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Best Practices for Managing Microsoft Licenses
20 October 2004
 
Alvin R. Park  

Perform nine steps to develop the best strategy for managing Microsoft licenses and negotiating the most cost-effective contract to implement that strategy.







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Table of Contents


1.0
    
 Introduction

2.0
    
 Step 1: Review and Document Current Microsoft License Rights Owned

3.0
    
 Step 2: Review and Document Current Microsoft Product Usage or Installation by Version

4.0
    
 Step 3: Review Microsoft Product Road Map Information

4.1
    
 Windows and Office Milestones

5.0
    
 Step 4: Apply Microsoft Published Product Support Life Cycles to the Licensing Rights Currently Owned

6.0
    
 Step 5: Develop or Review the Organization's Strategy for Deployment of the License Rights Currently Owned or Those to be Acquired Through EA or SA Renewal

7.0
    
 Step 6: Review SA Content Offerings to Determine Their Value to the Organization.

8.0
    
 Step 7: Review Potential Risks for Not Renewing the Organization's EA.

9.0
    
 Step 8: Review Current License Management Strategy for All of the EA Component Products.

9.1
    
 Windows Client OS Upgrade — Managed Diversity
9.2
    
 Microsoft Office
9.3
    
 Core or BackOffice CALs

10.0
    
 Step 9: Review Best Practice Negotiating Tips and Techniques Prior to Initiating Discussions With Microsoft

11.0
    
 Conclusion

Appendix A.
    
 Acronym Key


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Review and Document License Rights from EA Agreements
 

Table 2.  
 Review and Document other License Rights from Open or Select License or License and SA Purchases
 

Table 3.  
 Review Current Microsoft Product Installation
 

Table 4.  
 Review Microsoft Road Map Information
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Timeline: Windows and Office Family
 

Figure 2. 
 Timeline: Other Key Servers
 

Figure 3. 
 SA Value Change for Desktops
 

Figure 4. 
 SA Value Change for Servers
 



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