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	February 9, 2009 Q&A: Licensing Microsoft Cloud Services How Sending Your Infrastructure Into The Cloud Impacts Microsoft Licensing by Christopher Voce with Simon Yates, Rachel A. Dines	Average: 9  (1 rating)

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Executive Summary

Microsoft communication and collaboration customers are at a crossroads. How should they handle Exchange and SharePoint — keep running it themselves and try to manage the costs, or ship it off to one of a growing number of hosted service providers? Microsoft has made a huge push into the cloud arena and offers hosted Exchange, SharePoint, and other supporting services. Moving from on-premise implementations to cloud services impacts several areas within IT, one of which is a pivot in Microsoft licensing. Microsoft's comprehensive product portfolio carries complex licensing, and hosted services add yet another dimension. Your existing agreements and investments in licenses and Software Assurance (SA) have an impact on your options to move into Microsoft's hosted services. It's critical to understand the interdependencies in the licensing to make sure you have the right fit for the organization.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1. What are the different basic forms of Microsoft subscription licenses?
• 2. How do I purchase these offerings? Can I use my existing volume licensing agreement?
• 3. What are some of the other relevant agreement terms?
• 4. How do partners who deliver hosted solutions differ from Microsoft's licensing?
• 5. What are the implications of changing the number of users licensed for services?
• 6. What's the difference between the Standard and Dedicated BPOS services?
• 7. How do existing licenses and Software Assurance play a role in BPOS offerings?

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