Learn the negotiation tricks that Microsoft doesn't want you to know
I’ve lined up a great new contest giveaway for Microsoft Subnet readers. How would you like to be the hero of your company and help it to stop overpaying for Microsoft software? Cynthia Farren and Microsoft Subnet are pleased to offer a free seat to one lucky reader for Cynthia’s acclaimed Microsoft Licensing Negotiations Training five-week course. This seat is worth $1,695 for a webinar class occurring weekly on Thursdays from May 19 to June 16, 2011. Answer an easy trivia question an enter to win.
Farren is an independent consultant and recognized expert on software asset management. (Her firm also helps companies negotiate favorable licenses from other big name software firms, like Oracle).
This course covers:
Session 1: Understanding Microsoft & Microsoft Agreements
Session 2: Desktop Licensing
Session 3: Server Licensing
Session 4: Server Access Licensing & Other Uses
Session 5: The Future & Making Financial Sense
I hope you enter and if you do, I wish you luck in winning. In fact, I’ll give you the answer to the trivia question right now. (Don’t post it as an answer to this blog post … you’ve got to submit your name by entering at the link below … I need all entries coming to me in a nice neat spreadsheet. 😉
Deadline: May 13.
Question: According to Cynthia’s blog post How to stop overpaying for Microsoft licensing, what requires that you pay in total for new usage for the remaining life of the agreement (a one-time lump sum versus pro-rated annual payments)? [Hint, a link to the answer can be found on Microsoft Subnet main page.]
Answer: Annual True Up (Read how to avoid the nasty True Up here.)
