Management Servers Licensing Model

License requirements for System Center and related systems management software and services.

Client ML

April 18, 2019

A Client Management License (ML) covers client-side licensing requirements for the two products governed under the Management Servers License Model, System Center and Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA); available Per-User, Per-OSE, or Per-Device.

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Server ML

April 18, 2019

Server Management Licenses (ML) provide the right for server OS-based workloads running on a physical server to be managed by one or more System Center components; starting Oct. 2016, Server MLs are Per-Core.

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Management Servers License Model

April 18, 2019

A license model exclusive to System Center products (and Advanced Threat Analytics) that requires managed servers and clients to be licensed with Server MLs (Management Licenses) and Client MLs respectively.

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