License Mobility through
Microsoft Software Assurance
License Mobility through Software Assurance guide
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to cloud services ............................................................................................................................. 1
Cloud adoption and customer needs............................................................................................................................... 1
IT as a Service: Concepts and benefits ............................................................................................................................. 1
Licensing models: Past and present.................................................................................................................................. 1
Chapter 2: License Mobility through Software Assurance ............................................................................................... 3
Understanding Microsoft License Mobility through Software Assurance ............................................................ 3
Chapter 3: Eligibility...................................................................................................................................................................... 5
License eligibility ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 4: Deployment and license verification ................................................................................................................. 6
How to verify your licenses.................................................................................................................................................. 6
Deployment .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Resubmitting the verification form ................................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 5: Microsoft Software Assurance ........................................................................................................................... 10
About Microsoft Software Assurance............................................................................................................................. 10
Software Assurance renewal ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Chapter 6: Next steps and resources .................................................................................................................................... 11
Additional resources and tools ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Appendix 1: Glossary.................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Microsoft Commercial Licensing
License Mobility through Software Assurance guide
Chapter 1: Introduction to cloud services
This guide gives you an overview of Microsoft License Mobility through Software Assurance, which is available as a Software Assurance benefit, and outlines the detailed requirements and steps to use this benefit. License Mobility through Software Assurance gives
Microsoft Volume Licensing customers the flexibility to deploy certain server applications with active Software Assurance either on premises or in the cloud.
Cloud adoption and customer needs
Today, organizations are taking advantage of the cloud for parts or their entire data center and IT management needs.
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Using shared cloud infrastructure as a substitute for their on-premises physical infrastructure: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
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Using the cloud as a server platform for building a new generation of cloud applications: Platform as a Service (PaaS)
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Consuming entire software workloads as finished services running in the cloud: Software as a Service (SaaS)
IT as a Service: Concepts and benefits
Collectively, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models can be viewed as IT as a Service (ITaaS) and point to the fundamental paradigm shift that
