What is an Azure Dev/Test Subscription? Are they available through CSP or Open Value?
An Azure Subscription is a container to which Azure resources are assigned as they are created. There are different Subscription types associated with the ways that a customer buys – an Azure Subscription for CSP is different to the one for an Enterprise Agreement, for example. All of these “regular” Subscription types are used for production workloads supporting the day-to-day business of an organization. However, there’s another type of Azure Subscription which is used for dev and test purposes. The benefit for organizations is that there are discounted rates on some of the Azure services when they are assigned to…
Do Dynamics 365 Commerce or Finance User SLs accrue Dataverse capacity?
The first Base license of one of the ERP apps that we’ve considered in this section (Commerce, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Project Operations and Human Resources), enables default Dataverse capacities across the whole tenant. In common with the CRM apps, these default capacities are: Dataverse Database capacity: 10 GBDataverse File capacity: 20 GBDataverse Log capacity: 2 GB However, unlike the CRM apps further capacity is not accrued for each license purchased. Customers requiring further Dataverse capacity must purchase Dataverse Database, File and Log Capacity Add-ons in increments of 1 GB. Page 247, BOK21
Do Azure Reservations automatically renew?
Reservations do not automatically renew, but customers are sent notifications about upcoming Reservation expiration, and can choose to opt in to automatically renew the Reservation at any time. This will purchase a new Reservation at the relevant time rather than extending the term of an existing one. If a Reservation is not set to automatically renew then there is no interruption to the workload, it just starts being charged at regular metered prices. As soon as another Reservation is purchased it is automatically applied to the relevant workload. Page 334, BOK21
How do customers purchase Communication Credits?
You purchase Communication Credits in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center and you can add credits manually as you need them, or you can enable the Auto-recharge option which will add credit automatically when the balance falls below a threshold that you set. This is usually the preferred option, since if there is a zero-credit balance, licensed users won’t be able to dial out from meetings to PAYG countries, and users won’t be able to use the toll-free dial-in numbers to join a meeting. Payment for the Communication Credits is, for many customers, via a credit card. However, an Enterprise Agreement…
How do you license external users for SQL Server 2019?
There are no External Connector licenses available for SQL Server 2019. If a customer has chosen to license with the Server/CAL model, then they must buy CALs for external users and this does become expensive when there are many external users. It is generally more cost-effective to choose to license with the Per Core model if there is a large number of external users, since this will cover all internal users and any number of external users. Page 43, BOK21
Microsoft Licensing Body of Knowledge 2021 TOC
Curious as to what we've included in our brand new Microsoft Licensing Body of Knowledge book? There's a whole host of information on the on-premises products, Online Services, and Azure services - take a look at the Table of Contents here: https://bit.ly/2ZSvKj7.
New delivery of books!
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Licensing Boot Camp for Customers – Brussels Sept 2019
Back in Brussels for the last of the Licensing Boot Camps for this week. It has been great to work with Microsoft's customers doing what we love to do, explaining the rules around Azure and Microsoft Licensing.
Microsoft Licensing – Customer Boot Camp Helsinki
Today, we are working with Microsoft's customers in Helsinki on the next Customer Boot Camp this week. It is great to be helping these customers get a better understanding of the rules around both on-premises software and cloud services.