Das 1x1 der Microsoft-Lizenzierung

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N
eO

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SoftwareONE AG und Digicomp

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1 x 1 Microsoft Licensing

(C

)S

of

Fabian Stäheli, Account Manager

)S

of

tw

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Einführung
Kurzportrait über SoftwareONE AG
Lizenzarten
Vertragsarten im SMB Umfeld
Vertragsarten im Enterprise Umfeld
Software Assurance
Product Licensing (OptionalA)

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•
•
•
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eO

N

E

Agenda

82 branches globally

N

E

A Success Story

eO

New Zealand, South Africa, Vietnam, Taiwan, Israel, Saudi Arabia
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Denmark, Bolivia, Peru, Canada, Slovakia, Romania,
Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic

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Sweden, Japan, Hong-Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Panama, Colombia,
El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Australia, Poland

2010

tw

2009

2008
2006
2005
1992

Chile, France, Argentina, Finland, Austria,
Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, Belgium

Offices in Germany, Brazil, Holland, and Italy

Softwarepipeline and SoftwareONE, Wisconsin. merge
MicroWare AG and Softwarepipeline AG merge

Softwarepipeline AG is established
Microware AG, Stans. Microsoft LAR

SoftwareONE is established

(C

1985

2011

Offices in the UK, China and Malaysia

)S

2000

2012

Offices in India, additional branches in China

of

2007

2013

E

Our Services

Advisory

eO

Roadmap advice
Technology
Preparing concepts

Cloud

Hybrid private & public cloud solutions
Evaluation of cloud readiness
Cloud
Migration and support
Software expenditure management with system integration
Integrated on-site resources
BPO
Software license procurement services

Contract
management

Contract negotiations
Contract optimizations
Contract Management
Supplier consolidation

SAM

Transparency, cost reduction
Process optimization, process analysis
SAM
Compliance

Audit
support

Transparent licensing rights
Proactive approach
Audit Protection
Audit readiness

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)S

of

tw

ar
BPO

License
Management

Benchmarking
ROI
License Management

Global fulfilment with local tax optimization

SoftwareONE Market Intelligence

SoftwareONE Power Solutions

Technology
advice

N

IT Strategy and Transformation

of

E

tw

ar

eO

N

Software Licensing Copyright

(C

)S

“Copyright has two main purposes, namely the protection of the author’s right to obtain
commercial benefit from valuable work, and more recently the protection of the author’s
general right to control how a work is used.”

•

N

“Agreement” with Microsoft
Product Use Rights (“Agreement”) documented in the Microsoft Retail Software
License Terms (RSLT)
Documentation (RSLT) = Online (Download)

eO

•
•

E

Product Use Rights

“Agreement” with OEM or System Builder
Product Use Rights documented in RSLT
Documentation = usually received from OEM/System Builder as a soft copy on the
hard drive

•
•

“Agreement” with Microsoft
Use Rights documented in the PURs in combination with the Volume License
Agreement

(C

)S

of

tw

ar

•
•
•

eO

N

Single License
with Pre-Installation

E

Different Types of Single License

OEM

Office Single Image

ar

Distribution with Pre-Installation on a Computer

Products:

(C

)S

Windows Client OS Full version
Windows Server OS Full version

of

OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer

Microsoft Partner installs the Single Image with the OPK
Tools (OPK = OEM Pre-Installation Kit)
Customer is purchasing Office PKC (Product Key Card) or
FPP (Full Package Product) for unlocking the Image

tw

License Agreement between OEM and Microsoft

Products:
Office Home and Student
Office Home and Business
Office Professional
Office Starter

N

E

Volume License vs. Single License

eO

Software On Premise
Volume License

Single License

Limited Product availability
Limited Product Use Rights
No Downgrade Right for FPP
Limited Downgrade Right for OS OEM
Only local usage for Applications
No License Transfer
No Secondary Use Right
…
No Re-Imaging with Single License Medias
Single Activation

ar
tw

)S

of

Product availability = All Business Products
“Extended” Product Use Rights
Downgrade Right
Remote Access for Client Applications
Roaming Use Right through SA
License Transfer to new machine*
Secondary Use Right (only Applications)**
…
Re-Imaging
Volume Activation

(C

* Note: No reassignment right for Windows Client OS Upgrade Licenses unless active Software Assurance exits.
** Note: In an EA, secondary Use Right only applicable for “Additional Products” (e.g. Project, Visio).
They are not applicable for “Enterprise Products” (Office Pro Plus)

