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Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard
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DA SAB Select/Select Plus Open Campus &
School Units		 EA &
EA Sub		 OV/OVS Open
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Minimum		 EES / OVS --ES Online
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Program
L L&SA SA L L&SA SA
  3YR 2YR 1YR 3YR 2YR 1YR P
Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard 10/09 SRV 25 63 50 38 38 25 13 25 50 25 25 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.

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Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard

Migration to new licensing model:
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 1:1 ratio. 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 Standard 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 Standard:
  • Windows Server 2012 Standard
  • System Center 2012 Standard

For any server that is correctly licensed for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard customers may run an instance of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise in place of Windows Server Standard.

For any server that is correctly licensed for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard customers may run an instance of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise in place of Windows Server Standard.

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

Table A
Windows Server Standard
System Center Standard
For each set consisting of one of each of the qualifying licenses in Table A above, customers may acquire Software Assurance for one license of Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard.

Customers who license and use Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard 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.

Customers who license and use Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard 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.

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

For every qualifying Windows Server Standard license that the customer has the customer may acquire one Step Up license for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard.

Customers’ right to use software under the Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard license is conditioned on customers’ fulfillment of any remaining payment obligations for the qualifying product license. Customers’ Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard license supersedes and replaces the underlying qualifying product license.
Qualifying Product Step Up To
Windows Server Standard Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard
System Center Standard Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard

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