Specific license terms for windows server 2016 are defined in the microsoft volume licensing product terms, the microsoft volume licensing agreement under which it was acquired, andor its original equipment manufacturer oem or retail software license terms. Volume licensing guide enrollment for education solutions. License mobility allows customers to move eligible microsoft software to third party cloud providers. License mobility through microsoft software assurance gives microsoft volume licensing customers the flexibility to deploy certain server applications with active software assurance onpremises or in the cloud, without having to buy additional licenses. Dec 12, 20 customers can leverage their existing volume licensing agreements with software assurance to install rds in your datacenter. With license mobility through software assurance, you can deploy certain server application licenses purchased under your volume licensing agreement in an authorized mobility partners datacenter. This benefit is available to microsoft volume licensing customers with eligible server applications covered by active microsoft software assurance sa contracts. Improve productivity with office homeuse licenses and take advantage of enduser. If you are a microsoft volume licensing customer with eligible application server licenses that are covered by active software assurance, you can elect to use license mobility through software assurance. If you previously received physical media cddvd of prior microsoft products that your organization is currently.
Volume licensing reference guide windows server 2016. It appears that customers must have active software assurance in place for all sql server licenses to be moved to vmware cloud on aws. Do microsoft customers really need software assurance. The home use program is a software assurance benefit available to microsoft volume licensing customers with active software assurance coverage on their office applications. License mobility through microsoft microsoft volume. Instead of one upfront payment, you spread the costs of your volume licensing and software assurance purchase across three equal, annual sums, helping you forecast your technology budget up to three years in advance. No, you must have a volume license contract with active software assurance to get it as part of your subscription. Understand the latest changes to microsoft licensing. This benefit is available to microsoft volume licensing vl customers with eligible server apps covered by active microsoft software assurance sa contracts. For information on license mobility please visit the license. The software assurance spread payments benefit works with your budget and helps lower your initial licensing costs. Jun 01, 2015 while windows 7 enterprise, windows 88. Customers with software assurance can use license mobility to license both the active sql virtual machine and the passive sql virtual machine with the failover rights as described in volume licensing product terms. Licensing programs eligibility requirements microsoft.
Software assurance benefits across microsoft volume licensing programs. Using software assurance benefits can help you take full advantage of your investments in it. Microsoft includes two years of software assurance with all volume licensing. With this software assurance benefit, there is no need to purchase new licenses and no associated mobility fees so, you can easily deploy existing licenses on the. Biztalk server 2016 licensing datasheet license mobility through software assurance volume license customers with active software assurance on biztalk server percore licenses may assign these licenses to virtual cores running on shared 3rd party servers public cloud. Software assurance is a comprehensive volume licensing program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help you deploy, manage, and use your microsoft products more efficiently. Active software assurance customers in volume licensing have the benefit to upgrade to windows 10 offerings outside of this offer. Customers must have active sa on configuration manager licenses, or equivalent subscription rights, in order to install and use the current branch option of configuration manager. Appendix b software assurance microsoft volume licensing. The free upgrade is only for retail and oem preinstalled windows 7, windows 88. Software assurance migration volume licensing customers licensed for office enterprise 2007, office professional plus 2007, or office small business edition 2007 with active software assurance coverage at the time of office 2010 availability have. Microsoft volume licensing customers can move eligible microsoft server application licenses purchased under a volume licensing agreement to oracle cloud infrastructure. Work with your licensing procurement team, your microsoft representative, or your preferred volume licensing reseller to understand. Customers may purchase depending on the program, a license without software.
