The MPSA FAQ page has been updated to include the availability of Software Assurance from 1 September 2014. It’s quite a useful page if you’re getting up to speed with this new agreement and you can find it here: http://bit.ly/1pHzpH6.
SQL 2014: Determining Core Licences at SA Renewal: April 2014
If you need to know how SQL Processor licences are renewed into Core licences at SA renewal, then this is the guide for you.
Snazzily entitled “Determining SQL Server 2014 Core Licensing Requirements at SA Renewal” it’s a comprehensive guide to the whole process including a section on using the MAP Toolkit. Get it here: http://bit.ly/1zG13E8.
SA is now available in the MPSA
Today – 1 September 2014 – Software Assurance is available in Microsoft’s new MPSA agreement.
If you want to get up to speed with the MPSA then invest a mere seven and a half minutes in our mini training video: http://bit.ly/Vx8oZa.
SQL 2014 Virtualisation Licensing Guide: June 2014
This SQL 2014 Virtualisation Licensing Guide is a good read: it’s got sections on licensing individual VMs, Licence Mobility, and unlimited virtualisation, as well as clarification of the rules around hyper-threading, and a great table in the appendix which shows the virtualisation licensing rules for past versions of SQL Server.
Get the guide here and enjoy: http://bit.ly/1tcNCNr.
SQL 2014 Licensing Guide: April 2014
A jolly useful 31 pages of SQL Licensing Loveliness. This is a great guide which has been updated for SQL 2014 and includes useful sections on licensing Parallel Data Warehouse, the anomalies of SQL Enterprise Server/CAL, as well as being updated for the cloud.
There are all the other sections you would expect and you can find the guide here: http://bit.ly/VNVI0L
July 2014 update to the Perpetual License Transfer Form
The Perpetual License Transfer form is updated for July 2014. The previous verson was October 2013 and there aren’t massive changes in this version. Here are the additions:
page 2 – the Customer must provide the Transferee with sufficient documentation to understand the licensing rights;
page 3 – Customers may not transfer Volume Licence Keys;
page 3 – as well as stopping using the software the Customer must also uninstall it;
page 5 – a Part Number column is added to the transfer table.
You can download the latest version of the form here: http://bit.ly/1h2CptX.
Video: Where does the MPSA fit in?
Introducing our new “Coffee Break” series – some short videos on Microsoft licensing.
Our first one is entitled “Where does the MPSA fit in?” and you can access it here: http://bit.ly/Vx8oZa
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Program Licensing Guides
We’ve extended our collection of Microsoft Licensing Guides to include those for Program Licensing too.
Check them out here: http://bit.ly/MSlicensingguides
MCP 70-671 and 70-672 Sample Exams
Over 600 of our sample exams for the MCP 70-671 and 70-672 certifications have been taken worldwide. If you’re preparing for these exams, then you can access these free resources here and take them as many times as you like: http://bit.ly/1svmmIn. Let us know when they help you to pass the real thing!