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Tag: Microsoft Server Cal

Licensing the Internet of Things

The “Internet of Things” – eventually to be followed by the “Internet of Everything” – brings about the potential for enterprise software to be used by a vast new array of access points. With this comes licensing challenges and expense on a far grander scale. Organizations can opt to license enterprise software by user. For Oracle technology products such as Database or WebLogic, this is the “Named User Plus” metric. For Microsoft’s server software such as Exchange Server or SQL […]

Quick Byte: Microsoft Licensing Tip #3

Cold Backup for Disaster Recovery will expire if you let your Software Assurance expire on your servers.  This means that you’re required to purchase server licenses to replace the ones you initially received through your software assurance rights if you want to continue to use you Microsoft Server and Server CAL products. The information can be found in Microsoft’s Product Use Rights Document within the Volume Licensing section.’

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