Microsoft Partner Briefing LAR Update

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Microsoft Partner BriefingLAR Update

• Sydney 23 November 2004

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Introduction
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Agenda

• Promotions Update
• Volume Licensing Enhancements
• Licensing Marketing
• Software Assurance Update
• Licensing Overview
• MOM 2005
• SMS 2003
• System Center 2005 Quick Update
• Questions/Close

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Promotions Update

• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Std/Ent Edition
• Promotion for Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
• New
• Free download of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
  Std/Ent Edition
• All active MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise
  subscribers are eligible
• Valid through Mar 31 2005

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Promotions Update

• Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
• Promotion for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
• Promotion Extension
• Migrate from Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to MSDN
  Subscriptions at SA only prices
• Valid through Dec 31 2004

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Promotions Update

• Microsoft Office Live Communications Server
  2005 and
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• New
• Discounted SQL Server Standard 2000 Processor
  License
• Eligible if customer purchases, or has purchased
  LCS 2005 Enterprise Edition
• Valid through Dec 1 2004 June 30 2005

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Promotions Update

• Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration
• (ISA) Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
• Promotion Extension
• Up to 20 Discount
• LSA Only
• Valid through Feb 28 2005
• www.microsoft.com/isaserver/howtobuy/promotion.asp

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Licensing Enhancements

• Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems
• Licensing in blade PC Environments
• New model for Operating System licensing
• Remote Desktop License (RDL) for Microsoft
  Windows XP Professional
• Available on price lists Nov 1 2004

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Licensing Enhancements

• Enterprise Agreement new Core CAL SA SKU
• New for EA renewals
• CORE CAL with SPS SA
• Available on price lists Nov 1 2004

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Licensing Enhancements

• Step-Ups License now programmatic offering
• Enterprise Edition Step-up License
• Microsoft Office 2003 Transition and Step-up
  License

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Licensing Enhancements

• Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
  Migration
• Project Standard customers
• Must have Software Assurance for Microsoft
  Project Standard prior to and active on Sept 1
  2003 to run Project Professional 2003
• Project Professional Software Assurance Step-up
  License
• Must have active Software Assurance today to
  acquire Step-Up License Project Professional

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Licensing Marketing

• Software Assurance Resource Portfolio CD
• (Jan 2005)
• Complete Software Assurance resource for
• Customers
• Partners
• Contents include
• Benefit guides, communication templates and
  posters
• Analyst reports, case studies and tools
• SA messaging mapped to audience and technologies

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Licensing Marketing

• Product Licensing Web Site
• www.microsoft.com/licensing/userights
• Easy access to licensing terms, conditions and
  supplemental and promotional information 
• How products are licensed through Volume
  Licensing
• All in one place
• Advise fellow staff and customers

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Licensing Marketing

• Licensing NEW Multi-Core Processors
• Good news for customers
• Software licensed on a per-processor model today
  will continue to be licensed on per-processor
  model
• Ensures customers get maximum value
• Alvin Park
• Gartner http//www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?do
  c_cd124491.
• Microsoft has decided not to charge additional
  license fees for multicore processor technology.
  This preemptive move will save customers money
  and likely force competitors to reconsider their
  own licensing strategies. Park also recommends
  customers to take advantage of this development

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Licensing Marketing

• TechNet Plus v2.0
• New benefits
• Full-version evaluation software
• Two (2) free technical support incidents
• Applies to new, current and TechNet Plus SA
  benefit customers
• Price increase will not occur until Mar 1 2005
• No price increase for TechNet Plus SA benefit
  customers
• Advise customers of the new benefits and
  promotional pricing

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Licensing Marketing

• Windows Rights Management Services (RMS)
• Digital information at risk of being leaked
• Customers need a better way to protect
  information
• RMS safeguards information
• Speak to your customers about RMS

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Software Assurance Update

• Extended Lifecycle Hot-fix Support
• NT End-of-life summary
• No-fee support for NT Server ends Dec 31 2004
• As of Jan 1 2005
• Non-security hotfixes unavailable
• Pay-per-incident and Premier support (incl.
  security hotfixes) no longer available.
• Customers requiring support beyond 2004 have two
  options
• Customer support agreement
• Self-help using online knowledge base
• SA customers receive extended support benefits
• Advise customers

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Software Assurance Update

• Software Assurance Benefit Reports
• EPP Reports (Note this does not reflect
  Australian EPP offering)
• Details include Purchase Date, Product Family,
  Version, Language, Shipment Status, Shipment
  Date, Ship To City, Ship to State Province, Ship
  to Country, and Quantity Ordered
• HUP
• Details include Order ID, Purchase Date, Product
  Family, Version, Language, Shipment Status,
  Shipment Date, Ship To City, Ship to State
  Province, Ship to Country, and Quantity Shipped
• PRS
• Details include Incident Number, Incident Logged
  Date, Incident Status, Product Family, Server
  Product Version, and Service Level
• Training Vouchers
• Details include Voucher Number, Voucher Created
  Date, Voucher Expiration Date, Voucher Days,
  Course Name, Voucher Status, and Training
  provider Name

