Licensing information

Can I use my MAPS key to activate SBS 2008 trial

dpl73 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:11:29 GMT

The subject says it all really: Can I use my MAPS key to activate SBS 2008 trial/evaluation ?

If not, then what would be the best (not necessarily easiest) way to reinstall. e.g. Would: backup>clean install>restore work?

Thanks for reading.

BTW, Excellent site/resource David

Regards

Dave L

SBS 2003 Prem Upgrade to SBS 2008

nickgeorge — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:44:28 GMT

I am in the process of quoting a customer for replacing thier existing SBS 2000 environment.

They want it now! If I buy SBS 2003 now is there any way I can buy it with an upgrade to 2008 included? Looks like 2008 will not be out for another 3 to 6 months and then I would be reluctant to supply it to a customer until at least 6 months of public useage had gone by.

Any advice gratefully received.

Many thanks.

Nick

Upgrade SBS Standard to Premium -

Pabsuk — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:06:25 GMT

Hello, Not sure if this is a thread for the licensing part of the site but... I have a client running Small Business Server Standard R1 and they would like to upgrade to SBS Premium R2. I have found the upgrade pack (T75-01260) but.. do I need to now get Premium CALs or will the Standard SBS Cals work? Also are there any issues to look out for from the vast knowledge that is UKSBSGUY forums! Many Thanks

Microsoft OEM Products

Paulie — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:37:15 GMT

I have a new customer who was pretty shocked today when I informed them that much of the OEM software that they had recently purchased is effectively worthless under the OEM license agreement.

They have spent a reasonable amount of money, effectively for nothing and though it is their responsibility to investigate the licence agreements, I couldn’t help feeling sorry for them. I really think that the resellers should attach very loud and clear warnings as to the nature of the OEM licensed products.

Can Microsoft lean on trusted resellers to make OEM software more difficult to purchase? Or at least pressure them into making sure the end user really knows what they are getting?

License Purchasing

Ricard00 — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:42:07 GMT

Hi Dave,

Thursday was most useful, however I would like to ask the wider SBS Community where they purchase their licenses.

Currently I use www.ideal.co.uk which has a very useful quote generator available which even calculates your mark-up and generates and end user quote.

What experiences do any of the rest of you have?

Thanks for the feedback.

Software Assurance/Volume Licencing

Paulie — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:38:36 GMT

I was quite pleased at the SBSC day to see how many other partners either don't use or don't understand the licensing options available to them

I consider myself to be pretty good technically but my lack of knowledge in this area is embarrasing and I really think I could be serving my customers better if I had a better knowledge of the options available. The ability to spread payments would certainly be attractive to many of my customers.

It was obvious from Daves presentation that he knows his stuff about licensing so I would like to ask if Dave(or anyone else for that matter) has any recommended reading to spell some of these things out to me more clearly.

Paul

SPLA - Hosted Server

andrewbettany — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:52:23 GMT

Hi,

What I am looking for is to host a SBS server (std) and licence it via SPLA to a particular client. I have joined the managed services yahoo group, but they seem to deal only with the managed side (ie monitoring), and the Service Provider community are more on the hosting side.

As the "middle man" I am not sure how to go about installing SBS via SPLA onto a dedicated server which can then be licenced for a client, so that all they see is the benefit (ie Exhange, Sharepoint etc) and they get a monthly fee from me for the "hosting/licensing".

How does the hosting part of this server work? - is it via TS for Apps - ie is it running a full instance of SBS within a TS session? How does the actual server box this work?

I guess I could call HP or Software Spectrum, but in the meantime, does anyone have any advice on how to get a server hosted?

I think vlad in the states is doing this sort of thing already, is there anyone this side of the pond?

Regards

Andrew