Since its inception in 2002, software Microsoft licensing has been an integral part of Envision IT’s business. Envision IT is an Australian-owned and operated business based in the Melbourne metro region (Oakleigh South).
Envision IT is a Microsoft Gold Partner and Modern Work SMB Solution Partner and authorised reseller for Microsoft licenses and Azure Cloud. Over the past 21 years, more than 1800 unique clients have trusted Envision IT for licensing solutions. We cover Microsoft CSP (subscription), Perpetual, and Open value (OV) licenses that involve software assurance and OEM licenses such as Windows 10 Pro / Windows 11 Pro, Windows 10 Pro LTSC, Windows IoT License and many others. On the hardware front, we offer attractive prices on Surface and Surface Hub devices.
With its experience, Envision IT presents itself as your trusted Microsoft Licensing Provider. The licensing can be complicated for many. We understand the complexities of Microsoft licensing and can help you navigate the different options to find the perfect solution for your business needs. We provide Microsoft licensing services to small and medium businesses (SMBs), autonomous bodies, charity and Non-profit, education (or academic), government agencies without enterprise agreement and others.
Engaging Envision IT often means reducing Microsoft licensing costs because we can devise the best ways to implement the license and achieve compliance. Our team of experts will work closely with you to understand your specific requirements and recommend the most cost-effective licensing options. It is for this reason, that customers in Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga and many others (please see the full list below) have trusted Envision IT for Microsoft licenses.
Envision IT Microsoft licensing solutions offering caters to ‘Small and Medium Business (SMB)’ and any large business without ‘Enterprise Licensing’. Our licensing solutions range from Office 365 / Microsoft 365 / Dynamics 365 to perpetual licenses (please see the full list below) and Azure cloud services.
Our advantage lies in being ‘simple and clear’ and advising you ‘what is good for you’. We are known for friendly conversation and onboarding / ongoing assistance without any additional costs. This would be very helpful when you are new to Microsoft licensing or Microsoft Subscription / Perpetual licenses that are delivered in a different way now.
We endeavour to simplify Microsoft Licensing for you, enabling make you make informed decisions and reduce your implementation costs by making smart use of licensing options. This page provides reasonable details in a simple manner. However, you need not bore yourself to death by trying to grasp details. Just call us on 03 9802 5516 or email - info@envisionit.com.au or make use of contact us form and we will reach out to you quickly.
Our clients trust us because they reach us for any clarifications and we provide simple and easy explanation of terms and quotes!
Based in Melbourne, Envision IT is Microsoft Authorised Software Reseller. We are athorised to sell Microsoft Software Licensing Solutions Academic, Autonomous, Business, Charity, Education, Local, State and Federal Government, Government Agencies, Not for Profit (NFP) and other organisations in Australia and neighbouring countries as stated in Sales Region below. This includes Overseas and multinationals organisation that need to buy the Microsoft Licenses locally for their users located in Australia. We sell all types of software licensing ranging from desktop / device products such as Windows for Desktops, Tablets, IoTs, Office for devices or cloud, O365, Microsoft 365, Windows Server, SQL Server, MS Exchange, MS Dynamics, MS Project, SharePoint etc. We assist in 'On-premise', 'On-Cloud' or 'hybrid' implementations.
Envision IT is authorised to sell Microsoft licenses in Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Pitcairn, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
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Envision IT sells the following Microsoft licenses under the following plans. It covers licenses for Commercial NCE, Academic NCE and Charity – Non-profit NCE customers, of all sizes in the territories listed above.
Envision IT provides first line of support to all clients from Melbourne in Australia. The above license plans are described below.
As the name suggests, these licenses are offered on a subscription basis such as Microsoft 365, Office 365, Dynamics 365, Intune, Power BI etc. These are ‘user licenses’ i.e. assigned to users. Now, the licenses are provisioned under the new commerce experience (NCE) program. This is explained below:
As the name suggests, these licenses are perpetual in nature e.g. Office Standard and Office Professional, SQL Server, Windows 10 Pro / Windows 11 Pro upgrade, Windows Server, Exchange Server etc. They can be device or user licenses.
Microsoft Open Value (OV) licenses are either the perpetual licenses with ‘software assurance (SA) or special type of licenses such as Bing Maps which, are subscription in nature.
Finally, the OEM licenses are those licenses that you install on a new or an upgraded device such as Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, Microsoft 11 Pro, Microsoft Windows IoT LTSC etc.
Azure cloud offerings such as Azure Maps, Visual Studio etc. are offered under CSP plan. Please contact for pricing on these products.
We are authorised reseller of licenses to Academic and education, Business and Commercial, Charity and non-profit, Government and all use types.
From us, all user types can buy CSP subscription and perpetual licenses, Volume License with ‘Software Assurance (SA), OEM and IoT, Retail, Cloud licenses such as Visual Studio, Azure Maps, etc.
Placed below is a short list of Microsoft software license products sold by Envision IT. As before, all the license products are available with commercial, academic / education and student use benefit licenses and charity / non-profit prices.
Office 365 is now Microsoft 365 but some Office 365 products are still available. You can purchase Office 365 (no teams) E1, E3, E5, F3. MS 365 Basic, Premium, Standard, E3, E5.
Microsoft SQL Server also known as MS SQL Server or SQL Server, is a perpetual license. Current version as on 15 Jun 2024 is 2022. It is licensed for a device. It is licenses on a ‘Server CAL’ or ‘Core model’. It is sold under ‘CSP Perpetual plan’.
When you need ‘software assurance’, the license is sold under the ‘Open Value’ plan.
The two types of SQL Server licensing models are explained below:
SQL Server license under ‘server – CAL’ model is good when the number is users is 30 or less and there is no ‘multiplexing’ such as data aggregation from different data sources involved i.e. you are not collecting data from other databases with more users.
