Software assurance would allow me to mmigrate the server software between hosts more frequently. Not only will license mobility make the transition easier for existing sa customers, it provides customers who prefer to purchase perpetual licenses the ability to continue doing so while still taking advantage of the efficiencies of the cloud. Hello everyone,the microsoft forums moderator and retailer guy told me about license mobility because the windows server is running on aws environment. License mobility through software assurance gives customers the ability to deploy certain server application licenses with active software assurance onpremises or with a service provider in the cloud in a shared hardware environment to take advantage of the lowest cost infrastructure for changing business priorities. These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software assurance benefits obtained through other channels. For more information, see license mobility through software assurance. All customers using license mobility through software assurance to launch byol bring your own license software e. Microsoft license mobility and limitations miro consulting.
Sql server licensing mobility without software assurance pica. If your sa expires, and you still have a license for configuration manager, you can no longer use the current branch. Microsoft restricts reassigning a license from one server to another or from one device to another more frequently than every 90 days this is often referred to as microsofts reassignment rule. License mobility through software assurance only applies to eligible products as per the product use rights pur document.
May 15, 2019 4 microsoft confers license mobility through software assurance in the microsoft product terms, february 2019, page 86 of 112. All microsoft server application products migrated to aws via the license mobility through software assurance program must be covered with active software assurance sa. Primarily this applies to application servers lync, exchange, sharepoint, and crm. License mobility through software assurance gives a customer the choice to use a partnerhosted cloud, and gives you the opportunity to help customers move to the cloud in the your own datacenter. Apply for license mobility through software assurance.
License mobility through sa directions on microsoft. Sql server on azure virtual machines microsoft azure. License mobility through software assurance gives you the ability to deploy certain server applications with active software assurance onpremises or in the cloud, without having to buy additional licenses. For information on using this benefit, visit license mobility through software assurance. License mobility, in its simplest terms, is a software assurance benefit that allows customers to migrate their existing licenses to a thirdparty data center. The license to run windows server in the azure environment is by default included in the perminute cost of your windows virtual machine. License mobility verification guide microsoft download center. Microsoft license mobility amazon web services aws.
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. License mobility allows customers to move eligible microsoft software to third party cloud providers. It can help you lower your operating costs when you use an authorized mobility partners shared infrastructure. License mobility through software assurance lets you take advantage of existing licensing investments by giving you increased flexibility to deploy workloads in a variety of cloudhosting environments. With more businesses adopting infrastructure as a service iaas, customers moving server workloads and applications to the cloud want to take advantage of their existing licensing investments as part of their it strategy. Product and licensing faq configuration manager microsoft. For more information, see microsoft licensing terms. To submit an invoice to microsoft through savb, follow the instructions in step 8 of the workflow.
Increasing investment in fasttrack as the primary way to help customers adopt microsoft cloud services. Required steps for license mobility assess your licenses if you are a microsoft volume licensing customer with eligible1 application server licenses that are covered by active software assurance, you can elect to use license mobility through software assurance. 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. For instance, microsoft now requires software assurance with license mobility rights to use onpremises license in a multitenant commercial cloud environment. With license mobility through microsoft software assurance, you can deploy certain server application licenses purchased under your. If microsoft declines your license verification, it is possible that one of the following conditions have not been met.
To take advantage of license mobility, contact your zones account executive for specific terms and a complete list of eligible microsoft products. Office 365 and intune are microsoft hosted application environment, so license mobility through software assurance does not apply. License mobility through software assurance allows customers to bring eligible microsoft software licenses into aws for use on ec2 instances with default tenancy. If you are a microsoft volume licensing customer with eligible application. Jun 24, 2014 license mobility, in its simplest terms, is a software assurance benefit that allows customers to migrate their existing licenses to a thirdparty data center. You are responsible for obtaining the licenses required for eligible microsoft applications running in the aws cloud using the license mobility through software assurance benefit, and for complying with all applicable microsoft licensing requirements. To find out which server products are eligible, search for the phrase license mobility within server farms.
On the following pages is a current list of partners who are authorized to assist microsoft volume licensing customers to deploy their dedicated application server workloads using license mobility through software assurance. This makes it possible to bring microsoft software licenses that do not have software assurance or license mobility benefits as long as the licenses are purchased prior to october 1, 2019 or added as a trueup under an active enterprise enrollment that was effective prior to october 1, 2019. One of those cases describes a license reassignment rule called license mobility. Licensing programmes eligibility requirements microsoft azure. License mobility through software assurance for windows server on aws. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. The microsoft license must have valid software assurance.
