You need the Premium account to have full control of instrument management, as well as to make purchases in your company’s name. It's completely free to open an account, but you must either (1) personally own a Rohde & Schwarz instrument or (2) you are responsible for the Rohde & Schwarz instruments at your company.

Examples of what you get with a Premium account:

• Full control of instrument management with the R&S Instrument Manager App (R&S IMA)
• Manage your company’s instrument activities with R&S IMA Enhanced
• Access to our Service & Support Center
• Access to our Knowledge Base, where you can read comprehensive how-to guides and instrument documentation from our application engineers
• Submit your own questions and get answers from our experts

And of course, you get all the benefits that come with an Advanced account:

• Complementary product documentation, such as service manuals
• Product downloads like software and firmware
• Access to My Rohde & Schwarz, our customer portal, where you can find a personalized dashboard that provides an overview of your instruments and related services

You also get all the benefits that come with a Basic account:

• Webinars, White papers, eBooks, Application cards and other educational content
• Online tools such as the Wireless Communications Calculator
• Knowledge+, our platform for customized content
• Ability to redeem training vouchers