Windows Server R2
Jan 22, 2011, 10:30 am
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Anyone know if the wizards are at least present in Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation? I bet they'd be handy for my dad...
Jan 23, 2011, 2:28 pm
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If you are using Amazon cloud for your dad's medical data, then you should check carefully its compliance with HIPAA - last time I checked there were still some reservations about the compliance...
Jan 23, 2011, 2:45 pm
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But, like I said above, that only matters if you understand the differences. If not then no big deal as you didn't know the difference anyways.
No idea if the wizards are in Foundations.
Jan 23, 2011, 4:34 pm
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I'll let you know if I come across them. Server comes in a couple weeks. They'd probably be handy for my dad, though I would probably just use mmc for my management needs.
Jan 24, 2011, 7:52 pm
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Jan 25, 2011, 6:21 am
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I think you guys are confusing what is and what is not software rental in Microsoft licensing terms.
Microsoft offers 3 volume licensing programs: Open, Select, and EA. With any of these programs, you can annualize your payments over a 3 year term. You can get into an Open agreement with as little as 5 units. These are perpetual licenses, meaning you own them outright at the end of the 3 year term, whether or not you choose to renew the agreement. You paid for the licenses, they are yours.
You also have the option of adding Software Assurance (SA) to Open and Select license agreements (SA is included by default in EA's). Think of SA as maintenance; If you have SA on a product and a new version of that product is released during your term, than you get rights to the new version. (SA has additional benefits such as training vouchers, packaged services, home use rights, etc, but that's besides the point of this discussion). Again - at the end of the 3 year term, SA will expire if you don't renew, but you still own the licenses outright.
Having said all of that, there is a special program called EA Subscription where the licenses do expire at the end of the term, but these are very rare. There are very few of these in existence worldwide relative to the other programs.
Microsoft offers 3 volume licensing programs: Open, Select, and EA. With any of these programs, you can annualize your payments over a 3 year term. You can get into an Open agreement with as little as 5 units. These are perpetual licenses, meaning you own them outright at the end of the 3 year term, whether or not you choose to renew the agreement. You paid for the licenses, they are yours.
You also have the option of adding Software Assurance (SA) to Open and Select license agreements (SA is included by default in EA's). Think of SA as maintenance; If you have SA on a product and a new version of that product is released during your term, than you get rights to the new version. (SA has additional benefits such as training vouchers, packaged services, home use rights, etc, but that's besides the point of this discussion). Again - at the end of the 3 year term, SA will expire if you don't renew, but you still own the licenses outright.
Having said all of that, there is a special program called EA Subscription where the licenses do expire at the end of the term, but these are very rare. There are very few of these in existence worldwide relative to the other programs.
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Jan 25, 2011, 7:16 am
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I think you guys are confusing what is and what is not software rental in Microsoft licensing terms.
Microsoft offers 3 volume licensing programs: Open, Select, and EA. With any of these programs, you can annualize your payments over a 3 year term. You can get into an Open agreement with as little as 5 units. These are perpetual licenses, meaning you own them outright at the end of the 3 year term, whether or not you choose to renew the agreement. You paid for the licenses, they are yours.
You also have the option of adding Software Assurance (SA) to any of the programs above. Think of SA as maintenance; If you have SA on a product and a new version of that product is released during your term, than you get rights to the new version. (SA has additional benefits such as training vouchers, packaged services, home use rights, etc, but that's besides the point of this discussion). Again - at the end of the 3 year term, SA will expire if you don't renew, but you still own the licenses outright.
Having said all of that, there is a special program called EA Subscription where the licenses do expire at the end of the term, but these are very rare. There are very few of these in existence worldwide relative to the other programs.
Microsoft offers 3 volume licensing programs: Open, Select, and EA. With any of these programs, you can annualize your payments over a 3 year term. You can get into an Open agreement with as little as 5 units. These are perpetual licenses, meaning you own them outright at the end of the 3 year term, whether or not you choose to renew the agreement. You paid for the licenses, they are yours.
You also have the option of adding Software Assurance (SA) to any of the programs above. Think of SA as maintenance; If you have SA on a product and a new version of that product is released during your term, than you get rights to the new version. (SA has additional benefits such as training vouchers, packaged services, home use rights, etc, but that's besides the point of this discussion). Again - at the end of the 3 year term, SA will expire if you don't renew, but you still own the licenses outright.
Having said all of that, there is a special program called EA Subscription where the licenses do expire at the end of the term, but these are very rare. There are very few of these in existence worldwide relative to the other programs.
The systems and licenses must be managed by the service provider but that is generally not too hard to accomplish, even in a situation such as the one described by the OP.
Jan 25, 2011, 8:36 am
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I think you guys are confusing what is and what is not software rental in Microsoft licensing terms.
Microsoft offers 3 volume licensing programs: Open, Select, and EA. With any of these programs, you can annualize your payments over a 3 year term. You can get into an Open agreement with as little as 5 units. These are perpetual licenses, meaning you own them outright at the end of the 3 year term, whether or not you choose to renew the agreement. You paid for the licenses, they are yours.
You also have the option of adding Software Assurance (SA) to any of the programs above. Think of SA as maintenance; If you have SA on a product and a new version of that product is released during your term, than you get rights to the new version. (SA has additional benefits such as training vouchers, packaged services, home use rights, etc, but that's besides the point of this discussion). Again - at the end of the 3 year term, SA will expire if you don't renew, but you still own the licenses outright.
Having said all of that, there is a special program called EA Subscription where the licenses do expire at the end of the term, but these are very rare. There are very few of these in existence worldwide relative to the other programs.
Microsoft offers 3 volume licensing programs: Open, Select, and EA. With any of these programs, you can annualize your payments over a 3 year term. You can get into an Open agreement with as little as 5 units. These are perpetual licenses, meaning you own them outright at the end of the 3 year term, whether or not you choose to renew the agreement. You paid for the licenses, they are yours.
You also have the option of adding Software Assurance (SA) to any of the programs above. Think of SA as maintenance; If you have SA on a product and a new version of that product is released during your term, than you get rights to the new version. (SA has additional benefits such as training vouchers, packaged services, home use rights, etc, but that's besides the point of this discussion). Again - at the end of the 3 year term, SA will expire if you don't renew, but you still own the licenses outright.
Having said all of that, there is a special program called EA Subscription where the licenses do expire at the end of the term, but these are very rare. There are very few of these in existence worldwide relative to the other programs.
Jan 25, 2011, 8:37 am
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Jan 25, 2011, 8:41 am
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I was referring to none of those licensing options in my "rental" references. The Service Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA) allows authorized integrators (of which I am one) to rent MS software to customers on a monthly basis. The cost is generally about 1/36th of the shrink-wrap+SA price each month. There are a number of circumstances, however, where the per-month licensing can be a very good deal depending on the infrastructure requirements.