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Partner Success Core Benefits - Windows Server license
Hello,
we are evaluating to move from Action Pack to Partner Success Core Benefits. The only dubt I have is related to Windows Server licenses. On benefits list are reported 8 core license of windows server Standard/Datacenter. As minimum required licenses per server is 16 core, how we can proceed in order to integrate?
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Microsoft CSP Licensing Concierge
Currently we have an active Action Pack subscription which includes 16 Windows Server core licenses.
Following your license guide "Each physical server, including single-processor servers, needs to be licensed with a minimum of 16 core licenses." (Microsoft Windows Server | Microsoft Licensing Resources)
We are evaluating to upgrade our Action Pack to "Partner Success Core Benefits", but as it includes only 8 Windows Server Core licenses it does not meet minumum requirements for a full server license. (View full details of the Solutions Partner benefits and requirements)
So my question is: how can we use the licenses included in "Partner Success Core Benefits"? Can we purchase additional windows server core licenses separately?
Thanks and regards,
Alessandro
- LicensingConcierge1
Currently we have an active Action Pack subscription which includes 16 Windows Server core licenses
Action Pack does include certain product licenses; however, I don't see where the Windows licenses are included - Microsoft Partner Benefits and Offerings | Compare Offers
Do you have documentation that I can review that confirms the core licenses are included w/ your Action Pack?
- I've always thought that whoever was responsible for documenting the Server licenses (and now also implementing the Software Benefits page with the maximum Activations count) has never understood the move from server instance licensing to server processor core licensing.
If you look at the SKUs that are purchased by customers, most of these SKUs are 2-core pack licenses.
I've always looked at the quantity listed for the server (per core) products in MAPS (and now in Partner Success Core/Expanded) and multiplied by 2 to get the number of 2-core pack licenses you're entitled to.
This means for MAPS you can install Server 2022 Standard on 2 physical servers (16x 2-core pack licenses = 32 cores = 2x 16 core minimum license for a physical server).
And for Partner Success Core you can install Server 2022 Datacenter on a physical server (8x 2-core pack licenses = 1x 16 core minimum license for a physical server) and you also get to install Server 2022 Standard on another physical server.
So two physical servers running Windows Server, 1 with Datacenter (and unlimited DC/Std VMs), and another with Standard (and up to 2 Std VMs, so long as the host is running Hyper-V only workload).
And again the count changes for Partner Success Expanded.
What I do find strange in Partner Success Core is the 15 licenses for M365 Business Premium, the 10 CMLs and SCEP licenses, and then the 8 Windows Server CALs + RDS CALs. I mean, really? Who thought this usage scenario was sane?
What the new line-ups need is real-world scenario use, with examples of actual users working with the software/services and deployments on hardware/VMs including maximum resource usage.
Because at the moment both the MAPS and the new offerings have a grab-bag of products/services with a quantity number against them that don't translate to anything sane in real-world use.
