Azure Hybrid Benefit (see green ticks below) Windows Server Standard and Datacenter Core licenses with SA or purchased as Software Subscriptions are eligible for the Azure Hybrid Benefit. License Mobility through SA benefit Windows Server licenses never have the License…
The following sections focus on each of the different products showing how the different benefits work together on the various hardware options: Windows Server 2022/2025 SQL Server 2022 All other server applications Windows 11 and VDA (device licenses) Windows 11…
A CSP-Hoster partner is both a SPLA partner and a Direct CSP partner who has signed the CSP-Hoster Authorization. This partner can access software to build solutions for customers who then either bring their own licenses to license the solution…
A QMTH partner is both a SPLA partner and a Direct CSP partner and is authorized to offer solutions based on the desktop products for customers with eligible licenses. There are around 650 of these partners all over the world.…
An Authorized Mobility partner IS authorized by Microsoft. This type of partner has signed the Services Provider License Agreement as well as a License Mobility Addendum, authorizing them to receive eligible server licenses from customers to use with their shared…
An organization offering outsourcing solutions for customers that isn’t a Listed Provider, and doesn’t use a Listed Provider as a Data Center Provider, is called an Authorized Outsourcer by Microsoft. Note that the term “Authorized” doesn’t indicate that an organization…
The Listed Providers, as defined by Microsoft, are the following organizations: Alibaba, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. If there were to be changes to the list of Listed Providers, you can always find the up-to-date list here. If you want to…
When you acquire a license there are certain rights included in that license purchase – the rights to install the software on your own on-premises servers, for example. Rights to do more than that – install the software on third…
The aim of this section of the LicenseVerse content is to bring all of these alternatives together so that you can see either what choices you have with certain types of licenses, or indeed what licenses you need to achieve…