Author: Tim Hegedus

Software assurance versus premier support

May 6, 2014December 30, 2013 Tim HegedusMicrosoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Software Assurance, software licenseLeave a Comment

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 […]

SQL Server Licensing Tip – Product Use Rights

April 22, 2014December 30, 2013 Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, SQLLeave a Comment

SQL Server Product Use Rights Licensing

Server Licensing and Moving Virtual Machines

April 1, 2014December 30, 2013 Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Virtualization, WindowsLeave a Comment

Microsoft Server Licensing and virtual machines.

Microsoft Audits: Enterprise Agreements doesn’t offer protection anymore

March 26, 2014 Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Software auditLeave a Comment

While Microsoft Enterprise Agreements may have previously afforded some protection from an audit, that is no longer the case. Microsoft audits can happen to anyone now.

Licensing SQL server in low versus high density virtual environments

March 11, 2014December 30, 2013 Tim Hegeduslicensing, Server CAL, software license, SQL, VirtualizationLeave a Comment

SQL Server Licensing Rules – How to license in high and low density virtual environments.

Subscription Based licensing – Pros and Cons

March 4, 2014December 30, 2013 Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Subscription based licenseLeave a Comment

Considerations for subscription-based licensing – Pros and Cons.

Is the end of life for Windows XP really going to happen?

February 25, 2014December 30, 2013 Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Licensing Tip, WindowsLeave a Comment

Doomsday for Windows XP is just a few months away. On April 8th, 2014, Microsoft will issue its last updates for this version. On the same day that Windows XP gets its final updates, Office 2003 and all of it is included applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and so on will also get its final security updates.

Microsoft’s new devices and services strategy

February 18, 2014December 30, 2013 Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Licensing Tip, OracleLeave a Comment

Microsoft is responding and what we are seeing is a metamorphosis of the company and its offerings. Microsoft’s position is one where the company considers itself a devices and services company.

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