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License Program Detail Information
 
Program Name:   Microsoft Service Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA)
 

Overview

The Services Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA) Program enables your organization to license Microsoft software products and to use these products to provide software services to your customers. Software services are basically services that you provide to your customers that make available licensed products and that display, run, access, or otherwise interact with these licensed products. One or more data centers may provide these services through the Internet, a telephony network, or a private network on a rental or on a subscription or services basis. In addition, the services may be provided whether or not the services provider receives a fee.

Benefits

  • Delivery of Customized Service - The SPLA provides you with the flexibility of licensing Microsoft products to customers on a dedicated hosting environment or shared hosting environment. Your customers can let you manage the services, as well as Microsoft product licensing rights.
  • Flexible Cost Structure - The SPLA offers a monthly use-based licensing cost; therefore, you pay only for what was used the previous month.
  • Zero Start-Up Costs - With the SPLA, you have near zero start-up costs. You report and pay only for the licenses once the actual use occurs. There is no minimum commitment up front.
  • Wide Selection of Microsoft Software Products - You have access to a wide range of server products, as well as desktop applications.
  • Worldwide Distribution - You can use Microsoft Software Products to sell your services to customers in any part of the world, regardless of your own location.
  • Corporate and Academic Pricing Offering - Service organizations can sell to academic customers, such as schools and universities. The Service Provider Licensing Program has great offers for academic customers.
  • Pay as You Go - Customers pay only for what they use on a monthly basis.
  • Most Current Product Version - The SPLA offers the most current version of Microsoft software products, which allows you and your customers to access the software products with the most updated security and other enhanced features.
  • Customers Can Try Before They Buy - Your customers have a 60-day trial period to use the Microsoft software you provide. You may also provide demos to your customers free of charge. 

How it Works:

  • 3 year agreement offering non-perpetual licenses
  • Every license includes Software Assurance
  • No minimum commitment required
  • License usage reported monthly to SHI
  • Payment due monthly for usage

The Role of the SPLA Reseller

The Services Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA) is an agreement between you and Microsoft, with a named reseller acting on your behalf for administration and reporting.

Your dedicated account team is responsible for placing your monthly usage orders and periodic media orders.

In addition to your dedicated account team, SHI has several Microsoft product and licensing experts who can help provide your organization with the most up-to-date information via webinars, trainings and newsletters. 

Media Fulfillment: 

You may place an order at any time during the month with your SHI Account Executive.  You can order up to a maximum of 10 of any individual media SKUs using one purchase order during the term of your agreement. 

Enrollment Term and Extension:

Three-year term, which may be extended.  In order to extend the existing agreement, you must request an extension of the agreement from SHI/Microsoft at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the initial 3-year term. 

Eligible Products

Sample of Microsoft Product Families Available under the SPLA 


 

Microsoft Application Center

Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator

Microsoft BizTalk Adaptor

Microsoft BizTalk Server

Microsoft Class Server

Microsoft Commerce Server

Microsoft Content Management Server

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Hosted Server

Microsoft Office FrontPage® Web site creation and management tool

Microsoft Host Integration Server

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server

Microsoft Identity Integration Server

Microsoft Live Communications Server

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office Project

Microsoft Office Project Server

Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server

Microsoft Office Visio drawing and diagramming software

Microsoft Provisioning System

SoftGrid for Terminal Services

Microsoft Operations Manager

Microsoft Speech Server

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft Systems Management Server

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager

Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET development system

Microsoft Windows Server

  Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server

View a complete list of products in the SPUR available at: www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/licensing. Click the Service Provider Use Rights link. 

Software Assurance  

Each license comes with software assurance granting access to the most current software version for that license. 

To Enroll in SPLA, you must first meet the eligibility requirements. This means you must either:

Enroll in the Microsoft Partner Program as a Microsoft Certified Partner at https://partner.microsoft.com/

-OR-

Enroll in the Microsoft Partner Program as a Registered Partner (https://partner.microsoft.com/) AND enroll in the Microsoft Hosting Program at https://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/programs/windowswebhosting.mspx 

Once the eligibility requirements have been met, please contact your SHI Account Executive.  If you are new to SHI, please contact the SPLA Program Manager, Sean Bergin, at spla@shi.com for more information & to be put in contact with the Account Executive for your region.


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