Dynamics 365 licenses are now sold only as subscription licenses under ‘CSP’ licensing plan. We are reseller (and also implementers when needed) for all Dynamics 365 products. These products are listed under main headers below:
Microsoft Copilot is available as ‘add on’ with MS 365 subscriptions, Copilot Studio as standalone subscription and part of Surface Pro PC + Copilot. Microsoft Copilot studio is a graphical low-code tool for creating and maintaining copilots. It provides an AI-powered conversational interface based on large language models (LLMs). The Surface Pro PC with Copilot is designed to exploit Copilot intelligence.
It is a subscription license offered under CSP Subscription plan and available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc.
Microsoft Defender products are to protect your hardware and software assets from cyber attacks and threats. Main products contained this portfolio are as follows. It is a subscription license offered under CSP Subscription plan and available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc.
Please call us for further details and discuss suitable products for your use.
Formerly known as ‘Azure Active Directory (AAD)’, Microsoft Entra ID is premium identity and access management service and product from Microsoft.
It is a subscription license offered under CSP Subscription plan and available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Entra ID products are:
Microsoft Intune enables you to easily manage apps and devices such as mobile devices, desktop computers, virtual endpoints and more. Main functionality offered by Intune products are:
It is a subscription license offered under CSP Subscription plan and available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Intune products are:
Defined by Microsoft as ‘collaboration tool, Microsoft Teams is one of the most popular utility for communication that enables users hold virtual meetings with video and voice, share screen, chat, share documents etc. It can be extended as powerful tool for webinar, online conferences and remote monitoring. The users can use it’s app on devices such as PCs, Macs. Mobile phone, tablets etc. or on cloud with web browsers. Main key features of Teams are:
It is a subscription license offered under CSP Subscription plan and available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Microsoft Team products are:
Microsoft Viva is an integrated employee experience platform built within Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams. It brings together various tools and applications to enhance productivity, engagement, and learning in your organization. It is a suite of products that are sold individually. The products contained in this suite are: Viva Connections, Viva Engage, Viva Amplify, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Insights and Viva Glint.
It is a subscription license offered under CSP Subscription plan and available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Microsoft Viva products sold are:
Microsoft Power Platform consists of Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI.
Power Platform is a subscription license offered under CSP Subscription plan and available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Microsoft Power Platform products sold are:
Microsoft Project is project management software for project management. It has standalone edition for individual use or multi-user versions that allow sharing of information between users. In addition to these, Dynamics 365 offers Project Operations product to provide a comprehensive solution that brings together sales, resourcing, project management, and finance teams within a single application
It is available as a subscription license offered under CSP Subscription plan as well as ‘perpetual’ license. available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Microsoft Project products sold are:
SharePoint is one of the very early products of Microsoft. It streamlines document management and provides intranet facility to organisations. It has evolved into a powerful collaborative platform that enables organisations create websites, manage content, share information and collaborate seamlessly across teams.
Similar to Microsoft project, it is available as subscription license and perpetual license. The subscription license is available as part of Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions and therefore, need not be purchased by users with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 licenses. In addition to this SharePoint Plan 1 and Plan 2 subscriptions can be purchased when organisations do not have Office 365 or Microsoft 365 subscriptions. Compared to this, Microsoft SharePoint Perpetual licenses are available on a ‘server – CAL’ model. There are two editions i.e. SharePoint Enterprise and SharePoint standard.
It is available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Microsoft SharePoint products sold are:
Similar to Microsoft Project and Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Visio is also available as a subscription and perpetual license. It is one of the early products of Microsoft. Microsoft Visio provides a powerful diagramming and vector graphics application to create diagrams, flowcharts, visual representations and more. To do so, it provides templates and shapes, It comes with collaboration facility and Visio integrates with Microsoft 365 tools like Teams, Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint and more.
It is available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Microsoft Visio products sold are:
Compared to all other products listed so far, Microsoft Windows and Windows Server are available in several licensing plans such as OEM, Retail, IoT, Perpetual and Windows virtual machines on Azure. These are explained below.
It is available for all types of users (names differ) such as academic or education, charity or non-profit, business or commercial, government and autonomous bodies etc. It is a standalone subscription. The Microsoft Windows and Windows Server products sold by us are:
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We extend deep discounted Microsoft Licensing for Academic, Charity, Education and Not for Profit (NFP) Organisations. Our simple and easy approach has made them as our fastest growing segment.
To avail Microsoft Licensing for Academic and Education, you must be registered with them. Please call us or email to obtain form for ‘academic eligibility’. After you fill in this simple one-page form (we will assist you if needed) and return to us, then we will submit it to Microsoft for approval. The approval process usually takes 1-3 business days.
The Charity and Not for Profit need to register with - Connecting Up - https://www.connectingup.org/ for most of the license types. For O365 however, please register at: Microsoft Office 365 for Not for Profit (NFP) and Charity - Prices and Plans - https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/enterprise/nonprofit-plans-and-pricing. You will be surprised to see the support Microsoft offers to you by providing deep discounted prices.
Apart from Office 365 for eligible Charity / NFP, we cover entire Microsoft Licensing portfolio e.g. Windows 10 Under VL, Servers, CALs, Dynamics, SharePoint, Visual Studio etc. If you do not see a product that you are looking for, just contact us.
Microsoft Azure opens a door (or a Window with loads of Applications) to cloud world. You can migrate your on-premise applications to Microsoft Azure Cloud or develop something entirely new! When you engage us, we not only ease this process but also carry our the much needed business and digital transformation, user training and transition to new systems. Most importantly, we do so within fixed costs and short timeframes. So if there is a complexity involved and failure is not an option, just contact us.
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