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Hints and tricks with the SA Program

Make sure you activate all your SA benefits!

Even if you don't plan to use your SA benefits it is important that you activate all of them to ensure that you will be able to use future offering from Microsoft. When Microsoft changes the SA-program many changes are depending on the activation of the benefits. For example when they retired Corporate Error Reporting from the SA-program, clients who had activated the benefit now have perpetual rights to CER while clients who were eligible for the benefit but hadn't activated do not have the right use CER.


Set up a strategy and align the use of SA benefits with your company goals.

A lot of times, companies use the SA benefits very sporadically and with no more intention than that they have to use the money they spent. To get the most value out of you SA benefit the use of them should be aligned with your company goals. If the SA benefit can contribute for you to reach your goals, the value added will grow immensely.




Spread the word of your SA Benefits

Many employees would have great use of you SA Benefits but they're not aware that they are eligible to use the benefits. You are guaranteed low usage of SA benefits if no one knows they exist. The optimal way is to together with your HR staff inform all eligleble employees that they can use the SA benefits.