In this blog post, we will highlight the scenarios to maximize. Software assurance spans a broad range of microsoft software and services, including windows, microsoft office, exchange, system center, sql server, and many others. Software assurance by benefit microsoft volume licensing. The main nuance, and cost, is that software assurance needs to be maintained for all servers under the eligible agreement plans.
Microsoft windows server enterprise edition software assurance 1 user sign in to comment. Your organizations software assurance benefits administrator receives an access id after clicking activate on the 24x7 benefit in the volume licensing service center vlsc. Microsoft assurance software is a program that was introduced in 2002 to help users deploy and support microsoft windows, microsoft office and related server desktop applications. Many times you will want to renew the agreement to extend the software assurance. 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. Aug 19, 2010 walking away from a microsoft licensing agreement when finances are tight its not uncommon for companies to start expiring their maintenance contracts, including software maintenance. Licensing programs eligibility requirements microsoft. Oct 24, 2018 purchased software assurance agreement. Cals will be upgraded to sql server 2012 calsat agreement renewal customers can renew into sql server 2012 standard server and sql server 2012 cals. 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. I am now preparing to upgrade to sql server 2016 enterprise corelicensing edition and want to install power bi report server for onpremises only, reportonly, u. All licenses used to run and access your licensed software, such as server licenses, processors licenses, cals, external connector ec licenses, and server management licenses require active software assurance coverage.
Enter planned azure deployment of windows virtual machines. Enterprise agreement enterprise agreement subscription. Entitlement summary commercial and government offerings new version rights licensed products with software assurance coverage can be upgraded to the latest version of that product made available during the covered period. Not every microsoft customer needs software assurance on all of the vendors offerings. Microsoft boosts benefits for software assurance agreement. 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. A user client access license cal is needed for every user accessing windows server for file services, printing services, remote access service, or terminal services. Additionally, software assurance is not as robust of a technical support offering.
Software assurance disaster recovery rights clarification. If there is a lapse in persyst software assurance, licensee may reinstate the services by signing or electronically accepting the thencurrent persyst software assurance agreement, and paying any applicable fees to persyst, including late fees. Look under the latest service pack, for the latest version of sql server. Microsoft software assurance big risk for a small reward. Customer may run the software on a maximum numbers of cores equal to the number of sql server enterprise edition core licenses with active sa assigned to that server, subject to a minimum of four cores per ose. Sql server licensing mobility without software assurance. Software assurance spans microsofts range of software products and services, helping you get the most out of your microsoft investment. Windows server is microsofts solution for workgroup file, print, and communication servers, as well as for internet content delivery. The joint enterprise license agreement jela provides a single microsoft technology contract to support u. In order to submit a request for email support, your organization must have the required software assurance coverage for server software and related cals. Most oem versions released with or after the windows server 2003 r2 operating system allow. I have sql server 2014 enterprise corelicensing edition with software assurance, purchased in july 2016.
For instance, without software assurance, you wouldnt be able to use windows server 2016 cals on windows server 2019. For server products, any company holding a software assurance agreement will gain free access to the mell training modules as well as microsofts technet online services, which typically cost. To summarize for sql server 2008 r2 workgroup edition servercal licenses with software assurance. You may subscribe to mdop if you have windows software assurance or windows virtual desktop vda subscription. With premium assurance, microsoft will provide you with an additional six years of what i like to call. So what happens if i have software assurance on sql server. How to use or renew your software assurance benefits techsoup. It is included with some agreements and is an optional purchase with others. Software assurance sa benefits for sql server are enhanced on november 1 st, 2019 with new rights to build a holistic high availability ha and disaster recovery dr plan for sql server workloads. 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.
How to find your report server product key power bi. Microsoft biztalk server software assurance d7500253 sa biztalk supplier enable acad6. When your current microsoft server software assurance agreement is up for renewal, specify the number of cores you need to renew. Software assurance spans microsofts range of software products and services, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, sql server. Exchange, system center, sql server, microsoft azure, and many others. Microsoft actually refers to premium assurance as a software. Purchased software assurance agreement if you have a sql server enterprise sa agreement, you can get your product key from the volume licensing service center. Windows server vms sql server vms sql database enter the number of core licenses you own that are covered with active software assurance or windows server subscriptions. Software assurance is only available as long as you have an active agreement with microsoft.