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Licensing Overview

• MOM 2005
• SMS 2003

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Licensing Overview

• What is MOM 2005
• Windows Server and Application management tool
  reduces both cost and effort
• Allows administrators to view and monitor Servers
  and Applications from one location
• Provides reports and alerts aimed at identifying
  problems before they occur and optimising network
  performance

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Licensing Overview

• What is MOM 2005
• Compliments the functionality of SMS as the two
  together provide a complete solution
• MOM detects the issues
• SMS configures and manages the change
• Software Requirements
• Windows 2000 Server or later
• SQL Server 2000 Standard or Enterprise Edition

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Licensing Overview

• MOM 2000 Licensing
• Licensed per-processor
• Base License
• Required for each of your Manager Servers
  processors and for each of your Managed Devices
  processors
• Manager Server the computer on which the Server
  software is installed
• Managed Device a single PC, workstation,
  handheld computer managed/monitored by the server

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Licensing Overview

• MOM 2000 Licensing
• Application License
• This is required in addition to the Base License
  for each processor running additional
  applications that will also be managed i.e.
  Exchange, SQL
• Exception
• Processors isolated by partitioning
• If a processor has been made inaccessible to all
  operating system copies on which the Server
  Software or Client Software is set up to run

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Licensing Overview

• NEW MOM 2005 Licensing
• As of October 1st, 2004
• Simpler, less complex model
• A Server License required for each Manager Server
• Plus, an Operations Management License (OML) is
  required for each Managed Device

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Licensing Overview

• NEW MOM 2005 Licensing
• MOM 2005 Server License
• Permits one installation of MOM on a single
  Server
• MOM 2005 Operations Management License (OML)
• Permits one Device to be managed by MOM 2005

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Licensing Overview

• NEW MOM 2005 Licensing
• MOM 2005 with SQL Server 2000 Technology
• Permits one installation of MOM to be installed
  on a single Server, AND,
• Permits one copy of SQL Server 2000 Technology to
  be used exclusively in support of MOM 2005 and
  SMS primary site server

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Licensing Overview

• NEW MOM 2005 Licensing
• MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition NEW
• License for IT environments with lt10 Servers
• A Server is required for Manager Server
• No Device management Licenses are required
• All Server components, including the operational
  database, are installed on one physical machine

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Licensing Overview

• NEW MOM 2005 Licensing Migration Options
• Applicable for all customers with MOM 2000
  Base/Application licenses covered by UA/SA/EA as
  of October 1st, 2004
• Each 2000 Base or Application License may be
  upgraded to either
• 1x MOM 2005 Server or
• 1x MOM 20005 OML

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Licensing Overview

• SMS 2003 Licensing
• SMS 2003 Server License
• Permits one installation of SMS on a single
  Server
• SMS Configuration Management Licenses (CML)
• Permits one Device to be managed by
• SMS 2005

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Licensing Overview

• NEW SMS 2003 Licensing
• SMS 2003 secondary site servers
• No server license required but
• SMS CML required for managed secondary site
  servers

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Licensing Overview

• NEW SMS 2003 Licensing
• SMS 2003 with SQL Server 2000 Technology
• Permits one installation of SMS to be installed
  on a single Server, AND,
• Permits one copy of SQL Server 2000 Technology to
  be used exclusively in support of SMS 2003
  primary site server and MOM

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Licensing Overview

• NEW SMS 2003 Licensing Migration Options
• Applicable for all customers with SMS 2000
  licenses covered by UA/SA/EA as of Dec 1 2004
• Each 2000 license may be upgraded to either
• 1x SMS 2003 with SQL Server 2000 or
• 1x SMS 2003

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Licensing Overview

• Coming Soon System Center 2005
• Simplified customer experience
• Includes
• Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
• Operating System Deployment Feature Pack
• Device Management Feature Pack
• Administration Feature Pack
• Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
• Microsoft System Center Reporting Server

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Additional Resources

• Licensing Hotline 13 20 58
• Product Licensing Web Site
• www.microsoft.com/licensing/userights
• SA Benefits (Post Sale)
• Select License and Enterprise Agreement customers
• MVLS
• email MVLSApac_at_microsoft.com or Toll 02 8223
  9202 and Toll-Free 1800 002 691
• Open License
• eOpen
• email eOpenap_at_microsoft.com or Toll 02 8223 9202
  and Toll-Free 1800 002 691

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Summary/Close