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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      As Jared said, SA gives you special upgrade and support rights, it is not the licensing for the OS itself. I know of no MS OS license that "expires", it just stops being available for updates.

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        thwr @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

        As Jared said, SA gives you special upgrade and support rights, it is not the licensing for the OS itself. I know of no MS OS license that "expires", it just stops being available for updates.

        That's what I was told from our MS rep. SA is just granting you free upgrades in case MS releases a new version within the SA period.

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          Jason Banned @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

          As Jared said, SA gives you special upgrade and support rights, it is not the licensing for the OS itself. I know of no MS OS license that "expires", it just stops being available for updates.

          Server 2017.. just wait..

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            Jimmy9008
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            So, end of this is that as the licenses are under a subscription agreement, then they are now not valid.
            Oh well.

            But thanks folks,
            Jim

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              JaredBusch @Jimmy9008
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              @Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

              So, end of this is that as the licenses are under a subscription agreement, then they are now not valid.
              Oh well.

              But thanks folks,
              Jim

              No, that is completely not how MS licensing works.

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                Jimmy9008 @JaredBusch
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                @JaredBusch said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                @Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                So, end of this is that as the licenses are under a subscription agreement, then they are now not valid.
                Oh well.

                But thanks folks,
                Jim

                No, that is completely not how MS licensing works.

                Chris (Microsoft) over at Spiceworks has confirmed for me that when the subscription ended, if these were ever installed, they should be removed.

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                  Jimmy9008
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                  Check the link out towards the bottom:
                  https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1915586-licensing-again

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @Jimmy9008
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                    @Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                    Check the link out towards the bottom:
                    https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1915586-licensing-again

                    You provided different information there (did not follow the SW links before).

                    Yes, Open Value Subscription is different than a standard Open Value Agreement.

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                      Jimmy9008 @JaredBusch
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                      @JaredBusch said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                      @Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                      Check the link out towards the bottom:
                      https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1915586-licensing-again

                      You provided different information there (did not follow the SW links before).

                      Yes, Open Value Subscription is different than a standard Open Value Agreement.

                      Apologies 🙂

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                        JaredBusch @Jimmy9008
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                        @Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                        @JaredBusch said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                        @Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                        Check the link out towards the bottom:
                        https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1915586-licensing-again

                        You provided different information there (did not follow the SW links before).

                        Yes, Open Value Subscription is different than a standard Open Value Agreement.

                        Apologies 🙂

                        I admit, that based on your OP, I just assumed a standard OV agreement. OVS is super rare in the SMB.

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                          Jason Banned @JaredBusch
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                          @JaredBusch said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                          OVS is super rare in the SMB.

                          It's rare anywhere it's only allowed for networks with up to 250 computers.

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                            Jimmy9008 @JaredBusch
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                            @JaredBusch said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                            @Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                            @JaredBusch said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                            @Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft Licensing... Old Agreements...:

                            Check the link out towards the bottom:
                            https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1915586-licensing-again

                            You provided different information there (did not follow the SW links before).

                            Yes, Open Value Subscription is different than a standard Open Value Agreement.

                            Apologies 🙂

                            I admit, that based on your OP, I just assumed a standard OV agreement. OVS is super rare in the SMB.

                            Just fixing things here. Not really tackled licenses before. Previous lot of people didn't really take care of licenses and just let the supplier gget whatever...

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                              Jimmy9008
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                              Next renewal we will either get perpetual so we own, or go cloud where the price of the OS is included in the rental.

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