Additionally, volume licensing customers will have the option to purchase either windows 10 pro or windows 10 enterprise, and software assurance sa and virtual desktop access licensing offerings will carry over. Jan 14, 2014 4 questions customers are asking about licensing office 365. License mobility through software assurance gives microsoft volume licensing customers the flexibility to deploy eligible server applications with active software assurance on azure. Licensing microsoft office software in volume licensing primary user of an office licensed device with active software assurance may also access office online service to view and edit office documents. Microsoft license mobility amazon web services aws. Effective january 1, 2014, volume licensing customers who have active software assurance on their remote desktop services user cals are entitled to remote desktop services cal extended rights, which allow use of their remote desktop services user cal with software assurance against a windows server running on azure or other service providers. Customers who have perpetual license rights to configuration manager may then install and use the ltsb build of the configuration manager version thats current at the time of expiration. Not every microsoft customer needs software assurance on all of the vendors offerings. Clients mpsa connectes au microsoft business center.
Pay attention to which products are eligible for license mobility. Registration id and your volume licensing agreement number are both required for. Home 4 questions customers are asking about licensing. Licensing customers the flexibility to deploy certain server applications with active software assurance either onpremises or in the cloud. The three possibilities are not always available, depending on the program single license or volume license. Software assurance offers customers a business edge. Software assurance membership sam is an integrated set of support services and benefits provided to all enterprise agreement ea customers and those select plus license customers who have selected the sam option for one or more product pools on their select plus enrollment or companywide option available under open value. The products that are allowed are located in the product use rights pur not the spur, as this is a volume licensing use right, not spla. Your organizations software assurance benefits administrator receives an access id after clicking activate on the 24x7 benefit in the volume licensing service center vlsc. Effective january 1, 2014, volume licensing customers who have active software assurance on their remote desktop services user cals are entitled to remote desktop services cal extended rights, which allow use of their remote desktop services user cal with software assurance against a windows server running on azure or other service providers shared. Msps building a cloud practice in microsoft azure need to be aware of the various options for licensing sql server since it is often a large component of the overall cost of an azure it environment.
With new version rights, each microsoft product license that is covered by active software assurance can be upgraded to the most recent version for no additional cost. Assurance customers have a work identity that was created in volume licensing service center vlsc provides selfservice sign up for a work identity based in azure active directory ad. Licensing and branches configuration manager microsoft docs. Licensing microsoft office software in volume licensing.
Product and licensing faq configuration manager microsoft. Mar 21, 2015 active software assurance customers in volume licensing have the benefit to upgrade to other windows 10 enterprise offerings. The details were spelled out at the microsoft hosting summit, ongoing this week in bellevue, wash. Microsofts obsession with piracy threatens to create a. Software assurance benefits included with microsoft products. Jul 10, 2015 still does not qualify, volume license clients are excluded from this offer. Customers with active software assurance sa on configuration manager licenses or with equivalent subscription rights as of october 1, 2016 have rights to use the october 2016 version 1606 release of configuration manager.
Microsoft software assurance support incident submission. Mpsa customers sign in to the microsoft business center. If a transition is made back to a license that had active software assurance as of the date of transition, then software assurance must be reordered for all such licenses on a prospective basis following the. The program covers microsoft technologies and services and includes new product version rights, training, deployment planning, and support. Software assurance migration volume licensing customers licensed for office enterprise 2007, office professional plus 2007, or office small business edition 2007 with active software assurance coverage at the time of office 2010 availability have rights to office professional plus 2010. This allows you to more easily move your workloads to the amazon web services cloud, without any additional microsoft software licensing fees. If you are a microsoft volume licensing customer with eligible 1 application server licenses that are covered by active software assurance, you can elect to use license mobility through software assurance. It appears that customers must actively leverage the license mobility benefit by complying with the procedure outlined in this microsoft document. The good news is that this statement clarifies the meaning of some. With effect from 1 january 2014, volume licensing customers who have active software assurance on their remote desktop services user cals are entitled to remote desktop services cal extended rights, which allow use of their remote desktop services user cal with software assurance against a windows server running on azure or other service providers shared.
