Microsoft Licensing Statement (FOI241250)

This Freedom of Information request asks for a copy of our most recent Microsoft Licensing Statement (MLS)

Request for information - Ref no: FOI241250

June 7, 2024

Information request

We received your request on 1 May 2024.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

A copy of your request is set out in the extract below:

“I request that you supply me with a copy of Ordnance Survey’s (OS) most recent Microsoft Licensing Statement (MLS). I am not requesting this information to generate any business. We are not looking to buy, or, sell software licences as we are no longer trading. We only want to understand how the organisations Microsoft portfolio has evolved over the years.

We have reached out to almost every council/public authority in the country and have requested and received many MLS’s. Unless you already have the latest MLS, could you reach out to your IT reseller and obtain it. your reseller will have access to this. A reseller may say they do not have the MLS, but, resellers can source these from Microsoft. If Microsoft were ever to perform an audit, OS would require an MLS for basic audit requirements. This document is something Microsoft can provide with a minimum of fuss.

Please send me the full MLS which will have the following tabs along the bottom, which, will be, in the form of an Excel document –

Introduction
Organization Summary
License Summary
Transaction Summary
License Agreements
MPSA
Transaction Data
FAQ and Glossary
Pivot Data"

Our response

I confirm that Ordnance Survey does hold the information you have requested.

The information you have requested is set out in following spreadsheet: Ordnance Survey Microsoft Licensing Statement (MLS) (.xlsx).

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