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Microsoft is pleased to announce that Final Disclosure documents for Ecosystem Engagement and Planning ("EEP") Holiday 2018 Redstone 4 have now been posted. This communication provides an overview of the release and links to the final licensing and draft program documents for 2019.
The EEP Framework is the vNext of the OEM OST (OEM Standard Terms) which has been in place for many years. OST was primarily licensing driven, designed for a 2-3 year Windows release cycle and focused mainly on engagement with direct OEM partners across ~8 months from Fall to Final terms in May for the upcoming year starting Aug 1.
With the introduction of EEP our intent is to:
- Broaden to an integrated business planning rhythm across engineering, sales and marketing covering growth priorities, portfolio planning, product strategy, big bets/opportunities, investments, pricing, licensing, technical readiness, GTM (bringing together Exec Forum, OST Tour, Tech Forum and GTM)
- Coordinated engagement across ecosystem – from Silicon partners, to top OEMs and top retailers and on to scale partners
- Two core “beats” per year aligned to partner device refresh and selling season
- Cadence built off devices in market for Consumer and customer sell in for Commercial/Edu
- Shorter sprints with defined gates for disclosure, feedback and close (~60 days)
- Alignment with Windows engineering roadmap
Holiday schedule
Land Plan with partners, feedback cycle
Oct/Nov
Publish draft
mid-Dec, final late-Jan, effective
May 1
BTS/Commercial/Edu tentative schedule
Land Plan with partners, feedback cycle
April/May
Publish draft and final
Jul 1, effective
Oct 1
- The Clean copies of the Disclosure documents are available in Microsoft® Word format.
- Disclosure documents that are available in Redline format will be available in PDF format.
- Updated Feb. 1 2018! We welcome and appreciate your continued feedback during this Redstone 4 Disclosure. Please provide your written feedback to your Microsoft account manager no later than February 16, 2018.
- If you encounter any access issues with DPC, or require additional user accounts, please contact MS OEM Communications Feedback & Support.
Licensing Resources
Final Documents: Detailed Windows Price List and Product Terms Update Summary
Key changes:
Managed Transition to Windows 10 Home Advanced:
- April 2, 2018 - SKUs available
- April 2, 2018 to April 30, 2018 – DPK fulfillment for Windows 10 Home Advanced from at the Windows 10 Home Plus royalty
- May 1, 2018 - royalty increases to Windows 10 Home Advanced
- Windows 10 Home Advanced DPKs fulfilled from April 2, 2018 to April 30, 2018 will be included in the Windows 10 Home Plus SKUs volume calculations as part of the inventory monitoring
Windows 10 Pro in S mode:
- New DPKs with RS4
- Product Keys will enable the $49.00 Pro Switch for end users in the Microsoft Store
- RS3 DPKs will EOL 180 days after the release of the RS4 DPKs
Windows Licensing Summary:
- FY19 Client eligibility volume will be 5,000 units
- Windows 10 Home in S mode Effective Date April 1, 2018
- Windows 10 Home Advanced Effective Date May 1, 2018
- Windows 7 Professional Simplified Chinese Language EOL extended from June 30, 2018 to October 31, 2018
- STF changes to minimum volume requirements and launch of eLOE expansion in DM
- RS4 OA3Tool.exe update: adoption will be optional
Program Resources
Draft MDA 2019 Tier 1 Program Letter - TVO 500K+ - Clean
Draft MDA 2019 Tier 1 Program Letter - TVO 500K+ - Redlined
All Final 2019 MDA Programs documents now available on MDA Resource Center
Draft Jumpstart 2019 Tier 1 Program Letter - TVO, Named 80K to 500K - Clean
Draft Jumpstart 2019 Tier 1 Program Letter - TVO, Named 80K to 500K - Redlined
Draft 2019 Jumpstart Tier 1 Marketing Execution Guide (MEG) - Clean
Draft 2019 Jumpstart Tier 1 Marketing Execution Guide (MEG) - Redlined
All 2019 Jumpstart Programs documents now available on Jumpstart Resource Center
Draft 2019 Device Configuration Document - Redlined
Draft 2019 Device Configuration Document - Clean
All Final 2019 Device Configuration Programs documents now available on Device Configuration Resource Center
Key Date Summary
- December 7, 2017 – EEP Holiday 2018 RS4 documents posted
- January 12, 2018 - Deadline for OEM written feedback submitted to Microsoft Account Team
- January 29, 2018 – EEP Holiday 2018 RS4 Final documents posted
- February 1, 2018 - 2019 Program & Incentive Draft documents posted
- March 1, 2018 - 2019 Program & Incentive Final documents posted
- April 1, 2018 – EEP Holiday 2018 RS4 License Effective Date
- May 1, 2018 – Windows 10 Home Advance Products Effective Date
- August 1, 2018 – Programs Effective Date