Software On Premise

Cloud Services

Volume
License

Microsoft
Datacenter

eO

 OEM
 System
Builder
 FPP
 PKC

of

tw

 Open License
 Open Value
 Open Value
Company-Wide
 Open Value
Subscription

ar

SMB

)S

 Select Plus
 Enterprise
Agreement
 EA
 EAS
 ECI
 EAP

Single
License

(C

Enterprise

N

E

Options for purchasing Microsoft Software and Services

 Enterprise
Agreement
 EA
 EAS
 MOSA
(Microsoft Online
Subscription
Agreement)

Third Party
Datacenter

 SPLA
(Service Provider
License Agreement)

N

2) License

1) Upgrade License

eO

Upgrade

Costs

Upgrade

Lic & SA

SA

of

Period

tw

(Perpetual)

ar

3) License & Software Assurance

Costs

License

License

Period

Period

Monthly Subscription

(C

Monthly Subscription

)S

5) Monthly Subscription

Costs

License

Costs

Costs

Upgrade

Period

E

Different Types of Volume License

4) License & Software Assurance
(Subscription)

Lic & SA

Lic & SA

Period

Notes:
1) Only Windows Client OS
2) Some products are only available with SA
3) Some products are only available as Monthly Subscription

N

E

Microsoft Volume licensing

(C

)S

of

tw

ar

eO

Licensing for SMB
Open License
Open Value
Open Value Company-Wide
Open Value Subscription

E

Licensing for SMB

eO

N

Overview

Volume Licensing Programs for SMB
Open Value
Company-Wide

(C

)S

of

tw

Standardization

Open License

ar

Open Value
Subscription

Open Value

Pay-as-you-go basis

E

Licensing for SMB

ar

eO

N

Different Geographic Territories For The Open Programs

)S

of

North America
Latin America
EU/EFTA
Non-EU Eastern European countries
Middle Eastern and African countries
Asia Pacific
Details to the different territories
Japan
you can find here:
Greater China http://www.microsoft.com/licensin
g/licensing-options/openIndia
regional.aspx

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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

tw

Examples of Territories:

The “Open Programs” allow
customers to share price levels with
their legal affiliates throughout a
geographic territory.
A «Multi-Territory-Agreement» is not
allowed.
 An Open Agreement signed in
North America is NOT valid for
using in an European country)

E

Open License

Open Value

Pay-as-you-go Basis

Pay-as-you-go Basis

Basic Idea:
Purchase Type:

tw

Use Right:

Perpetual Acquisition
2 Years

ar

Contract Period:

eO

Open License

N

At A Glance

Unlimited In Time
Or 1 Proc Lic , 1 MSDN Subscr,1 External
Connector Lic

5 Licenses

Price Level:

NL: 5 Licenses

Method Of Payment:

Upfront

)S

of

Qualification:

(C

Software Assurance:

Optional

- No Online Services Available
- No Step-up Licenses Available

C: 500 Points Per Pool

E

Open Value (Non-company-wide)

Open Value
(Non-cw)

Pay-as-you-go Basis

Pay-as-you-go Basis

Basic Idea:
Purchase Type:

tw

Use Right:

3 Years

ar

Contract Period:

eO

Open License

N

At A Glance

Unlimited In Time
5 Licenses

Price Level:

Nl: 5 Licenses

Method Of Payment:

Upfront Or Spread Annual
Payments

)S

of

Qualification:

(C

Software Assurance:

Included

E

Open License vs. Open Value

N

Comparison – Runtime Software Assurance

Year 1

Year 2

of

2 yr SA

tw

2 yr SA

ar

2 yr SA

Open Value

eO

Open License

(C

)S

SA Runtime until the end of the agreement
SA Costs always for fully 2 years
(options of payment: upfront only

1 yr SA
2 yr SA
3 yr SA

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

SA Runtime prorated
SA Costs prorated
(options of payment: upfront or annual)

E

Open Value vs. Open Value Subscription

eO

N

At a Glance (OV vs. OV CW vs. OVS)

