Table of contents
Collapse all- INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT LICENSING
- AZURE HYBRID BENEFIT: WINDOWS SERVER
- AZURE HYBRID BENEFIT: SQL SERVER
- AZURE HYBRID BENEFIT: LINUX VMS
- FLEXIBLE VIRTUALIZATION BENEFIT
- LICENSE MOBILITY THROUGH SA
- LICENSING CSP-HOSTER SOLUTIONS
- LICENSE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS
- LIFECYCLE POLICIES
- ESUs: WINDOWS 7
- ESUs: WINDOWS 10
- ESUs: WINDOWS SERVER 2016
- ESUs: WINDOWS SERVER 2008/2008 R2
- ESUs: WINDOWS SERVER 2012/2012 R2
- ESUs: SQL SERVER 2008/2008 R2
- ESUs: SQL SERVER 2012
- ESUs: SQL SERVER 2014
- ESUs: SQL SERVER 2016
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DEVELOPER TOOLS
- Visual Studio 2026
- Visual Studio 2022 Standard subscriptions
- Visual Studio 2022 Cloud subscriptions
- Azure DevOps Server
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Azure DevOps Server 2022
- Licensing Azure DevOps Server 2022
- Licensing users with Visual Studio subscriptions
- Licensing external users
- Licensing virtual machines
- Licensing a server farm
- Licensing for Disaster Recovery
- Downgrade and down-edition rights
- CAL equivalent licenses
- Licensing for the cloud
- Required infrastructure products
- Availability of Azure DevOps Server 2022 licenses
- Azure DevOps Services
- GitHub
- Microsoft Dev Box
- Dev/Test Subscriptions
- Resources: developer tools
- Microsoft resources: developer tools
- PRICING AND PROMOTIONS
- LICENSING GUIDES CAUTIONARY NOTES
- PARTNER CENTER ANNOUNCEMENTS
- LICENSING GUIDES GALLERY
- PRODUCT TERMS CAUTIONARY NOTES
Eligible products and licenses
Licenses with active Software Assurance acquired through any Volume Licensing agreement for the following products include this benefit:
- System Center 2025
- SQL Server 2022
- BizTalk Server 2020
- Project Server SE
- Exchange Server 2019
- SharePoint Server SE
- Skype for Business 2019
- Dynamics 365 for Operations Server
- Azure DevOps Server 2022
You’ll notice that Windows Server 2025 is missing from the list above and, to confirm, it does not include this benefit.
Note that perpetual licenses acquired through CSP never include Software Assurance and are thus never eligible for this benefit. The Software Subscriptions for SQL Server 2022 do include some SA benefits, but not License Mobility through SA.
