License Mobility through
Microsoft Software Assurance
Licensing options to support cloud adoption
Overview
Organizations around the world are benefiting from the power, flexibility, and efficiency of cloud computing. Whether you want to deploy server applications in a traditional customer onpremises environment, through a partner or a Microsoft cloud-hosted model, or a combination of all three, Microsoft gives you the flexibility to choose what is right for you, on your terms and on your schedule.
License Mobility through Microsoft Software Assurance
With more businesses moving server workloads and applications to the cloud, customers want to take advantage of their existing licensing investments as part of their IT strategy.
License Mobility through Microsoft Software Assurance gives Microsoft Volume Licensing customers the flexibility to deploy certain server applications with active Software Assurance on-premises or in the cloud, without having to buy additional licenses. As a result, customers can take advantage of the lowest and flexible cost infrastructure for changing business priorities.
Because of this new Software Assurance benefit, customers do not need to purchase new
Microsoft Client Access Licenses (CALs), and no associated mobility fees exist.
As an alternative to License Mobility, customers can leverage similar cloud deployment options through the Flexible Virtualization benefit. See the Benefit Guide for more information.
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Benefits of License Mobility
Flexibility
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Cost effectiveness
Increased flexibility to
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deploy workloads in a variety of cloud-hosting environments.
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Customers can move
Application Server workloads from on- premises to Authorized
Mobility Partners or
Microsoft Azure at any time "
without additional licensing.
Manageability
Take advantage of existing