Microsoft software assurance oem microsoft software license terms fpp microsoft software license terms software license agreement type application software system software server software 4 oem license for windows allows to downgrade to n1 and n2 releases. Licensing programs eligibility requirements microsoft azure. Software assurance through the microsoft products and services agreement. Review software assurance benefits the comprehensive set of software assurance benefits combine to offer a powerful advantage as you plan, deploy, and use microsoft products. Unless your agreement contains subscription licenses, the licenses are perpetual, however, software assurance is not perpetual. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. For an overview of all steps required, see software assurance planning services in partner center. Mar 16, 2017 microsoft premium assurance is an addon subscription that provides you with an extended support period for windows server and sql server. Microsoft offers several volume licensing programs, each tailored to the needs of different sizes of businesses and types of organizations. The software assurance support provides business hours support with a 24hour response time goal. Mar 19, 2019 email support is available only for server products and noncritical issues. Microsoft sql server enterprise edition is the complete database and analysis offering that rapidly delivers the next generation of scalable ecommerce, lineofbusiness and data warehousing solutions. Microsoft software assurance support incident submission. Fail over rights allows a passivefailover instance i.
Allows exchange server 2019 customers to access their voice messages from outlook. Software assurance has an annual cost of 29% of the license price for desktop products e. End user license agreement technical support and software. New windows server licensing model and prices, explained. Enhanced sa rights for sql server enable significant licensing cost savings for sql server both for onpremises and on azure vms. Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it applies to.
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. Email support is available only for server products and noncritical issues. If you dont see it there, look under the rtm release of the latest sql server version. Depending on which agreement your organization has, you use one of two tools to. Jun 01, 2015 the joint enterprise license agreement jela provides a single microsoft technology contract to support u. Microsoft software assurance sa is a microsoft maintenance program aimed at business users who use microsoft windows, microsoft office, and other server. Effective july 1, 2016, in markets where the mpsa is available, microsoft no longer accepts new orders and software assurance renewals through existing commercial select plus agreements at the customers next agreement anniversary date. The campus agreement includes software assurance automatically. Customers may only submit webbased problem resolution support requests on those licensed copies of server software covered with sa. Jun 14, 2016 software assurance has an annual cost of 29% of the license price for desktop products e. The program covers microsoft technologies and services and includes new product version rights, technical and enduser training, deployment planning, and support. Microsoft biztalk server software assurance series specs cnet.
Active software assurance coverage is required on eligible licenses. Microsoft replacing premiere assurance support with new. These benefits include free software upgrades, office multilanguage packs, office suites for use at home, and more. Software assurance is optional and cloud services are not available. For instance, without software assurance, you wouldnt be able to use windows 2000 server cals on windows server 2003. Appendix b software assurance microsoft volume licensing. Failure to do so may mean you will need to purchase new licenses and software assurance to cover the difference in core count. Mar 24, 2017 software assurance spans a broad range of microsoft software and services, including windows, microsoft office, exchange, system center, sql server, and many others. Air force and disa it priorities, such as data center consolidation, collaboration, cyber security, mobility and cloud computing. Software assurance must be purchased at the same time the software is ordered, it cannot be added in later on. Walking away from a microsoft licensing agreement when finances are tight its not uncommon for companies to start expiring their maintenance contracts, including software maintenance. Get answers to frequently asked questions about software assurance.
Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate deployment and improve enduser productivity. Software assurance benefits included with microsoft donations. If you have a sql server enterprise sa agreement, you can get your product key from the volume licensing service center. With software assurance coverage on the servers, the azure hybrid benefit program lets organizations save up to 55 percent on the cost of running sql server and windows server in azure. Eap to an enterprise agreement andor 2 the server and cloud enrollment sce to an. Microsoft software assurance, do you really need it. Normally, microsoft provides five years of mainstream support and then five years of extended support. Software assurance spans microsofts range of software products and services, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, sql server, and many others. Microsoft premium assurance is an addon subscription that provides you with an extended support period for windows server and sql server. Microsoft product terms allows exchange server 2019 customers to access their voice messages from outlook. Customers with active software assurance for exchange server standard 2019 or exchange server enterprise 2019.
Software assurance is included with some microsoft products available through techsoup, but it can also be requested on its own. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. Microsoft biztalk server software assurance series specs. Dynamics customers with software assurance coverage. Software assurance coverage for the related product pool and a premier support agreement in place. I am now preparing to upgrade to sql server 2016 enterprise corelicensing edition and want to install power bi report server for onpremises only, reportonly, usage of power bi in addition to standard ssrs reports. Do microsoft customers really need software assurance. Windows server user cal includes software assurance.
Sa customers can upgrade to sql server 2012 standard servercal at general availability. Microsoft volume licensing product licensing search. Windows server standard is a server operating system that enables a computer to handle network roles such as print server, domain controller, web server, and file server. Responses to your email support requests will occur during support team business hours which may be in a different. Windows server premium assurance sql server premium assurance key benefits s flexibility as you move to the offer. Microsoft rolls out premium assurance plans for windows.
If the administrator has not yet activated the 24x7 benefit in vlsc, there may be a delay of up to 48 hours before your 24x7 benefit can be used. With software assurance, the cals are also usable on the upgraded product. In the windows server 2016 licensing guide for the software assurance disaster recovery rights it states the following. Customers other than academic select license, select plus for academic, academic open license, campus and school agreement, open value subscription education solutions, and open license with standard, enterprise and datacenter editions of server software covered with sa have access to electronic webbased problem resolution support.
View eligibility requirements for planning services. Software assurance is a collection of benefits for microsoft products. Beyond satisfying an engagements eligibility requirements, you must also follow several other steps before you can deliver software assurance planning services engagements. If there is a lapse in persyst software assurance, licensee may reinstate the services by signing or electronically accepting the thencurrent persyst software assurance agreement, and paying. Microsoft volume licensing frequently asked questions faqs. Feb 27, 2012 to summarize for sql server 2008 r2 workgroup edition server cal licenses with software assurance. Software licensing advisors licensing brief sql server virtual server mobility without software assurance by taking advantage of some lesserknown sql server licensing options, customers can significantly reduce their costs, eliminating the requirement to pay for software assurance on sql server to ensure licensing mobility.
Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. Other than backup instances running on microsoft azure services, a windows server license is not required for the disaster recovery server if the hyperv role within windows server is used to replicate virtual oses from the production server at a primary site to a. Customer may run power bi report server software on the licensed server. Windows server standard edition includes software assurance. Learn about microsoft software assurance tools and resources that can help your. If the underlying windows software assurance or windows vda is licensed per device, then mdop covers the licensed device. Jul, 2018 with software assurance coverage on the servers, the azure hybrid benefit program lets organizations save up to 55 percent on the cost of running sql server and windows server in azure. Is foregoing software assurance a viable option for your company. Software assurance for volume licensing offers a range of tools and resources to help your company deploy, manage, and maximize your volume licensing purchases.
Microsoft assurance software is a program that was introduced in 2002 to help users deploy and support microsoft windows, microsoft office and. Optimize tco with new sql server software assurance. As with any maintenance agreement that is allowed to expire, its important that an organization understand the full implications of their actions so that it is. Beyond satisfying an engagements eligibility requirements, you must also follow several other. Sa is required for both server software and related cals for web support incidents. Dod joint enterprise license agreement jela microsoft. Licensee must renew this agreement in order to continue to use the services. Software assurance is only available through volume licensing and is purchased when you buy or renew a volume licensing agreement. Windows virtual desktop access rights vda enables users to access virtual instances of windows in a variety of user scenarios. Sa customers can upgrade to sql server 2012 standard server cal at general availability.
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