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Software assurance versus premier support
Tim HegedusMicrosoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Software Assurance, software licenseLeave a Comment on Software assurance versus premier support

Software Assurance is not support.  Support for software that has been legitimately licensed is a licensing right. You are entitled to support by virtue of purchasing the license. Having said that, there is a connection between Software Assurance and support and it comes from the amount of Software Assurance spend. For each $20,000 in Software Assurance spent for the Server pool which includes Windows Server, SQL Server, CALs, etc., a single support incident is granted (yes, just one).  For the […]

How Microsoft Enterprise Agreements affect SQL upgrades
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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.

Software Assurance Tip #3
Scott D. RosenbergMicrosoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Software AssuranceLeave a Comment on Software Assurance Tip #3

There is no truth to the rumor that terminating an Enterprise Agreement and/or dropping Software Assurance results in a Microsoft audit. It does, however, spotlight the company in the eyes of the rep who will have likely lost a considerable amount of compensation because of it. Humans are humans, after all, and perhaps an internal flag is waved resulting in an audit. It’s a big “maybe,” but it looms large. What’s more, the replacement rep will have the record of […]

Microsoft Software Assurance and Microsoft
Scott D. RosenbergCloud, Contract Lifecycle management, Core Licensing, Cost Containment/Negotiation, IT Asset Management, Microsoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Software Assurance, Microsoft: News You Can Use, software asset management, Software audit, SQL, Support, Virtualization, Windows1 Comment on Microsoft Software Assurance and Microsoft

There is little that can be discussed about Microsoft software licensing without mentioning Software Assurance. And, of course, this applies to virtualization rights. In citing two of the examples above, we now explore Microsoft continues to evolve Software Assurance. In order to permit the primary user of a licensed instance of Windows Desktop to access that instance remotely – such as a from a kiosk, a rented device, or a personal device (i.e., tablets, smartphones) – the device must be […]

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