Business telephone and communications systems provider, Commander Communications Limited, has just announced a $23 million contract to manage Microsoft software licenses to 1,600 schools in Victoria.

Commander won the three-year contract with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) in a competitive tender, allowing the company to gain access to approximately 40,000 DEECD staff in Victoria schools, agencies and offices.

Approximately 540,000 students will gain access to Commander’s communication services.

Commander was in the news just last week announcing another deal with the Department of Finance and Administration, to supply the government department with communications and phones systems, a three-year contract worth $5 million per annum.

Commander is also a service support and advice company, based in Australia, that supplies to large businesses.

The company’s latest win means the DEECD’s approximately 540,000 students will be able to purchase a range of Microsoft software at significantly reduced prices.

The software for school desktop and notebook computers and servers includes Microsoft Office Enterprise (including Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, One Note and Groove), Visio, Project, Expression Web, Windows Server, SQL Server, Exchange Server along with some other server and desktop applications including operating system upgrades.