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Microsoft® | License Mobility

Manage your Microsoft licenses and control your overall software spend in the cloud

Transfer your Microsoft Software Licenses to your PayPerCloud© hosting environment

Move on-premise Microsoft applications to PayPerCloud at any time
Control your software spend by reallocating licenses you’ve already paid for
Flexibility to deploy on-premise licenses into the cloud

Use existing Microsoft license at no additional cost for the application
Use your existing enterprise agreement (EA)
Choose from a wide variety of Microsoft Applications

Benefits of License Mobility through Software Assurance are:

Flexibility

Increase flexibility to deploy workloads in a variety of cloud-hosting environments
Move application server workloads to a partner’s IaaS offering without additional licensing

Cost Effectiveness:

Take advantage of existing licensing investments when deploying to the cloud
Capitalize on a lower-cost service provider infrastructure platform
Enhance the value of Software Assurance with an additional benefit

Manageability:

Leverage existing license agreements to adopt the cloud
No additional licensing cost for hosted application server workloads

PayPerCloud customers have the flexibility to move their on-premise Microsoft application to our Cloud or Managed Hosting Environments at any time without incurring additional licensing fees. This benefit is available to Microsoft Volume Licensing (VL) customers with eligible applications covered by active Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) contracts.

How It Works

1. Inventory your Existing Microsoft Licenses

Work with your Microsoft representative, licensing procurement or preferred Microsoft Software licensing eligibility:

The application server licenses you want to deploy must have active Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) coverage.
The software licenses must be within the list of eligible products:

To view a full list of products eligible for License Mobility, see the Software Assurance Benefits section of the Microsoft Product Use Rights (PUR) document.

2. Setup your Private Cloud Solution with PayPerCloud

Lower your infrastructure costs by deploying your applications on our Private Cloud

Steps to Deploy on PayPerCloud Servers

Work with your PayPerCloud Representative to configure your Private Cloud.
Select your Windows Operating System.
Work with your PayPerCloud technician to Install your Windows application to your PayPerCloud Server for Windows.

3. Verify Your Microsoft Licenses

Complete the License Verification Form available on the Microsoft Volume Licensing website within 10 days of deployment. Once complete, provide it to your Microsoft representative or preferred resell partner in order for them to submit it to Microsoft.

Learn More about Microsoft License Mobility View Microsoft License Mobility FAQs

For more information on setting up your own cloud solution

Eligibility at a glance:

At a minimum, all products that are currently eligible for “License Mobility within Server Farms” are included; see the PUR for the full list of eligible products
- Dynamics ERP products, while they are not available through Microsoft Volume Licensing and are not licensed online, have mobility rules that allow for similar use as License Mobility through Software Assurance when deploying in shared environments
Windows Server, the Microsoft Windows Client operating system, and Desktop Application products are not included
Active Software Assurance required on both the server and necessary access licenses (CALs, for example)
The customer is responsible for having active Software Assurance on licenses they choose to use through License Mobility through Software Assurance

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