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If you own a company that has a business model which includes hosting apps, websites, or data, Microsoft will certainly require you to get and adhere to an SPLA. Some of the reasons for you to opt for SPLA and to continue the use of SPLA are the following: SPLA is more cost-effective than other programs like CSP or EA. On several occasions, there are many license options based on versions and, in some cases, product bundles. Depending on the environment in which the program is deployed, two distinct versions of the same software can have significantly different costs. This is especially important if you're starting to implement a new version in a connected environment because the entire licensing computation is based on the most recent version. SPLA is much less confusing than other programs Because of several factors like there are no acquired/historic licensing rights to the account, monitoring is based on actual utilization for a single calendar month, and reporting is finishe...

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...

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a free and useful tool. It is an inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can help to assess the IT infrastructure of your desire and determine the right technologies that your IT needs. Administrators can use this to determine whether or not the particular windows infrastructure, user’s device, and software application are adequately prepared to migrate to a new operating system, cloud environment, or server version. A professional can run this MAP toolkit on any Microsoft computing device and make a complete list of the entire windows network. MicrosoftAssessment and Planning Toolkit is made up of four main elements which are: l   MAPSetup.exe- this contains MAP and files that an IT administrator might need to set up a local SQL Server Database Engine. l   readme_.html file- this contains the details of what the administrator needs to run MAP Toolkit and problems related to it. l   MAP_Sample_Documents.zip...

Definition wise difference between SPLA and Traditional VL- Definition of SPLA- “ SPLA is a Service Provider License agreement that allows an organization to license Microsoft products and use them to provide software services to the customer.” In this, all the services that are required by customers must be licensed including backend SQL database. Definition of Volume Licensing - “Volume Licensing is a service offered by Microsoft , is for organizations that require multiple licenses, but not the software media, packaging and documentation supplied with the full packaged product (FPP).” SPLA vs Traditional VL l   First and foremost SPLA is used to provide services to other customers and other external users but Volume licensing is only used for internal use. l   SPLA can be installed in a data center managed by the service provider and can be accessed remotely but VL can only be installed on-premise or on dedicated machines with an outsourcer. l   In SPLA service provid...

SPLA is a program that provides hosting offers. These offers are for service providers and are used to rent or lease Microsoft products every month. Service providers use SPLA to provide applications to their end customers. The reporting of the SPLA must be done by you every month on or before the fixed date set by your distributor because it is your obligation but the thing is, you need to know what y ou have in order to manage it and do the reporting. Octopus makes this task easier for you in a few simple steps: l    It collects data from your entire infrastructure. l    It calculate s the cost of each product used with accura cy. l    Then it generates an SPLA report monthly. l    It also looks for any improvements and any chance of reduction in cost and applies that. Octopus provides its customer with great insight into their IT infrastructure and server them three solutions regarding SPLA licensing and cloud migration which are ...

The Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) allows Independent Software Vendors or service providers to license eligible Microsoft products (monthly basis). For a three-year agreement term, vendors host software services and applications for their users. Moreover, the SPLA supports a variety of hosting scenarios to help provide highly customized solutions to end-users. Furthermore, you can also make SPLA Reports via Powershell which is a very effective way. To participate in the SPLA program, you need to follow these things: ·          Comply with Services Provider Use Rights or SPUR The SPUR states some rights and conditions that should be followed by a customer while the use of the products is licensed under the SPLA. ·          Provide monthly reporting Also, you need to submit a monthly use report or zero use report (non-consecutive) to your SPLA reseller. It is also required to report on ...

Many companies have hundreds of software licenses; making manual monitoring of all licenses is nearly impossible. You can imagine what will happen when one of those licenses needs a renewal or what if you need to cancel some licenses because a project just ended. In this case, SAM tools are the best option. Many companies also use them for audits. The Microsoft SAM Audit Tool helps organisations to do various audit tasks. Also, a SAM tool manages time-consuming tasks. It alerts employees when licenses need renewals, cancellations, or updates. Additionally, because of this, companies can easily make software available to new employees or remove unnecessary software when an employee no longer uses it. This tool also helps companies in managing costs. Without SAM, a company may buy more licenses than necessary. The main thing is that a SAM tool can help organisations in predicting the exact future software costs based on the organisations’ previous purchasing activities. All the ab...