Open Value Company
Wide

Open Value

Standardization

ar

Standardization

Open Value
Subscription

Desktop Applications
Desktop OS
Server Products
Online Services

5 qualified Devices minimum

Platform (Enterprise) Products
Office Suite, Windows OS, Core CAL or ECAL or SBS CAL Suite
Additional Products
Desktop Applications, Server Products, Online Services

tw

5 Licenses minimum

of

Software Assurance included

Unlimited Use right in time

(C

)S

TrueUp = Yes
True Down = No

Limited Use right in time
TrueUp = Yes
True Down = Yes

E

Standardization

eO

N

Enrollment For Desktop Platform

Enterprise
Agreement

Subscription

„Enterprise Products“

Installment
Purchase

Professional Plus 2013

ar

Standardization

tw

• Integration Of Minimum One „Enterprise Product“
• Licensed On All Qualified Desktops

of

= Standardization

„Additional Products“

(C

)S

All Other Products: E.G. Server, Visio, Project …
• Integration Optional, As Needed

E
N
eO

(C

)S

of

tw

ar

Volume Licensing Programs
Enterprise Agreement

E

Microsoft Volume License

N

Different Types Of Enrollment Under EA

eO

Available Enrollments Under EA

Enrollment For
Desktop Platform

ar

tw

Enrollment For
Desktop Platform

of

Subscription

Installment Purchase

(C

)S

Standardization

E

Enterprise Enrollment

Installment
Purchase

Purchase Type:

Standardization

tw

Use Right:

Installment Purchase
3 Years

ar

Contract Period:

eO

Standardization

Basic Idea:

Enterprise
Agreement

Subscription

N


Qualification:

250 Qualified Desktops
A: 250 Desktops
B: 2‘400 Desktops

C: 6‘000 Desktops
D: 15‘000 Desktops

of

Price Level:

Unlimited In Time

3 Annual Payments

Software Assurance:

Included

(C

)S

Method Of Payment:

E

Enterprise Subscription Enrollment

Installment
Purchase

Purchase Type:

Standardization

tw

Use Right:

Subscription (Rent)
3 Years

ar

Contract Period:

eO

Standardization

Basic Idea:

Enterprise
Agreement

Subscription

N


Qualification:

250 Qualified Desktops
A: 250 Desktops
B: 2‘400 Desktops

C: 6‘000 Desktops
D: 15‘000 Desktops

of

Price Level:

Limited In Time

3 Annual Payments

Software Assurance:

Included

(C

)S

Method Of Payment:

E

Standardization

N


Application

System

eO

Professional Desktop
CAL

ar

Windows 8 Enterprise

tw

Enterprise Desktop

Application

System

CAL

(C

)S

of

Windows 8 Enterprise

Or

E

Core CAL vs. Enterprise CAL Suite

Server CAL
Rights Mgmt Services CAL
Configuration Manager Client ML

Client Management Suite
Standard CAL

tw

Enterprise CAL

ar

Endpoint Protection

eO

N

Core CAL – Starting April 2012

Standard CAL

Enterprise CAL

Server

of

Standard CAL

Enterprise CAL
Plus CAL

)S

ForeFront End Point Protection Suite
ForeFront End Point Protection

(C

Unified Access Gateway

E


N

Cost Distribution


yr1

License
= 100%

SA =
29%/year

62%

yr2

62%

Software Assurance

yr3

62%

ar

System

eO

License & Software Assurance

yr4

yr5

yr6

29%

29%

29%

87%

187%

62%

tw

License
= 100%

SA =
29%/year

SA =
25%/year

58%

of

Server

License
= 100%

)S

Application

62%

62%

29%

58%

25%

175%

Alternatives after the contract period of 3 years:
Software Assurance renewal for three years. (optional for one year)
Expire the contract.

(C

1)
2)

29%

87%

187%

58%

29%

25%
75%

25%

E


N

Cost Distribution – True Up

yr1

License
= 100%

+3yr SA
= 87%
payment 1st yr

License
= 100%

+2.5yr SA
= 72.5%

payment 2nd yr

yr3

62%

tw

TrueUp yr1

62%

yr2

ar

Added at
sign in

eO


TrueUp Enterprise Agreement

62%

payment 3rd yr

172.5%

payment TrueUp

+1.5yr SA
= 43.5%

of

Licnese
=100%

(C

TrueUp yr3

License
= 100%

+0.5yr SA
= 14.5%

)S

TrueUp yr2

143.5%
payment TrueUp

114.5
%
payment TrueUp

E

Enterprise Agreement Subscription

Enterprise Agreement Subscription


Subscription
ca. 43%

43%

tw

Lic&SA

yr2

43%

129%

(C

)S

Renewal
Buy out
De-Installation

of

Alternatives after the contract period of 3 years:
1)
2)
3)

yr3

ar

yr1

All Licenses

eO

N

Cost Distribution

43%

yr4

yr5

yr6

43%

43%

43%

129%

eO

N

E

Microsoft Licensing

(C

)S

of

tw

ar

Volume Licensing Programs
Select
Select Plus

E

Select Plus

N

Pay-as-you-go Basis – Perpetual Acquisition

Pay-as-you-go Basis

Select Plus

Pay-as-you-go Basis

Purchase Type:
Contract Period:
Use Right:

tw

Qualification:


