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Tag: Microsoft Enterprise Agreement

Upcoming Webinar: Microsoft Enterprise Agreement License Changes Interpreted by Miro Consulting

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

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 […]

Managing Microsoft Inventory When Enterprise Edition Expires

As your Microsoft Enterprise Agreement is set to expire, there’s a great deal to consider with your renewal options.   Some considerations when determining the next, best course of action: current entitlements expansion and consolidation dynamics of the environment (e.g. remote users and access devices) the company’s roadmap versus Microsoft’s roadmap current license position spending target Every organization is unique and there is no clear cut answer to what is best. The products, the quantity, the license programs, the current […]

Managing Microsoft Inventory When Enterprise Edition Expires

As your Microsoft Enterprise Agreement is set to expire, there’s a great deal to consider with your renewal options.   Some considerations when determining the next, best course of action: current entitlements expansion and consolidation dynamics of the environment (e.g. remote users and access devices) the company’s roadmap versus Microsoft’s roadmap current license position spending target Every organization is unique and there is no clear cut answer to what is best. The products, the quantity, the license programs, the current […]

How Microsoft Enterprise Agreements affect SQL upgrades

Microsoft offers a trade-in program for the SQL server 2012 licenses. The trade-in takes effect at the renewal of Software Assurance. So that means re-upping, re-enlisting for another term of Software Assurance, which makes this trade-in something less than free. This is not a scenario that never ends. The qualification of licenses ends on April 1, 2015.

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