Three different sets of rules apply to customers who bring their own licenses to run Microsoft software at a dedicated hosting firm.
Records the type and quantity of SA-covered licenses being reassigned under License Mobility through SA or RDS User CAL Extended Rights toward workloads run at an Authorized Mobility Partner (or at Microsoft Azure).
A third-party service provider authorized by Microsoft to run Windows and certain Windows-based applications within server-based desktops hosted on multitenant hardware.
A third-party service provider authorized by Microsoft to run Windows and certain Windows-based applications within server-based desktops hosted on multitenant hardware; See Qualified Multitenant Hoster for in-depth entry.
A third-party service provider authorized by Microsoft to host certain server-based products on multitenant hardware under the context of customer-supplied licenses that convey a License Mobility through SA benefit.
A use right provided through volume licensing programs that allows customers to repurpose server licenses with active SA (Software Assurance) toward workloads running on a service provider's multitenant servers. See synonym License Mobility through SA for in-depth entry.
A SA (Software Assurance) benefit, offered for several server applications, that allows server-side licenses to be reassigned to cover workloads running on a service provider's multitenant servers, including Microsoft's own Azure.