Unlimited In Time
Unlimited In Time

ar


eO

Basic Ideas:
Select

of

Price Level:

•Procurements Of At Least 500 Points Per Pool Within
The First 12 Months
•Assignment To An Enterprise Agreement (Subscription)

A: 500 Points
C: 10‘000 Points
B: 4‘000 Points
D: 25‘000 Points
* Per Year And Product Pool
•Without Software Assurance = One-time
•With Software Assurance = Flexible

Software Assurance:

Optional

(C

)S

Method Of Payment:

E

Select Plus – Runtime Software Assurance

Yr2

Yr3

Yr4

Order 1: License + 36 months SA

eO

Yr1

N

Runtime Software Assurance Under Select Plus

Yr5

36 Months – SA renewal



tw


ar



of


)S

Initial SA Order (Lic + SA) Will Align To The 3rd Anniversary

(C

Yr6


yr7

N

Automatically Up- And Downgrading Of The Price Level: Example 1

E

Select Plus

1

2

Price Level

A

A

Points recognized

1100

600

Compliance Check minimum

500

500

Achieved

Remaining Points (Roll-Over Points)

600

4

5

A

A

A

100

520

500

500

Achieved

Failed

Achieved

100

0

20

tw

Compliance Check status

3

ar

Year

eO

End of the year

(C

)S

of

Year 1: Order 1 = 300 points: Orders during the first 12 months with less then 500 points are accepted
Year 1: Order 2 = 800 points
Year 1: Compliance Check = 1100 point during the last 12 months = Minimum points for Level A (500) are achieved
Year 1: Compliance Check = 600 points are carried over into the 2nd year („Roll-Over Points“)
Year 2: no Order
Year 2: Compliance Check = no order over the last 12 months + 600 „Roll-Over Points“ from year 1 = Minimum points for Level A are achieved
Year 3: no Order
Year 3: Compliance Check = no order over the last 12 months + 100 „Roll-Over Points“ from year 2 = Minimum points for Level A are not achieved
Year 3: Compliance Check = The pool is put „On Hold“ in year 4
Year 4: Order 1 = 520 points: The pool get reactivated because the single order is more then 500 points.

N

E

Microsoft Volume Licensing - Comparison

Enterprise
Agreement
Subscription

Pay-as-you-go basis

Installment purchase

Subscription

Unlimited in time

Unlimited in time

Unlimited in time

Limited in time

Unlimited in time

3 years

3 years

3 years

250 qualified Desktops

250 qualified Desktops

A: 250 PCs
B: 2'400 PCs
C: 6'000 PCs
D: 15'000 PCs

A: 250 PCs
B: 2'400 PCs
C: 6'000 PCs
D: 15'000 PCs

500 points per pool and
year
or active EA/EAS

ar

Pay-as-you-go basis

Forecast over 3 years with
at least 1'500 points per
pool
or active EA/EAS
per pool / 36 months
A: 1'500 points
B: 12'000 points
C: 30'000 points
D: 75'000 points

tw

Purchase type:
Use right:
Contract period:
Qualification:

Select

eO

Enterprise
Agreement

Select Plus

per pool / 12 months
A: 500 points
B: 4'000 points
C: 10'000 points
D: 25'000 points

Procurement

By customer ID
(worldwide)

By agreement number

By agreement number

By agreement number

optional

optional

included

included

optional with SA

optional with SA

3 annual payments

3 annual payments

)S

(C

Software
Assurance
Payment by
installment

of

Price level:

N

E

Agreement Hierarchy
MBSA

Enterprise
Subscription
Enrollment

ECI

Enrollment for
Core
Infrastructure

Enrollment for
Core
Infrastructure

)S

Product List
(PL)

(C

Level 4

EAP

(Subscription)

of

Enterprise
Enrollment

ECI

(Perpetual)

Level 3

EAS

tw

EA

ar

Enterprise
Agreement

Level 2

eO

Level 1

Level 5

Enrollment for
Application
Platform

Product Use Rights
(PUR)

Select Plus
Agreement
Select
Plus
Select Plus
Registration

ar

eO

N

E

Microsoft Licensing

(C

)S

of

tw

Software Assurance

eO

N

E

SA Benefits – New Products

Every license covered under SA may be
upgraded to the newest version.

tw

ar

Provides new software version releases, so you
have access to the latest technology.

