Wiikigo, Ltd. provides managed services to multiple companies. There are 120 full-time employees in the company. One office of Wiikigo resides in Miami.
Existing Environment
Existing Licensing Solution
Wiikigo purchases OEM licenses for operating systems and purchase licenses for Microsoft Office by using an Open License agreement.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Wiikigo plans to recruit 160 full-time employees this year. When the company gets big projects, the company has to recruit part-time employees. The company provides desktops for each part-time employees. After the project is completed, the desktops have to be returned. The company servers all run Windows Server 2003, now the company decides to upgrade its servers to Windows Server 2008 in the later part of the year. Wiikigo also intends to add an additional physical server which runs Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V. The new physical server will host four virtual instances. The four virtual instances will also have Windows Server 2008 installed.
Problem Statements
Because a new license authorization number is opened for each new purchase, Wiikigo has difficulty in tracking license purchases.
Business Goals
Wiikigo aims to achieve the following business goals:
Store all forms in a central repository
Use single product key for installing desktop applications
Standardize the desktop applications across the organization
Allow all users to use Microsoft Office InfoPath to create forms
Reduce the upfront costs of upgrading software to the least
Allow internal users to use a Web browser to access internal company documents
Provide a flexible licensing strategy which supports the fluctuating number of employees
Put in place long-term budget planning, while maintaining access to the latest versions of Microsoft software
Question
You need to recommend a Volume Licensing program for Wiikigo. Which program should you recommend?
A.
Select License
B.
Open License
C.
Open Value Subscription
D.
Open Value Company-wide
Explanation:
Fluctuating number of employees!