Windows Intune Software Assurance

One of the major selling points of Windows Intune is the Software Assurance rights. However, how does it work exactly? Do Wintune admins have a link to download Windows 7 Enterprise and do they have access to the corresponding serial number?
As a Microsoft authorized reseller, I don't see any place to download the software, but our subscription is probably different than the end-users subscriptions because our's are just a Trial subscription with an extra long expiry term.
Thanks for your help
Fernando Santos
fpsantos

It is answered in the post
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsintuneprod/thread/f14bf7a3-169c-46f1-a587-1b8fb0d89973. The Windows Upgrade rights is available once a customer purchases Windows Intune or converts from Trial to
Purchase.
The details are on page 27 this pdf
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=211844
Thanks,
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