# Microsoft Volume Licensing Reviews **Vendor:** Microsoft **Category:** [Software Asset Management (SAM) Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/software-asset-management-tools) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 15 ## About Microsoft Volume Licensing Volume licensing programs and agreements will evolve as we improve your purchase experience, starting with the Microsoft Customer Agreement. ## Microsoft Volume Licensing Reviews ### 1. pipeliner crm **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Venance M. | pipeliner sales at pipeliner CRM , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2023 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** It store many things at one time, you can search an software. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** I dislike nothing related to pipelinertalent crm **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helps to keep many software online ### 2. MS Volume Licensing **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carson R. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 10, 2023 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** The flexibility of easily moving licensing to another server. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** The interface is very antiquated. Seems like it could use an update to the GUI. **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** Organization of In House MC Licensing ### 3. Good for non profits **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** ease of use and dowloads across all devices within our agency **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** havent found anything that we dislike as of yet **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** we have been able to keep software update during remote work ### 4. Microsoft Volume Licensing Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kory L. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 27, 2021 ### 5. Best Licensing Control by far **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jordan C. | RPA Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 02, 2021 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** I've been using the Volume Licensing for over 2 years and i find it really very useful. Whenever i need a particular software to install, all i need is just navigate to the site, install the ISO and grab the key. You don't have to remember the license key, its all there. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** The page can be difficult to find when you lose it. Even Google does not give you the proper link to that page. **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** I lost all the ISO in our internal storage. Microsoft Volume Licensing allows us to act as a repository for us to download the ISO straight from the web. ### 6. Productivity on the Go! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Imran A. | Area Manager (Retail Sales), Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2021 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Microsoft has one of the most complete productive suites in the industry hands-down. It is still the most accessible and useful bundle of productivity apps clubbed together. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** There isn't really much to dislike about the volume licensing programme of Microsoft except for one thing which is that the software keys used on one system can not be repurposed to another one if you're changing your machine in the middle of the tenure and you'll add/pay for a new user if a new machine is brought which ramps cost for small set-ups. **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** This could be a very long list but the most common ones include: 1. Increased productivity through collaboration 2. Immediate deployment/no lag 3. No learning curve since everything is a part of all modern offices ### 7. MS VLSC **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Keren A. | Senior Systems Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2021 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Immediate information about you Licensing keys in MAK or KMS versions **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** If running an on prem lic server, sometimes the online vlsc version does not update causing a mismatch in available or remaining licenses **Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Volume Licensing:** If using Microsoft servers on prem you have no choice **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** No issues at the moment, in the past would use this to license remote devices. This is very useful in letting me know which devices already have an assigned license. ### 8. Mt Feedback for VLSE Portal **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pradeep J. | Manager IT, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** All The License version setup Key and the All detail for license there and access easily. and able to manage my Subscription as well **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Nothing, Still I don't have any issue with VLSE portal. **Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Volume Licensing:** Really nice portal and for manage the software licensing also get the max discount. **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** Centralizing Manage the licenses portal and easy to add the Subscription. and best thing to het all the setup. ### 9. Simple way to manage your business Microsoft Licences, handle renewals and access product keys **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gareth A. | Group IT & Service Delivery Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2020 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Logon experience is simple and connected to the corporate AzureAD. Navigation through the portal is simple with all data to hand. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** The portal can be slow at times to access some areas of historical data. **Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Volume Licensing:** Ensure to connect your CSP with your licensing portal to help you setup and manage permissions. **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** With Microsoft Volume Licencing you have a central location for all your corporate Microsoft licences and agreements. It is simple to add additional agreements during any M&A activities. Access permissions are easily managed to control who has access to what information within the portal. ### 10. Volume license Is better than CD licenses **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Reena S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 04, 2020 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Volume license of Microsoft is best to use when you want to use actual product and manage your software asset management and compliance These are legal softwares provided by microsoft. Also they do have the entire history of the license. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Its is Costly than fnp licences. Window licence cannot be use on any system **Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Volume Licensing:** Best softwares to use whn it comes to paper licenses **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** Legal softwares. Company is free from SAM activity Can be re useable. If key is lost than we can call customer care and get it back. ### 11. Microsoft Volume License **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Charles A. | Office 365 Technical Support Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2020 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Microsoft Volume License is the cheapest way to purchase a bulk license for Microsoft Servers and Softwares. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** It is complex to understand the difference between Per core/CAL licenses. **Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Volume Licensing:** This is the best way to purchase bulk licenses and subscriptions for both small and large businesses. Convert your capital expenditure to Operational cost (Pay as you Use) **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** Migrating users from on-prem license to subscriptions ### 12. Small to Medium businesses or bigger. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Trent L. | Senior Systems Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2021 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** I like being able to not worry about the minute licenses on a day to day situation. We can do what we need to do, when we need to, and trueup at the end. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Cost. I'll be honest - it's expensive. But really, it's cheaper than having to buy the licenses for each machine every time. **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** Software tracking. New machine and virtual machine migration. ### 13. Office programs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chavele Y. | N, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2021 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Adding and removing licenses is extremely easy when hiring or terminating employees. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Sometimes licenses take a long time before I can apply the to a new user. **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** providing the best office suit to my employees. ### 14. Great for a large school **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angela M. | English education director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2020 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** All our teachers need to use laptops especially within the current pandemic. Microsoft volume licensing makes sure that we can use all the available up to date Microsoft programs on every computer **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** It takes along time to set up and sometimes we don't get the support we need **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** All teachers have the same available software, we use Sharepoint as an online storage tool so that we can revisit previous years work ### 15. Microsoft Volume Licensing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Moh T. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2020 **What do you like best about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** The way the software operates in terms of using apps. **What do you dislike about Microsoft Volume Licensing?** Nothing specific as all features of the system work smoothly. **Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Volume Licensing:** It is highly recommended because of its efficiency. **What problems is Microsoft Volume Licensing solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to use my computer in a more improved way. ## Microsoft Volume Licensing Discussions - [What is included in M365?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-included-in-m365) - [What is the difference between open license and volume license?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-difference-between-open-license-and-volume-license) - [What are the 3 types of Windows licensing?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-3-types-of-windows-licensing) - [What is Microsoft volume licensing?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-microsoft-volume-licensing) - [View Microsoft Volume Licensing pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-volume-licensing/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-26+14%3A04%3A23+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=57ab1d61-40c7-4fa6-bf12-686ef4c73f63&secure%5Btoken%5D=5ab41c0696938a289a27dd5dd7104821b818b43304d9169e1794668fff4287b7&format=llm_user) ## Microsoft Volume Licensing Features **Functionality** - Software inventory and lifecycle management - License entitlement and usage management - Vendor management and compliance - Automated end user license provisioning - Approved app catalogue - Customized alerts **Agentic AI - Software Asset Management Tools** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **Risk assessment** - Shadow IT detection - Software vulnerability assessment - Redundant software functionality identification ## Top Microsoft Volume Licensing Alternatives - [SolarWinds Service Desk](https://www.g2.com/products/solarwinds-service-desk/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (769 reviews) - [Torii](https://www.g2.com/products/torii/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (303 reviews) - [Zluri](https://www.g2.com/products/zluri/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (174 reviews)