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Microsoft Moves to “Per Core” Licensing for Windows Server
adminMicrosoft, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft has (pretty predictably) moved to “Per Core” licensing for Windows Server, just like SQL Server before it. This is more to the trend of denser servers – that is, with more and more cores per server – and, possibly, in a nod to Azure. It’s been pretty well documented, but there are minimums: A minimum of 16 core licenses is required for each server. A minimum of 8 core licenses is required for each physical processor. And, like for […]

BYOD and IoT
Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Software Assurance, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft: News You Can Use

In a January 5, 2016 report entitled “BYOD, WEARABLES AND IOT: Strategies, Security, Satisfaction” (click here for access to the report – requires a valid Tech Pro Research member account) Tech Pro Research released its findings of a survey in which there were 206 respondents from the U.S., Canada, Europe, India, Asia-Pacific, China, Australia and New Zealand. These findings were quite clear that BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) is something of a new normal, especially for smaller companies. It is also clear from […]

Upcoming Webinar: Microsoft Enterprise Agreement License Changes Interpreted by Miro Consulting
Scott D. RosenbergMicrosoft, Microsoft Enterprise Agreements

On March 22nd, Miro Consulting’s Tim Hegedus will address some of the major Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) changes, how it affects licensing and the possible strategic solutions. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: Windows Server Per Core licensing (from the traditional Per Processor licensing mode) Optimizing license metric exchanges or transitions Licensing strategies for virtualizations such as “stacking” licenses The impact of Microsoft EA changes on Client Access Licenses (CALs) Managing the increase to unit and annual costs […]

Change to Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip

Let’s say your current commercial Enterprise Agreement – scheduled for renewal this coming September – is for 325 seats of Windows client, Office, and perhaps one of the Client Access License (“CAL”) Suites. Your company hasn’t seen significant growth in user population, so the anticipation is that the renewal will be for that same number of licenses. Nope! Based on Microsoft’s change (their “refresh” as Microsoft refers to it), you are not eligible for the Enterprise Agreement any longer. That […]

Windows Server “Per Core” Licensing
Tim HegedusCore Licensing, Enterprise Agreement, Microsoft, Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft: News You Can Use, software asset management, software license, Software Renewal, SQL

Microsoft Window Server Per Core licensing here we come! With the general release of Version 2016 expected in the second half of 2016, Windows Server will switch from “Per Processor” licensing to “Per Core”. As might be expected, there are caveats to this. Microsoft architected a transition for SQL Server 2008 R2 in the “Per Processor” metric to SQL Server 2012 in the “Per Core” metric. And Microsoft will adopt a similar process for Windows Server. First off, customers with […]

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing
Scott D. RosenbergMicrosoft, Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Server CALLeave a Comment on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 comes with the availability of two primary editions – Standard and Datacenter. The versions are identical from a technical perspective with the only difference being virtualization rules. Both primary editions can only be licensed in the Processor Plus CAL metric . . .unlike the limited functionality editions for Windows Essentials and Window Foundation that are licensed by Server with CALs included. So, which do you choose? Since the functionality levels are equal, it’s something of […]

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