Learn about microsoft software assurance tools and resources that can help your company deploy, manage, and maximize your volume licensing purchases. For education customers who license software in greater quantities and manage software across multiple devices, microsoft volume licensing agreements can provide the most costeffective way to acquire licenses. Microsoft business center for mpsa customers microsoft software asset management. Software assurance benefits are not the same as product licenses. Mar 24, 2017 software assurance for volume licensing offers a range of tools and resources to help your company deploy, manage, and maximize your volume licensing purchases. An msps guide to running and licensing sql server in azure. Feb 10, 2020 we understand microsoft to have taken the position that a windows server license purchased by a customer on or after october 1, 2019 under volume licensing agreement has no license mobility and cannot be deployed in vmware cloud on aws, regardless of the product edition or whether the customer purchased software assurance. Microsoft volume licensing product licensing search. Customers who allow software assurance or equivalent subscription rights to expire must uninstall the current branch of configuration manager. A product key is required to activate these products. Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate. Microsoft plans to make it easier for its volume licensing customers with the sa option in.
Licensing and branches configuration manager microsoft. The program covers microsoft technologies and services and includes new product version rights, technical and enduser training, deployment planning, and support. Sa is an option for a customer thats renewing sa coverage from a prior agreement. Active software assurance customers in volume licensing have the. Software assurance benefits included with microsoft donations. Customers with software assurance can use licence mobility to license both the active sql virtual machine and the passive sql virtual machine with the failover rights as described in volume licensing product terms. If you have an active hup account in the microsoft business center mpsa agreements, your employees will be required to use the program code for hup. A service provider is an organization that provides software services, such as hosting services, to other organizations. You can find your volume license product keys at the volume licensing service center vlsc. Solved microsoft home use program hup ms licensing.
Licensing programs eligibility requirements microsoft azure. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. Effective january 1, 2014, volume licensing customers who have active software assurance on their remote desktop services user cals are entitled to remote desktop services cal extended rights, which allow use of their remote desktop services user cal with software assurance against a windows. Microsoft products and services agreement mpsa customers should use the business center. You can benefit from license mobility through software assurance to assign volume licenses to shared tenancy instances in the cloud.
License mobility through microsoft software assurance. For more information about stepup licenses, refer to the volume licensing brief. The customer must maintain appropriate client access licenses cals with software assurance in their volume licensing agreement for accessing the app servers. Microsoft offers both subscription and perpetual volume licensing agreements for education customers. Volume license key if applicable windows thin pc multiple activation key mak how do i get my key. Customers bringing pre2014 sql server licenses via license mobility with active software assurance must bring or purchase sql server licenses for the failover instances as well. Remote desktop services are now allowed on windows azure. Effective january 1, 2014, volume licensing customers who have active software assurance on their rds user cals are entitled to rds cal extended rights, which allow use of their rds user cal with software assurance against a windows server running on windows azure or other service providers shared server environments. Open license, open value inscription, microsoft products and services agreement. Effective january 1, 2014, volume licensing customers who have active software assurance on their rds user cals are entitled to rds cal extended rights, which allow use of their rds user cal with software assurance against a windows server running on azure or other service providers shared server environments. Volume licensing guide enrollment for education solutions ees. Because windows 10 pro is sold as an upgrade only, it will be available under the select plus, mpsa, and open licensing programs.
If you previously received physical media cddvd of prior microsoft products that your organization is. Hi, effective january 1, 2014, volume licensing customers who have active software assurance on their rds user cals are entitled to rds cal extended rights, which allow use of their rds user cal with software assurance against a windows server running on azure or other service providers shared server environments. This licensing guide is not a legal use rights document. Microsoft home use program a guide for software assurance. Doesnt include the microsoft windows client operating system, desktop apps for example, microsoft office, nor the microsoft windows server operating system. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. Roll over the to see entitlement descriptions for individual benefits. The software assurance benefits chart pdf, 768 provides a summary of the benefits available by volume licensing agreement. Said institution no longer provides the volume license or support for it i cant walk in there and ask for support for my license.
