Technical Support Options

FMS is committed to providing professional support of all our products. We offer free access to our on-line FAQ and newsgroups. Bug reports, feature requests, suggestions, or general pre-sales questions related to our products are always available at no cost.

Additional maintenance plans are available to provide subscribers with enhanced technical support. This is the best way for you to stay current with the rapidly changing technologies that impact project development, and to ensure you are getting the maximum return from your software investment.

Subscription Features & Benefits	Premium	Incident	Standard
Access to FAQ
Access to Newsgroups
Minor Upgrades/Bug Fixes
Telephone Support		Per Incident	First 30 days
Email Support		Per Incident	First 30 days
Priority Response Time1
Senior Engineer Support Team
Email Project for Testing
Programmatic Code Assistance2
Major Upgrades for Current Version (not between Access Versions)		Additional fee	Additional fee
Cost	Annual Fee	Fee Per Incident	Included

Premium Subscription

The Premium Subscription is the ideal option for customers seeking the highest level of support from FMS. The annual fee entitles you to telephone and email technical support from a senior support engineer.

From time to time, FMS may release new versions of existing products which add new features. These are point releases (e.g. from version 11.0 to 11.1) and are different from new builds that correct problems in existing features (e.g. from version 11.00.0001 to 11.00.0002).

These point releases are available for a nominal upgrade fee to existing customers. Premium Technical Support subscribers receive these upgrades automatically and for no additional charge during their subscription term.

NOTE: Upgrades between versions (for instance going from Access 2002 to Access 2003) are not considered Point Release Upgrades and are not included in the Premium Subscription.

Subscriptions are available on a per product or suite basis for a twelve month period, and may be purchased at any time. You must be the registered owner of the product to purchase a subscription and the only person contacting FMS for support under the subscription.

Please ensure you have purchased the Subscription you need for each product or Suite.

Per Incident

Our Per Incident package is available individually or by purchasing multiple incidents in advance.

The Per Incident support package provides Telephone and/or E-mail technical support from a Senior Technical Support Engineer for resolving one Incident.

An Incident is defined as a single question related to one of our products. The Per Incident period is from start to finish (report of the incident to resolution) for a single Incident. 

Should an answer to your question lead to multiple questions related to that answer, there is no additional charge. Should multiple unrelated questions arise, there is an additional cost per incident even if they are discussed in a single correspondence. Should you have new questions that arise new costs may apply. 

If you anticipate multiple questions for a single product, we recommend purchasing the Premium Subscription option. You can purchase a Premium Subscription at any time, but Per Incident costs cannot be applied to the cost of the subscription.

Standard Subscription

Our Standard Subscription comes with every product purchased for no additional cost. The standard subscription comes with support for access to our FAQs and newsgroups, and response to bug reports for that version.

The free period of support begins 30 days from your first contact with Technical support within 6 months of your product purchase.

You can upgrade to a Premium Subscription at any time.

Please note that the person requesting support must also be the registered user of the product.  Registration is required and may be requested by our Technical Support professionals.