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Organizations that have already received a Microsoft donation this year can receive Special Extra Donation of Windows 7 or Windows Vista! cisco

In conjunction with the release of the Windows 7 operating system on October 22, 2009, Microsoft is allowing nonprofits to place a special extra donation

Here are the conditions for placing requests for the special extra donation:

  • The extra request can contain only Windows 7, Windows Vista, or both.

  • The extra request can be placed only from October 22, 2009, through June 30, 2010.
  • The extra request must not push the organization over its limit of six titles and 50 licenses per title received through TechSoup in a two-year period. For example:

  • If the organization has already received three Microsoft titles, and none of them was an operating system, its extra request can include up to 50 licenses for both Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
  • If the organization has already received 25 licenses for 64-bit Vista Business plus five other Microsoft titles, its extra request can include up to 25 licenses for 64-bit Vista Business, but it cannot include Windows 7.
  • If the organization has already received 10 licenses for 32-bit Windows 7 Professional, its extra request could include up to 40 licenses for 32-bit Windows 7 Professional.
  •  The 5-license minimum requirement for these Win 7 orders is waived.

  • The extra request can come first, second, or third in the organization's two-year cycle, as long as it happens within the October 22 – June 30 timeframe.

Caution: If the request contains anything other than Windows 7 or Windows Vista, it does not qualify as the special extra request. It will be processed as a regular donation request and count as the organization's one request for the current year of the donation cycle (or will be disallowed if that request has already been placed).

Upgrading to Windows 7 Through Software Assurance 

If an organization has all the Windows licenses it needs, and merely wants to upgrade them to Windows 7, it can do so without placing a donation request — if Microsoft Software Assurance for those Windows licenses was in effect on October 22, 2009.