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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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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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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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A two-page explanation of the process for transferring volume licenses for different program versions of Volume Licensing.
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An explanation of the reimaging rights that are granted to all Volume Licensing customers.
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Customers who have Software Assurance can migrate from Standard Edition software to Professional Edition or Enterprise Edition software while maintaining their Software Assurance coverage on a given product.
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This document covers licensing of Windows Terminal Server (TS) for Windows Server 2003.
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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."
