Service Provider

Outsourcer

June 15, 2020

A Service provider who hosts Microsoft products on hardware that is fully dedicated to the customer’s use.

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Service Provider

June 17, 2020

Organization that offers its customers access to services built (at least in part) on Microsoft software; often requires special licensing via a SPLA (Services Provider License Agreement]].

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Licensing for Dedicated Hosting

July 2, 2020
Three different sets of rules apply to customers who bring their own licenses to run Microsoft software at a dedicated hosting firm.
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Dedicated Host Licensing Favors Azure

August 26, 2019
New licensing rules favor Azure over competing cloud platforms by restricting a customer’s ability to apply Microsoft software licenses to workloads hosted at Amazon, Google, and Alibaba on equipment reserved solely for that customer’s use.
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Applying Volume Licenses to Multitenant Cloud Workloads

August 26, 2019
Outlines customer options to apply on-premises licenses with Software Assurance (SA) to cover use of Microsoft software within workloads hosted at multitenant service providers.
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