The Microsoft software products included in the program are available for licensing two models:
- Subscriber Access License (SAL)
- Per Processor License (PL)
Subscriber Access License (SAL)
- A SAL is mandatory for each user to whom the software is made available and/or who is authorized to use the software in any given month, regardless of actual usage.
- A separate server license is not required.
- Not all products are available to be licensed in the SAL mode.
Benefits of the Per Subscriber model include:
- Subscribers can access any number of servers.
- Service providers can "scale out"
- Service providers have minimal start-up costs
Per Processor License (PL)
- An unlimited number of end users can use the software running on a single CPU for each processor license acquired.
- Some products are not available to be licensed in the PL mode
Benefits of the Processor License model include:
- Processor licenses are easier to monitor and count.
- Processor licenses replace Internet Connector licenses.
- Processor licenses are economical across a variety of business scenarios.
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