Microsoft has just revealed pricing changes for Office 2013. We wanted to get a couple of those top changes specifically around pricing, licensing and features, communicated to you as soon as possible.
The pricing changes are set to go live starting December 1st, 2012. To help with our communication plan, Softchoice will be hosting a webinar (same content, three different times) on the 14th, 15th and 16th of November, 2012. You can register here.
Below is just a brief outline of the changes we will be covering in the webinars as well as additional post here at Microsoft Navigator. We’ll be updating this post regularly as information gets released by Microsoft, and our team has had a chance to pull out the relevant bits for you.
Pricing Changes (updated 11/09/12):
| Product | Price Change |
| Office Standard 2013 | No Change |
| Office Professional 2013 | No Change |
| Office 365 ProPlus | No Change |
| Visio Standard 2013 | + 20% |
| Visio Profession 2013 | + 5% |
| Project Standard 2013 | + 5% |
| Project Professional 2013 | + 5% |
| Exchange Server 2013 Standard | No Change |
| Exchange Server 2013 Enterprise | No Change |
| Exchange 2013 Standard Device CAL | No Change |
| Exchange 2013 Standard User CAL | + 15% |
| Exchange 2013 Enterprise Device CAL | No Change |
| Exchange 2013 Enterprise User CAL | + 15% |
| Core Device CAL | No Change |
| Core User CAL | + 15% |
| Enterprise Device CAL Suite | No Change |
| Lync Server 2013* | -10% |
| Lync Server 2013* | -10% |
| Lync Server 2013 Standard Device CAL | No Change |
| Lync Server 2013 Standard User CAL | + 15% |
| Lync Server 2013 Enterprise Device CAL | No Change |
| Lync Server 2013 Enterprise User CAL | + 15% |
| Lync Server 2013 Plus Device CAL | No Change |
| Lync Server 2013 Plus User CAL | + 15% |
| SharePoint Server 2013 | + 38% |
| SharePoint 2013 Standard Device CAL | No Change |
| SharePoint 2013 Standard User CAL | + 15% |
| SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Device CAL | No Change |
| SharePoint 2013 Enterprise User CAL | + 15% |
| Project Server 2013 | + 15% |
| Project Server Device CAL 2013 | + 5% |
| Project Server User CAL 2013 | + 21% |
| *As Compared to Lync Server 2010 Enterprise |
Licensing Changes:
- Office 365 to be available through the Microsoft Open Licensing Program (previously announced)
- Mobile Office
Feature Changes:
- Lync Hybrid (On Prem and cloud) deployment in one Lync Server
- Project and Visio available through Microsoft Cloud Platform (Office 365)
- SkyDrive Pro
- Skype Federation
- eDiscovery
- DLP in Exchange Online
- Multi-view
REMINDER! Per User CALs are still going up by 15% in December as well. If you are looking at any agreements that include Per User CALs, you immediately save 15% on those CALs if you are able to purchase in November.