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Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter
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DA SAB Select/Select Plus Open Campus &
School Units		 EA &
EA Sub		 OV/OVS Open
License
Minimum		 EES / OVS --ES Online
Subscription
Program
L L&SA SA L L&SA SA
  3YR 2YR 1YR 3YR 2YR 1YR P
Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter 10/09 SRV 75 188 150 113 113 75 38 75 150 75 75 C        
Note: If the cell for the product is blank then the product is not currently offered in the program.
*For Select Plus only the ‘L’ and three year values for ‘L&SA’ / ’SA’ will be used.

Product Notes

 

Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter


Migration to new licensing methodology:
As of April 1st 2012 the licensing model for CIS has been changed. Licenses acquired under new enrollments effective after April 1st 2012 can license up to two physical processors.

Customers under existing enrollments as of April 1st 2012 (Effective on or before April 1st 2012) can continue to true up licenses under the old model under which each license can license only one processor. The following migration rights apply to licenses for these customers:

For the duration of their existing enrollment, customers’ existing and new licenses under the old model will be deemed to be equivalent to licenses under the new model at a 2:1 ratio, that is, every two licenses under the old model will be equivalent to one license under the new model. At renewal customers can renew Software assurance into licenses under the new model.

Release of new version of Windows Server:
Customers licensed for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter with active Software Assurance as of September 1st, 2012 have the rights to use the following products subject to the product use rights for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter:
  • Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
  • System Center 2012 Datacenter


Software Assurance renewal Offer for Windows Server Datacenter and System Center Datacenter Customers

Customers who have licenses with active Software Assurance for all the products in Table C below may, upon expiration of that coverage, acquire Software Assurance for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter without acquiring the underlying Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter licenses.

Table C
Windows Server Datacenter
System Center Datacenter
For each set consisting of one qualifying Windows Server Datacenter license and one qualifying System Center Datacenter license, customers may acquire Software Assurance for one license of Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter. Customers who license and use Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter under this offer may no longer use software under their qualifying licenses. Licenses and Software Assurance acquired under a subscription agreement do not qualify for this offer.

Step Up from Windows Server Datacenter or System Center Datacenter to Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter

Customers may step up from Windows Server Datacenter or System Center Datacenter to Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter by acquiring the appropriate Step Up license for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter. Customers must have active Software Assurance for their Windows Server Datacenter or System Center Datacenter license in order to acquire the Step Up license.

For each qualifying license of Windows Server Datacenter that the customer has the customer may acquire one Step Up license for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter.

For every qualifying license of Systems Center Datacenter that the customer has the customer may acquire one Step Up license for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter.

Customers’ right to use software under the Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter license is conditioned on customers’ fulfillment of any remaining payment obligations for the qualifying product license. Customers’ Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter license supersedes and replaces the underlying qualifying product license.

Qualifying Product Step Up To
Windows Server Datacenter Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter

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