Microsoft Volume Licensing

Downloading software from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center is the right choice for the environment and supports a more sustainable future.

Here’s how to end your media subscription disk shipments now:

1.	Send your request via e-mail to Digital by Choice Processing at dcproces@microsoft.com.
2.	Specify your company name in the Subject line of the e-mail.
3.	Provide the enrolment/authorization numbers for those agreements you would like to begin receiving digital downloads. These are listed on your Agreement Summary or License Statement available through the Volume Licensing Service Center.

Alternatively, you may contact your channel partner to opt out of media subscription disk shipments on your behalf. You will receive a confirmation for each enrolment after which all future media subscription kit shipments will end. This will not affect Software Assurance benefits.

Reduce software fulfillment-related greenhouse gas emissions by 91% with digital delivery.

New research underscores the environmental benefits of choosing digital software distribution. Click here to download the white paper “Demonstrating the Benefits of Electronic Software Distribution: A study of greenhouse gas emissions reduction.”

Find out more about Microsoft’s sustainability efforts


			Reduce your carbon footprint. By selecting Digital by Choice, you help reduce the need to manufacture, ship, and ultimately dispose of disks.

			Get faster access to updates. With Digital by Choice, you’ll get software updates faster than with kit shipments. You will be able to download software updates the moment they are posted to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center.

			Save time and effort. Ending the physical shipment of subscription disk kits can help you save time and administrative resources. Digital by Choice customers do not have to manage the receipt, cataloguing, distribution, archiving, and disposal of disks.

Customer Eligibility

Customers eligible to select
the Digital by Choice option:


	Open Value
	Select License
	Select Plus
	Academic Agreement
	Government Agreement
	Enterprise Agreement
	MSDN subscription customers who have purchased via an Open License Agreement or the above Volume License Agreements

Customers NOT eligible to select
Digital by Choice:

	Open License (Note: MSDN Subscription customers with Open License Agreements are eligible)
	Customers purchasing through the Microsoft ISV Royalty Program
	Customers purchasing through the Services Provider License Agreement

Products NOT available for
electronic download:

A limited number of Microsoft products are NOT available for download from the Volume Licensing Service Center site. Customers who require software updates to these products should not select the Digital by Choice option.

List of products that are NOT available for download from VLSC

https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/
servicecenter/Catalog/NotAvailable.aspx

Customer IT department
determining factors

Digital fulfillment is not a good option for those customers with:

	Limited bandwidth or unreliable Internet connection
	Limited in-house licensing management capabilities
	Company policies that restrict downloads or have file size limitations