You have one disaster recovery license for each server license with active software assurance. Regarding the new servicing model for windows 10, will enterprise customers be required to adopt the rapid release cadence too. Mak keys can be obtained from the vlsc or by calling the activation call center. Microsoft software assurance sa is a microsoft maintenance program aimed at business users who use microsoft windows, microsoft office, and other server and desktop applications. Windows 10 release date revealed as microsoft tweaks the.
Use rights when you have active software assurance coverage for office, project, andor visio. Your available benefits are determined by the types and quantity of products that you purchase. If you are a microsoft volume licensing customer with eligible application. Software assurance by benefit microsoft volume licensing. Using existing microsoft app licenses compute engine. If you are using software under subscription licenses, you are bound to the new terms on the earlier of renewal of your subscription or an. Software assurance is a collection of benefits for microsoft products. For example, if a new version of windows is released during the term of your agreement, your licenses are automatically upgraded to the new version. Customers in this situation are encouraged to inquire with microsoft about accepting current language which grants passive failover. Software assurance is only available through volume licensing and is purchased when you buy or renew a volume licensing agreement. Click on any software assurance benefit name for a brief description. Software assurance is available to organizations that support as few as five devices. Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it applies to.
It is included with some agreements and is an optional purchase with others. Microsoft software assurance migration volume licensing customers licensed for office professional plus 2010 with active software assurance coverage at the time of office availability have rights to office professional plus 20. Software assurance for volume licensing includes a range of benefits that span microsoft software and services. With ees, software assurance is included with your software licenses. This product is available only for software assurance customers. Sql server with software assurance is the least common option since many customers of msps dont maintain active software assurance. The core premise behind sa is to give users the ability to spread payments over several years, while offering free upgrades to newer versions during that time period. Microsoft upping software assurance and cloud licensing. Licensing microsoft products windows server and microsoft. En savoir plus sur les outils et ressources microsoft software assurance qui peuvent aider votre. Customers may purchase depending on the program, a license without software assurance, software assurance only but only to be used in combination with an existing license, both a license and software assurance together. Windows 7 volume instance upgrade to windows 10 microsoft.
Microsoft home use program a guide for software assurance customers have a work identity that was created in volume licensing service center vlsc provides selfservice sign up for a work identity based in azure active directory ad. Microsoft software assurance sa is a microsoft maintenance program aimed at business. Microsoft upgrades to home use program software licensing. May 20, 2019 the home use program is a software assurance benefit available to microsoft volume licensing customers with active software assurance coverage on their office applications.
During registration, provide the same business or organization email address that was referenced in the access notification email you received. Microsoft includes product activation technology in some products sold through the volume licensing channel. Register, assign permissions or access your licenses. Software assurance for volume licensing offers a range of tools and resources to help your company deploy, manage, and maximize your volume licensing purchases. Create a byol sql server virtual machine from the azure gallery. Customers may purchase depending on the program, a license without software assurance, software. Microsoft has stated that customers purchasing new licenses on or after october 1, 2019, or upgrading to a new product version released on or after that date, will be impacted by the updated licensing terms. Microsoft differentiates license and software assurance. Volume licensing service center software assurance benefits. To do this, you must enroll in the license mobility through microsoft software assurance benefit.
Microsoft software assurance offerings ftp directory listing hp. This benefit is included with an active software assurance contract. If you do not have your access id, contact your software assurance benefits administrator or microsoft sales representative. License mobility is a benefit available to microsoft volume licensing customers with eligible server applications covered by active microsoft software assurance sa. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. As a result, customers can deploy existing licenses to the cloud, and take advantage of the lowest cost infrastructure. Licensing guide for customers license mobility through. With this software assurance benefit, there is no need to purchase new licenses and no associated mobility fees so, you can easily deploy existing licenses on the azure cloud platform. Eliminating sa on some products can lead to savings. Find out about the basics of microsoft volume licensing programs, which include software assurance, shared source, open license, select license, select plus, enterprise agreement, enterprise subscription agreement, and product keys. Visit microsoft software assurance or contact your microsoft volume licensing reseller. Windows 10 release date revealed as microsoft tweaks the os.