Microsoft Product License Terms

The course is aimed at end customers, network administrators, executives, employees responsible for the life cycle of software licenses in companies, simply for all those who purchase Microsoft software through multi-license agreements, but also as OEM, or as boxed or electronic licenses. It is also suitable for IT consultants and experts, software architects and software vendors who want to navigate Microsoft's licensing policy.

Detailed familiarization with the issue of license terms of Microsoft products. Knowledge of individual license and contract documents, knowledge of license conditions of individual products and their application in practice in specific solutions and deployment scenarios.

Knowledge of sales channels for Microsoft software, general knowledge of the Microsoft product portfolio. To successfully complete this course, it is advisable to complete the course "License management and registration in accordance with Microsoft's license policy".

1. Basic overview and orientation in license agreements and documents
2. What, how and why to register for software licenses
3. How it goes with a possible audit and how to prepare for it
4. Basic and general license rules
5. Desktop OS License Terms
• From Windows XP to Windows 10 including VDI and Windows 10 per user)
6. Desktop Application License Terms
• Office in cubicles, multi-license and online Office 365 including deployment in RDS)
7. Server OS License Terms
• Windows Server from version 2003 to Windows Server 2019
8. Management Tools License Terms
• System Center from version 2012 to version 2019 including OMS
9. License terms of application servers Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business Server including online services
10. SQL Server license terms under scrutiny
• SQL Server from version 2008 to version 2017
• Not SQL Server like SQL Server (VL, Express, ISV, SQL in the Cloud)
11. Software Assurance benefits from A to Z
• Specific licensing rules such as License Mobility, Fail-Over, Cold Backup and more
12. Developer Tools License Terms
• Visual Studio, Visual Studio Subscription, and MSDN
13. Microsoft Online Services License Terms
14. How to license in a hybrid environment

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