Freedom of information response

1. Is the council currently using a Microsoft Office 365 subscription to licence its desktops? Yes

2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, is the council currently using the “FromSA” product SKU in its licensing agreement? No

3. If the answer to question 1 is yes, did the council agree to... (various potential quotes commonly used) 'relinquish, trade up, bought back, transferred, given up, voided, upgraded, transitioned, levied up' the ownership of its prior perpetual licences in order to obtain discounts from Microsoft? No

4. If the answer to question one is yes and the answer to question 3 is no, do you still, therefore, have ownership of the perpetual licences you were using prior to migration, and if so what versions and quantities do you still have? Alternatively, were your previously used perpetual licences acquired in an Enterprise Subscription agreement meaning the perpetual licences were not owned outright? No

5. If the Council no longer have the perpetual licences that were owned and used prior to migration and have not relinquished/traded-in/levied up/bought back/upgraded/transitioned (or any other terms including, but not limited to) what has happened to them? We had no software assurance several years ago therefore we moved straight to a subscription model.  

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