We are talking about the right to run server 2012 r2, sql server 2012 r2, exchange server 20, etc this is per host. Windows server licenses are not eligible for license mobility through software assurance, but customers licensing windows server with software assurance can utilize the azure hybrid benefit for a cheaper perminute cost when running a windows virtual machine. Software assurance benefits included with microsoft donations. Open value subscription for education solutions is a commitmentbased microsoft volume licensing agreement for academic organizations with five or more ftes or students that want to license organizationwide. Please check with microsoft azure or these partners to confirm which services they offer and if they serve your region. Using existing microsoft app licenses compute engine. These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software assurance. The microsoft service must support the license mobility programs. Mdop is a suite of technologies that help manage, secure, and monitor your devices, while simplifying and accelerating the deployment of key windows features. Purchase the license with software assurance sa to get license mobility rights.
See synonym license mobility through sa for indepth entry. If you are using license mobility through software assurance, you must complete a license verification process and microsoft will ensure that you have the eligible licenses with active software assurance. Licensing programs eligibility requirements microsoft. If you are a microsoft volume licensing customer with eligible1 application server licenses that are covered by active software assurance, you can elect to use. License mobility with software assurance the facts. Who is eligible to use license mobility through software assurance. Microsoft license mobility through software assurance. The license mobility benefit is available to microsoft customers with eligible server applications covered by active microsoft software assurance.
License mobility with software assurance the facts spla. License mobility through software assurance guide microsoft commercial licensing 1 chapter 1. License mobility through microsoft software assurance. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. License mobility through software assurance gives you the ability to deploy certain server applications with active software assurance onpremises or. License mobility through software assurance helps you retain the value of your existing server license investments by extending their use to the cloud when you assign eligible server licenses to an authorized hosting partnerno need to buy additional licenses. To enroll in microsoft license mobility through software assurance, you must be a microsoft volume license customer with eligible server application products. Servers released in year and later also require software assurance in order to move vms from one physical server to another less than 90 days from the previous move. Your software assurance benefits are determined by your volume licensing agreement, such as the enterprise agreement, microsoft products and services agreement mpsa, or open value agreement, and the qualifying license purchases you have with software assurance.
The particulars depend a lot on specific license agreements and when software licenses have been purchased. Whether you want to purchase new microsoft licenses, or utilize existing ones, you can rely on aws to run your microsoft software. This lets you choose between deploying onpremises or through any authorized mobility partners shared data center. Aug 27, 2019 microsofts license changes for public cloud. Any microsoft volume licensing customer who has eligible application server licenses covered with active software assurance may elect to use license mobility. Download 10 potential mistakes to avoid when licensing the data centre with microsoft software. Microsoft sql server a deeper look continued flexera blog.
This years biggest microsoft licensing change so far what you. Using the license mobility through software assurance option, microsoft volume licensing customers with software assurance can deploy certain. Introduction to cloud services this guide gives you an overview of microsoft license mobility through software assurance, which is available as a software assurance benefit, and outlines the detailed requirements and steps to use this benefit. Microsofts product use rights state very clearly that you. The 90 day rule is an exception that allows me to only have to license server software on one host and still be compliant. Microsoft commercial licensing 2 on the other hand, service providers needed to license microsoft software under the microsoft services provider license agreement spla in order to offer shared software services. Work with your microsoft partner or microsoft consulting services to identify the right option for your needs. Software assurance license mobility through sa parter. Solved licensing a microsoft server on a vmware ha cluster. With more businesses adopting infrastructure as a service iaas, customers moving server workloads and applications to the cloud want to take advantage of their existing licensing investments as part of their it.
Microsoft upping software assurance and cloud licensing. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. Licensing programs eligibility requirements microsoft azure. A quick costbased analysis of an environment where these benefits dont exist for example when licenses are required for a fail over system, dr or additional systems in a server farm the license mobility 90day rule will show that investing in software assurance can be a worthwhile pursuit.
See the table below for a summary of benefits provided by products that include software assurance. License mobility through software assurance guide microsoft volume licensing 1 chapter 1. A downloadable microsoft licensing guide detailing the application of microsoft license mobility and when valid software assurance comes. License mobility through sa september 27, 2019 a sa software assurance benefit, offered for most server applications, that allows serverside licenses to be reassigned to cover workloads running on a service providers multitenant servers, including microsoft s own azure. License mobility through software assurance for windows. Licensing guide for customers license mobility through. This guide will take you through the process of verifying your licenses are eligible for license mobility with microsoft. Software assurance license mobility through sa parter faq. In responding to these customer needs, microsoft offers license mobility through software assurance which gives microsoft volume.
Because of the microsoft software license terms for office web apps and office for the web server, the server hosting office for the web server must be dedicated to the customer, which excludes any iaas infrastructure as a service providers that would not meet this requirement. Aug 27, 20 why is microsoft offering license mobility through software assurance. Your existing licenses may be used on aws with amazon ec2 dedicated hosts, amazon ec2 dedicated instances, or ec2 instances with default tenancy using microsoft license mobility through software assurance. License mobility through microsoft software assurance gives microsoft volume licensing customers the flexibility to deploy certain server applications with active.
