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SPLA Tools Functioning And Beneficial For Service Providers Through Octopus!

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Services Provider License Agreement is a licensing program that allows service providers and independent software for hosting and delivering applications. Octopus Cloud SPLA Manager that has always been a boon, its SPLA Usage report has been always correct and saves your time. SPLA Reporting tool SPLA must perform each month before the deadlines set by SPLA Distributor. As per SPLA Agreement, there is a mention that a customer must submit a monthly report to the reseller within a given specific timeframe. The time frame is a specific date of the month that is fixed by a customer and its reseller. The monthly report also known as zero reports should be accurate and complete and is mandatory. Every customer should be careful about datelines or deadlines given by the auditor. Data is more consuming and you will benefit from having the time. There are 3 different kinds of audits . Independent audit An independent audit is the most expensive and time-consuming. A mostly independent audit i...

How do Microsoft SPLA Reporting Services work?

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Service providers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) can use the Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) to license eligible Microsoft products every month for a three-year agreement term to host software services and applications for their customers.  You must submit a monthly use report or a zero use report on all licenses that you make available to your end-users. Monthly usage reports The total number of licenses required for each product that you made available during the previous month must be included in the monthly use report. You must include the user's name and address if the end user generated more than $1,000 in revenue to Microsoft per month. On your monthly use reports, you do not need to include demonstrations, evaluations, your organization's evaluation and testing of licensed products, or server administration and maintenance. Furthermore, after six months from the effective date of your agreement, you must begin reporting at least US$100 per month to k...