Recently there was an announcement in the Microsoft Partner Newsletter about the launch of the new LicenseWise License configurator tool by the Microsoft Worldwide Licensing Team. Since that announcement, I have seen several questions from U.S. Partners on how this tool compares to the MS Gear Up license configurator that we have available here in the U.S. To help answer these questions, I am posting a comparison of the two tools that I received in addition to feedback from the US Licensing Team and Gear Up Team:
“Gear Up is the hero offering for our partners in the U.S. LicenseWise is a great solution for partners in subs that do not have tools such as Gear Up to support them. As LicenseWise becomes more robust and it begins to close the gap with Gear Up’s feature set, we will evaluate our course at that time. Below is a feature comparison chart for Gear Up and LicenseWise that both teams collaborated on…”
Feature
GearUp
LicenseWise
Online Services
P
License quantity Help
Edition Advisor Wizard
Download report in Word
Seach by Sku
Search by product name
Program configuration
Product configuration
Program Comparision
SA beneifts analysis
Prerequisit products
Up sell
Download report in Excel
Financing Options
Cross Sell
Saved quote workspace
Retail Product Recommendations
OEM information
Promo Information
Compare SA vs Non SA
Compare more than one program
SA benefits comparison by program
Customer Proposal Generator
Print in customer ready format
Quick Quote feature
MS Financing integration
VL savings vs. FPP
Intelligent Alerts
Media Skus
Input % discount off ERP
Convert quote cross programs
Integration with MPLA
Links to the PUR
PUR sections in report
Links to product pages
Links to trials
Thank you and have a wonderful day,
Eric Ligman
Microsoft US Senior Manager
Small Business Community Engagement
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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