SharePoint 2013 is the business collaboration platform that enables you to connect and empower people through formal and informal business communities within the enterprise and beyond and to manage content throughout the information lifecycle. Whether deployed on-premises or as hosted services SharePoint's integrated capabilities are enhanced by search technologies and enable you to rapidly respond to changing business needs by making data-driven decisions and by deploying customized solutions quickly and securely. The consolidation of collaboration solutions onto SharePoint makes it possible to cut costs by lowering training and maintenance expenses and increasing IT productivity all within a governable and compliant platform.

Microsoft Open Business licensing is for small to mid-sized organizations that have less than 250 desktop PCs and who order as few as five licenses. Benefits of Open License include discounts off the retail price of software the ability to track and manage licenses by using online tools and the rights to create a standard image and deploy it on multiple machines and rights to transfer licenses from one machine to another.