(C

)S

of

Enables you to migrate your software from a
lower-level edition to a higher-level edition, such
as Office Standard to Office Professional Plus, at
a low cost.

To get a Step-up license, you need a license for
the qualifying, lower-level product.

eO

N

E

SA Benefits – Training

(C

)S

of

tw

Available Home Use Program Licenses
o Office Professional Plus
o Office for Mac Home & Business
o Visio Professional
o Project Standard

For each Office Application you have covered
with SA, a user of the licensed PC or device
may acquire at a low cost one copy of
that product for use at home.

ar

Provides employees with the latest version of
Microsoft Office for their home computer, via low
cost download.

eO

N

E

SA Benefits – Deployment

You may utilize Windows Roaming Use Rights
when you have active SA coverage for the
Windows desktop operating system.

tw

ar

Allows the primary user of the licensed device to
access a corporate desktop either remotely
through a VDI or via Windows To Go from noncorporate devices such as personally-owned PCs.

(C

)S

of

Allows the primary user of a licensed device to
remotely access Office, Project, and/or Visio via a
virtual environment from a third-party device such
as a home or contractor-owned PC.

You may utilize Office Roaming Use Rights
when you have active SA coverage for Office,
Project, and/or Visio on qualified devices.

eO

N

E


Verification Form

tw

Authorized Partner

Application server products eligible for License Mobility through SA, including Exchange,
SharePoint, SQL, are identified in the PUR.
Windows Server is not eligible for that benefit.
To take advantage of License Mobility you can deploy on Windows Azure or work with an
Authorized Mobility Partner.
Within 10 days of deployment, you need to complete the License Verification From.

of

Eligible Products

You may utilize License Mobility when you
carry SA on eligible server application products.

ar

Enables you to deploy certain server application
licenses on-premise or in the cloud by assigning
your existing licenses to an authorized service
provider’s server farm.

(C

)S

List of Authorized Partner and Verification Form:
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/license-mobility.aspx#tab=2

eO

N

E


(C

of

)S

Dual boot

Windows Virtualization Rights allow access to up to four virtual instances of
Windows running on a server from a licensed device.
Run up to four virtual instances of Windows locally on the licensed device.
Remotely access one physical instance of Windows running on a server from
the licensed device.
Run up to two physical instances of Windows on the licensed device.

tw

VDI in the data center
Local virtual machines
Remote boot

You may utilize Windows VDA Rights when you
have active SA coverage for the Windows
desktop operating system.

ar

Enables users to access virtual instances of
Windows 8 (or prior operating system versions) in
a variety of user scenarios.

eO

N

E


You receive a number of Planning Services
days based on the number of qualifying Office
Application, CAL Suite and Server products
with SA coverage.

ar

Provides structured planning services from
Microsoft partners to enable efficient deployments
of Microsoft application, system and server
products, and cloud services.

(C

)S

of

tw

Deployment Planning Services:
o Desktop (Office, Windows, O365)
o SharePoint (SharePoint, SharePoint Online)
o Lync and Exchange (Lync, Exchange, Lync Online, Exchange Online)
o Private Cloud, Management and Virtualization (Windows Server, System Center)
o Public Cloud, Windows Azure (Windows Azure, SQL Azure)
o SQL Server (SQL Server)
o Developer Tools (Visual Studio)

eO

N

E

SA Benefits – Training

tw

ar

Provides in-depth technical classroom training for
IT professionals and developers.

You receive a number of Training Days based
on the number of qualifying Office and/or
Windows operating system licenses covered
with SA.

(C

)S

of

Offers self-paced interactive training designed for
end users and IT professionals, delivered via
Internet or Intranet.

For every qualifying license, such as Office
Word or Windows OS, covered by SA, one
person in your organization may access
E-Learning courses for that product.

Number of incidents are based on how much
you spent for SA.

ar

Provides around-the-clock phone and web
incident support for Microsoft server and
desktop products

eO

N

E

SA Benefits – Support

(C

)S

of

tw

Expect for Open License Program, when you have at least 1 server license covered with SA you get
one phone support incident, plus unlimited web support for eligible server products covered with SA.
And you get an additional phone support incident for every US$200K spent on system & application
SA, & for every US$20K spent on server and CAL SA.

