![]() “ With the introduction of the Flexible Virtualization Benefit, customers’ options for using Microsoft 365 Apps or Windows 10/11 outside their own data centers are expanded to include any Authorized Outsourcer’s shared servers” There are no clear changes in the Product Terms regarding Microsoft 365 Apps (the locally installable Office suite) but the licensing brief also released this month states: “ rights to access and use virtualized instances of Windows only apply to Licensed Users of a shared device with a Qualifying Operating System”īut that clause has now been removed. Microsoft 365 F3Īgain, the restrictions on access to virtual instances have been loosened. “ Essentially, when licensed as part of Microsoft 365, the requirement to use VDA rights for remote access from desktops without Qualifying Operating Systems no longer applies”. “ Licensed Users may only run Windows Enterprise locally on devices with a Qualifying Operating System.” ![]() “ rights to access and use remote virtualized instances of Windows only apply to Licensed Users that are the Primary User of a device licensed with a Qualifying Operating System.” The use rights for Windows as part of Microsoft 365 have been modified. This new language is present for volume licensing and also the MCA (CSP) which seems to say that CSP now allows local virtualization – previously only available with volume licensing. The Qualified Multi-Tenant Hoster (QMTH) requirement has been removed from this section as this hosting can now be done with the less restrictive “Authorised Outsourcers”. Windows 11 Enterprise/Education/VDA customers with per-user subscription licenses can install Windows 10 Creators Update or later in an Azure VM or a server that meets the requirements in the “ Outsourcing Software Management” clause. That last point means that, effectively, License Mobility within Server Farms has been enabled for Windows Server- both in outsourcers environments and your own on-premises environment – and so changes your licensing requirements within virtualized environments. Licenses can be re-assigned with the same server farm as often as needed.Licenses must have active SA or be active subscriptions – including CALs. ![]() Minimum of 16 core licenses per customer.License Windows Server virtual machines individually rather than based on underlying physical hardware – rules are: These apply to all “software” products (that is things that aren’t Online Services) and individual products may have their own specific terms on top. “ Customers may use licensed copies of the software on devices that are under the day-to-day management and control of Authorized Outsourcers, provided all such devices are and remain fully dedicated to Customer’s use.” “ Customers with subscription licenses or Licenses with active Software Assurance (including CALs) may access their licensed copies of software that is provided by a Cloud Solution Provider-Hoster and installed on that partner’s devices.” Dedicated device outsourcing This is similar to the existing “License Mobility through Software Assurance” benefit but doesn’t have the requirement to use an “ Authorized Mobility Partner” you can instead use any “ Authorized Outsourcer” partner which is any partner that isn’t a Listed Provider (Azure/Amazon AWS/Google Cloud/Alibaba). “ Customers with subscription licenses or Licenses with active Software Assurance (including CALs) may use licensed copies of the software on devices, including shared Servers, that are under the day-to-day management and control of Authorized Outsourcers.” ![]() There have been 3 additions to the “ Universal License Terms for all Software” in the Microsoft Product Terms under this clause: Flexible Virtualization Benefit
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