Microsoft will communicate your verification status to you and to oracle as an authorized mobility partner. Microsoft updates to software assurance sa, beginning. Your products are eligible for license mobility when you have active software assurance coverage on applicable microsoft products, including sharepoint and exchange. With license mobility through software assurance, you can deploy certain application server licenses onpremises or in the cloud in a shared hardware environment and assign your existing licenses to an authorized mobility partner. 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 allows a licensed device to access a virtual desktop infrastructure. License mobility through software assurance gives microsoft volume licensing customers the flexibility to deploy eligible server applications with active software assurance on azure. The biggest gotcha in this change is that software assurance for windows server doesnt include license mobility rights. Sql server licensing mobility without software assurance. 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. The aws license mobility page is a great place to start the process.
Microsoft hikes cost of licensing its software on rival. With license mobility through microsoft software assurance, you can deploy certain server application licenses purchased under your volume licensing agreement to microsoft azure or in an authorized mobility partners datacenter. Microsoft open license, microsoft open value, and microsoft open value subscription are microsoft volume licensing agreements for organizations with 5499 usersdevices that want to license microsoft onpremises software, cloud services, or both. For select microsoft server products, customers can assign certain licenses to a cloud infrastructure for that customers use by employing the license mobility through software assurance construct. Microsoft officials note that beginning october 1 onpremises licenses purchased without software assurance and mobility rights cannot be deployed with dedicated hosted cloud services offered by. You get greater control of the software your employees are using, less downtime, and support that is more streamlined.
To take advantage of this benefit, the following conditions must apply. Microsoft and oracle verify that the product licenses for the workloads you deploy to oracle cloud infrastructure are eligible according to the terms of your license mobility through software assurance benefit. The phased retirement of software assurance deployment planning services benefit. From the 1st july, license mobility through microsoft software assurance extends the use of listed application server licenses to the cloud. Windows server operating systems, desktop client operating systems, and desktop applications such as microsoft office are not eligible under license. All customers using license mobility through software assurance must complete a license verification process and microsoft will ensure that you have eligible. All products that are currently eligible for license mobility within server farms and covered by software assurance are eligible for license mobility through software assurance. Microsoft includes two years of free software assurance with most volume licensing products it donates through techsoup. As this paragraph says, reassignment is permitted in some cases. License mobility through software assurance gives microsoft volume licensing customers the flexibility to deploy eligible server applications with active software.
Software assurance license mobility the license mobility option for volume licensing customers with sa will be extended to the following microsoft application server products. License mobility within server farms and server repartitioning. The phased retirement of software assurance training voucher benefit, and putting a major effort into improving access to new skills programs and platforms. Your planning services days are based on the type and number of licenses you have with software assurance. Access the guide, or contact license dashboard to discuss how we can assist in your understanding of microsoft mobility licensing, software assurance, and microsoft licensing as a whole. Microsofts general advice is that software assurance is now required. Gregor kneitz, who is a microsoft senior product manager for volume license programs will provide information about these benefits and will answer your questions about how to access it. License mobility for sql server amazon web services aws. License mobility rules before 2012, license mobility rights were offered for most server products released in 2008 or later. Select a qualified planning services partner to complete your chosen engagement.
A use right provided through volume licensing programs that allows customers to repurpose server licenses with active sa software assurance toward workloads running on a service providers multitenant servers. Beginning october 1, 2019, onpremises licenses purchased without software assurance and mobility rights cannot be deployed with dedicated. License mobility is a benefit available to microsoft volume licensing customers with eligible server applications covered by active microsoft software assurance sa. This benefit can also help you lower your operating costs by using an authorized mobility partners shared infrastructure. This benefit is available to microsoft volume licensing customers with eligible server applications covered by active microsoft software assurance sa contracts. Aug, 2019 those products never offered and still dont offer license mobility through software assurance, he said. License mobility through software assurance enhances the value of volume licenses with software assurance by extending their use to the cloud. License mobility through microsoft software assurance with license mobility through microsoft software assurance, you can deploy certain server application licenses purchased under your volume licensing agreement to microsoft azure or in an authorized mobility partners data center. Sql server on azure virtual machines combines the industryleading performance and analytics of sql server with the flexibility and security of azure. License mobility through software assurance provides organizations the flexibility to deploy their application server software onpremises or in the cloud to take advantage of the lowestcost infrastructure for changing business priorities. This is a great move, it will allow service providers to have shared hardware, but dedicated vms just like others under the license mobility program. Microsoft officials note that beginning october 1 onpremises licenses purchased. License mobility refers to the ability to move virtual instances from host to host and between server farms without the constraints of microsofts license reassignment rule. Request payment from microsoft existing partners after redeeming planning services vouchers, you must invoice microsoft for payment.
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