Windows Server Licensing

Sarah RichmondSenior Product Manager, Windows Server

AgendaAgenda

Windows Server Product Line

Goals for Licensing Windows Server

Licensing Within Your Environment

Additional Licensing Options

Small Business Customer Options

Software Assurance and Windows Server

Windows Server Releases and Licensing

Windows Server Release Roadmap

Windows Server 2003 R2

Licensing Changes Post-Launch

Windows Server Product LineWindows Server Product Line

Goals for Licensing Windows ServerGoals for Licensing Windows Server

FlexibilityChoose the Edition which suits your business needs

ScalabilityManage your costs through Device or User CALs and External Connectors

AvailabilityPurchase through the program which best meets your needs

Windows Server uses a Server/CAL Model for flexibility within your environment

Licensing Windows Server within Your Licensing Windows Server within Your EnvironmentEnvironment

Server & CAL modelCAL of the same version or higher provides access to the server

Exception is if the access is through the Internet and anonymous

Deployment ModePer User/ Per Device

Per Server Mode

Windows Server Device CAL

Windows Server User CAL*

Windows Server External Connector*

Virtual Environments are considered the same as physical environments

* New with Windows Server 2003

Additional Licensing OptionsAdditional Licensing Options

Exceptions to CAL requirements – No CAL requiredWindows Server 2003, Web Edition*

Windows Server 2003, Storage Edition*

Premium Services – Incremental CAL requiredTerminal Services

Terminal Server User CALs*

TS Device CALs

TS External Connectors*

Rights Management Services*Rights Management User CALs

Rights Management Device CALs

Rights Management External Connectors

* New with Windows Server 2003

Small Business Customer OptionsSmall Business Customer Options

Small Business Server 2003Limited to 75 Users

Edition options based upon customer needsStandard Edition*

Premium Edition*

Small Business Server CALs follow Windows Server Model

Small Business Server 2003, User CAL*

Small Business Server 2003, Device CAL

No External Connector

Available through OEMs, Retail, and Volume Licensing

* New with Windows Server 2003

Software Assurance and Windows ServerSoftware Assurance and Windows Server

Microsoft Volume Licensing ProgramBenefits for customers include

New technologyProductivity benefitsSupport benefitsTools for deploymentTraining to help deploy and use software efficiently

Customer-driven changes for Server customersCold Disaster Recovery (2004)

Note: If purchased through Retail or OEM channel there is a 90-day grace period to enroll server into SA on a Volume Licensing Agreement

MajorRelease

MajorRelease

MajorRelease

ReleaseUpdate

ReleaseUpdate

~ 4 years

~ 2 years

Mainstream Service Packs & Updates Extended Support

At least 5 yearsAt least 5 years from major release

Windows Server Releases and LicensingWindows Server Releases and Licensing

►Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1►Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions ►Windows Update Services►Windows Server codenamed “Longhorn” Beta►Windows Server 2003 “R2”►Windows Storage Server “R2”►Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition

►Windows Server “Longhorn”

Windows Server “Longhorn R2”

Release Roadmap

FuturFuturee

20020077

20020055

Windows Server 2003 R2Windows Server 2003 R2

Built on Windows Server 2003 SP1

Availability and LicensingWindows Server 2003 R2 will be the standard product in all channels at release

Servers covered by Software Assurance (SA) at the time of release will receive R2 as part of their benefits

Available for purchase as new server license for non-SA covered systems

Post-Windows Server 2003 Launch Post-Windows Server 2003 Launch Licensing ChangesLicensing Changes

Multi-core and impact upon licensingContinue to count physical processors, not coresConsistent across Server OS & Server Apps; including proc licensed apps (SQL, BizTalk, etc)

x64 – Shipping concurrently SP1No change in prices, maintain parity with 32-bit

Cold Disaster Recovery License Grant for SA customers

Additional copy of license for each server covered for use in Cold Disaster Recovery scenario

Community ResourcesCommunity Resources

Windows Hardware & Driver Central (WHDC)www.microsoft.com/whdc/default.mspx

Technical Communitieswww.microsoft.com/communities/products/default.mspx

Non-Microsoft Community Siteswww.microsoft.com/communities/related/default.mspx

Microsoft Public Newsgroupswww.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups

Technical Chats and Webcastswww.microsoft.com/communities/chats/default.mspx

www.microsoft.com/webcasts

Microsoft Blogswww.microsoft.com/communities/blogs

Additional ResourcesAdditional Resources

Product ResourcesWindows Server

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/default.mspx

Terminal Serviceshttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/default.mspx

Rights Management Serviceshttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/default.mspx

Small Business Serverhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/howtobuy/default.mspx

Volume Licensing: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing

Product Use Rights (updated quarterly)Product ListLicensing Briefs

 

Software Assurance: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/default.mspx