Microsoft Offers $150 Surface Pro 3 Discount in SMB Bundle Promotion

Microsoft (MSFT) is offering a $150 discount to businesses buying a package of its Surface Pro 3 tablet, type cover and docking station through channel partners, as part of a series of moves to establish a stronger commercial presence for the platform.

“To make it faster and more cost-effective for business customers to deploy Surface Pro 3, we’re introducing a limited-time Surface Laptop Replacement Bundle with our reseller partners that provides up to $150 off of a Surface Pro 3, Type Cover and Docking Station when purchased together,” wrote Brian Hall, Surface general manager, in a blog post.

“This is available through our Authorized Resellers in the U.S. starting immediately, and in the majority of markets where Surface is available worldwide in the coming weeks, while supplies last,” he said. “Particularly, we expect small and medium businesses to see tremendous value in this offer.”

The promotion is part of a series of business-focused service and support enhancements the vendor has added to its Surface Pro 3 repertoire, responding, it said, to questions from businesses about its long-term commitment to the platform.

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Hall also said that the Surface Pro 3 will be upgradable when Microsoft releases Windows 10 sometime in 2015.

“Surface Pro 3 is for work,” Hall wrote. “We built it that way.”