Microsoft SPLA Licensing

Microsoft SPLA - Rent it, don’t buy it.

Our relationship with Microsoft gives us the unique ability to offer licenses for many Microsoft products on a monthly basis. From server OS and application licensing to SQL database client licenses, we can provide your business with solutions that save you money, improve your cash flow and keep you enjoying the latest technologies.

The Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) is a month-to-month (pay-as-you-go) licensing program that enables Concept to provide Fully Managed Microsoft Dynamics Hosting and other Microsoft software services to our customers without them having to commit to up-front capital costs and resulting risks. SPLA provides third party commercial use rights to Concept, who is the holder of these Microsoft licenses, so that end customers receiving services deployed on Microsoft software products are not required to obtain or manage their own Microsoft software licenses. End customers receive the right to directly or indirectly interact with functionalities of Microsoft software through the service provider’s SPLA licenses.

Here are the two licensing models to choose from under the SPLA program.

Per User

A subscriber access license is required for each unique individual who is authorized to use the software in any given month. This model allows a subscriber access to any number of servers from any number of devices, which allows Concept to easily "scale up" and deploy as many servers as needed.

Per Processor

A license is required for each processor allowing an unlimited number of end users can use the software running on the server. This model does not distinguish between Internet, intranet, and extranet users and quickly becomes very economical across a variety of business scenarios where the utilization of the software may vary.

Key Benefits

• Competitive Pricing. SPLA software pricing incorporates Software Assurance (Microsoft's software maintenance) thereby providing clients with the most current versions of the products available in the SPLA Program for one simple monthly price.
• Pay only for what you use. With SPLA, you pay as you deploy, and only for what you deploy. In other words, software becomes a pay-as-you-go service. This benefit can help our customers build flexibility in software costs and accelerate business profitability. It also makes software costs transparent allowing them to treat software as operating cost rather than capital cost.
• Cash Flow Management. Clients have near zero start-up costs, since they only pay for licenses based on what they use each month.
• Latest software versions. Your SPLA provides you access to the latest versions of Microsoft software at one convenient price point. Software is automatically and freely upgraded with every new version.
• Latest Hardware. Concept constantly updates its hardware and systems running SPLA providing clients with the benefits of the latest technology
• Free demos, tests, and evaluations. Customers can access limited demos, tests, and evaluations free of charge.
• Switch Licensing Models. Customers have the flexibility to switch between the 2 licensing model (Per User or Per CPU) from one month to the next.
• End-User License Rights. Customers utilizing SPLA services deployed by Concept are not required to obtain their own Microsoft software licenses, because they have the right to directly or indirectly interact with functionalities of Microsoft software through the Concept’s SPLA licenses.

For more information on Microsoft SPLA Licensing or for technical Microsoft product support, please contact Concept.