How does one aquire the installation files to go along with a volume license or their Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft?
I have a general question about how a company usually acquires the installation media needed to install software associated with volume licenses that were purchased or that they are entitled to with their Enterprise Agreement. Our company currently uses a MSDN Ultimate subscription dedicated solely to an individual whose only job is to acquire software and licenses. They do not use any of the software themselves but they essentially use the MSDN license to download the iso or installation setup program to hand off to our desktop/server support team to install. Each install that is used in production has a licensed that is purchased either through a volume license or through our Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft. There seems like there should be a better way of doing this other than using a $10,000 subscription to do so but I know of no other solution.
Solution 1:
Typically, volume licenses will be linked to a portal or account login for the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center or Microsoft Next Generation Volume Licensing websites.
If your organization doesn't have an account established, please do so. You should be able to link to your licenses and see the relevant installation media downloads.