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SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Licensing
Hi Fouziya, that's a great question. SharePoint Server Subscription Edition will continue to use the Server/CAL licensing model, but those licenses will only be available through Software Assurance. We don't offer perpetual licenses for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Customers will need to renew their Software Assurance contracts to maintain the right to use SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. If their Software Assurance contract expires without being renewed, then customers will no longer have the right to use SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. So in essence the recurring subscription is implemented through Software Assurance.
Hope that clarifies things. Please let us know if you have any more questions!
MicrosoftHi Fouziya, that's a great question. SharePoint Server Subscription Edition will continue to use the Server/CAL licensing model, but those licenses will only be available through Software Assurance. We don't offer perpetual licenses for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Customers will need to renew their Software Assurance contracts to maintain the right to use SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. If their Software Assurance contract expires without being renewed, then customers will no longer have the right to use SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. So in essence the recurring subscription is implemented through Software Assurance.
Hope that clarifies things. Please let us know if you have any more questions!
Hi TroyStarr , may I know if M365 E5 license already covers the usage of SharePoint Subscription Edition? Or still need to purchase the Edition license separately? Thanks!