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Licensing Briefs
Volume Licensing Briefs provide in-depth knowledge of licensing topics. They are particularly useful for learning about complex licensing situations involving new technologies or combinations of products.
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This document covers topics related to licensing for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites that are offered through the Microsoft Volume Licensing program.
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Take advantage of virtualization technologies by reassigning licenses across servers within a server farm. This applies to software licenses for certain server applications and all external connector licenses.
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Server software that requires Client Access Licenses (CALs) offers one base CAL to license access to server functionality and may offer one or more additive CALs.
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Customers who have Microsoft Software Assurance for Microsoft server software, as well as related CALs, are eligible for complimentary "cold" backup server licenses for disaster recovery.
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An in-depth explanation of the licensing model for Microsoft desktop operating system software for blade infrastructures, including the Remote Desktop License.
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A helpful explanation of the downgrade rights for the most commonly acquired systems License Terms granted by Volume Licensing programs and how they compare with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Full Packaged Product (FPP) license rights.
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An overview of Microsoft licensing models for the server operating system and server applications under virtual environments.
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This licensing brief addresses the most commonly asked questions about licensing Microsoft Office in a Windows Server Terminal Services environment.
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This explanation of software use rights is relevant to outsourcers and managed service providers.
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The Microsoft Core CAL Suite and the Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite provide access rights for a number of server products and online services.
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Frequently asked questions about licensing the Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office system to run on an Apple Mac OS computer.
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This licensing brief can help clarify Microsoft licensing policies for the Windows Vista operating system when there is potential for multiuser scenarios.
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This licensing brief helps clarify Microsoft licensing policies for Windows Server Terminal Services, including the components that are in the Windows Server 2008 operating system.
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Learn how Windows Server 2008 and other Microsoft server products are licensed when they are used with other virtualization technologies.
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An overview of how to use Windows Vista operating system products with virtual machine technologies such as Microsoft Virtual PC.
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A comprehensive list of Microsoft software licenses and dependent licenses required under the terms of Volume Licensing programs or "software stack."
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This brief clarifies existing Microsoft licensing policies for multicore and hyperthreaded processors.
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Details about licensing requirements for the Multi-Lingual User Interface (MUI) language pack available for the Windows Vista operating system.
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This brief explains how multiplexing affects the licensing of server operating systems and server products licensed under the Server/Client Access License (CAL) model.
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Open Value and Open Value Subscription customers have flexibility to define, uniquely, their desktop PC platform license.
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A brief explanation of Microsoft operating system license requirements for initial operating systems, transfer of licenses, and reassignment of licenses.
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A guide to server licensing changes in the per-processor model that includes sample customer scenarios.
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A short explanation of how customers who acquire a license for specified software can switch to another language version of that same software.
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An explanation of the reimaging rights that are granted to all Volume Licensing customers.
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Customers with Software Assurance may migrate from a lower edition to a higher edition software while maintaining their Software Assurance coverage on a given product.
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Review July 2009 updates to the Windows Server operating system licensing options in the Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA), and the addition of “prior version rights” in SPLA for all Microsoft products.
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"Frequently asked questions regarding Microsoft Work at Home (WAH) products that are available through the Select License and Enterprise Agreement programs."