N

E

Overview –Editions

ar

eO

Next to the three main editions, SQL Server
2012 will continue to be available in …
 Developer Edition
 Express Edition
 Compact Edition
 Web Edition (offered in SPLA model only)

of

 Datacenter Edition is being retired with all
capabilities now available in Enterprise

)S

Business Intelligence

tw

Standard

(C

Enterprise

 Workgroup and Small Business Editions
are also being retired.

N

E

SQL Server 2012 - Two Licensing Models
Server + CAL

Core-based

Description

Based on number of
Users or Devices

Based on
computing power

tw

ar

eO

Main Editions

)S

of

«Legacy» SQL Server EE

(C

Legacy SQL EE Server 2012: Restricted to server with no more than 20 cores,
New purchases (Lic /SA, Lic) not anymore available since 1 July 2012 or after expiration of EA/EAP with EE Server
post 30 June 2012.

N

E

SQL 2012 in Physical Environment – Server/CAL Model

eO

How to license SQL Server in a Physical Environment?

• SQL 2012 Business Intelligence Edition (BI)
• SQL 2012 Standard Edition (SE)
• Legacy SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition (EE)

SQL 2012 BI
Edition

SQL 2012
Standard

Legacy SQL
2012 Enterprise

SQL 2008 R2

ar

Available Editions Server CAL Model

Server CAL Model
License each individual server with a SQL
Server License

CAL

License each user or device accessing a
SQL server with a SQL CAL.

)S

of

tw

Server

(C

SQL Server 2012 CAL
(User /Device)

New purchases (Lic/SA & Lic) not anymore available since 01 July 2012 or expiration of EA/EAP
with EE Server post 30 June 2012.

SQL Server 2012 CALs can be used
to access any SQL Server database
licensed per server, regardless of
platform or edition.
The SQL Server 2012 CAL price will increase by about 27%.

N

E

SQL Server 2012 in Virtual Environment – Server/CAL
Model

eO

How to license SQL Server in a Virtual Environment?

• SQL 2012 Business Intelligence Edition (BI)
• Legacy SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition (EE)

VM 2
SQL

VM 3
SQL

Server CAL Model
Server

CAL

SQL Server 2012 CAL (User
/Device)

(C

BI – 1 License = 1 VM
SE – 1 License = 1 VM
Legacy EE – 1 License = 4 VM
Each licensed VM that is covered with Software Assurance can
be moved frequently within a server farm or to a third party hoster
or cloud services provider

)S

of

tw

VM 1
SQL

ar

Available Editions Server CAL Model
1) Individual Virtual Machine

New purchases (Lic/SA & Lic) not anymore available since 01 July 2012 or expiration of EA/EAP
with EE Server post 30 June 2012.

License each user or device accessing a SQL
server with a SQL CAL.

N

E

SQL 2012 in Physical Environment – Core-based Model

eO

How to license SQL Server in a Physical Environment?

• SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition (EE)

ar

Available Editions Core-based Model

Core-based Model

(C

)S

2 Quad-Core Processors
= 8 Core licenses required

of

tw

Core

• License all of the physical cores on the
hardware.
• A minimum of 4 core licenses are
required per physical processor

Physical Cores
in the Processor

1

2

4

6

8

Core License
required

4

4

4

6

8

N

E

SQL Server 2012 in Virtual Environment – Core-based
Model

eO

1) Individual Virtual Machine

ar

• SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition (EE)

Core-based Model

VM 2

of

tw

VM 1

(C

)S

VM1 = 6 virtual cores = 6 Core licenses required
VM2 = 2 virtual cores = 4 Core licenses required

Core

•
•

License the virtual cores in each virtual
machine
There is a minimum of 4 core licenses
required for each virtual machine

Each licensed VM that is covered with Software Assurance
can be moved frequently within a server farm or to a third party
hoster or cloud services provider without buying additional
SQL Server licenses

N

E

SQL Server 2012 in Virtual Environment – Core-based
Model

eO

2) High Density Virtualization

ar

• SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition (EE) with Software Assurance

Server CAL Model

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

of

VM

tw

VM

VM

)S

…>

(C

4 Dual-Core-Processors = 8 Cores
= Unlimited number of VMs if licensed with SA

Core

•

•

License all the physical cores on the server
(or server farm) with Enterprise Edition core
licenses and Software Assurance
Deploy an unlimited number of VMs

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