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The limitations of License Mobility
Tim HegedusMicrosoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Software Assurance, SQLLeave a Comment on The limitations of License Mobility

Microsoft’s Product Use Rights state very clearly that you may not reassign licenses on a short-term basis (within 90 days of the last assignment). However, licenses can be reassigned sooner if the licensed device or server is retired due to a permanent hardware failure. That’s a constraining and very strict rule that talks about when the 90-day time frame is set aside and it talks specifically about hardware failure. Given the strictness of that rule, without License Mobility you could […]

Understanding Oracle licensing with virtualization and non-Oracle servers
Scott D. RosenbergUncategorized1 Comment on Understanding Oracle licensing with virtualization and non-Oracle servers

We get a lot of questions about Oracle licensing of non-Oracle virtualization servers. In order to understand the licensing model, you must understand that Oracle only acknowledges its own virtualization software and only in standalone servers.  This is an extremely important point to internalize, especially if you’re using non-Oracle virtualization software (with VMware being one of the most popular). End users with non-Oracle virtualization software must license based on the physical size of the server.  So, if you’re running a […]

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