@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-againYou provided different information there (did not follow the SW links before).
Yes, Open Value Subscription is different than a standard Open Value Agreement.
Apologies 
Check the link out towards the bottom:
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1915586-licensing-again
@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,
JimNo, 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.
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
Folks,
Hopefully you can help with this… In our VLSC centre, we have previous ‘expired’ agreements.
One agreement had an end date of 30/6/2012; in this agreement, although the status of the agreement is now ‘expired’, we purchased:
2 x P71-01088 in 2009.
2 x P71-01088 again in 2010.
And 2 x P71-01088 yet again in 2011.
Since P71-01088 is 'Windows Server Datacenter Edition with 1 Year SA' (perpetual I think????), does that mean that we would still own these three licenses now and can legally still use them/activate now?
They don’t look like annual subscriptions to me but one off purchases with SA (the SA would be expired obv).
These were never used, and are perpetual right? So we even now still own them even though the specific agreement has expired. Could we buy servers and license these three copies of Datacenter on to them?
As each had SA, each are allowed up to 2008 R2 max going by the purchase dates?
(Not saying we will, but in theory, are we legal?)
These were purchased by previous IT and just want to know where I stand with them...
Thanks again, (also posted on Spiceworks)
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1915586-licensing-again
Thanks,
Jim
Hi folks,
We are UK based. Never heard of SSAE 16 SOC3. A client has asked for our latest report - of course, we don't have one.
Reading up on this, it seems that SSAE is an American standard, not UK. Also, even though American, this also looks to not be a requirement, just guidance... is this the case?
Also, seems to only be related to those offering cloud services. So, Amazon AWS, Azure, Rackspace etc. We don't offer cloud services. We offer a simple subscription site to get content. We don't offer ability to run VMs, or use a mail app, in IaaS, SaaS etc...
Does this apply to us? Any information would be appreciated. We are not a datacenter. We are not an 'IT Service Provider'.
Thanks,
J
I have put in an IPOD before at an SMB. Although nothing failed before I left, at least not that I know of (as it was years ago), I now have the knowledge to build better solutions anyway. So would not do that again. This was 4 hosts, 1 EQL SAN. An MSP I worked for always put them in, even once they were aware of the issues. Sometimes, you cannot teach people as 'it always worked'... pfft.
If I were the OP, I would work with the business to define if, and why,, a failover cluster is needed. If not, things get so simple. Two hosts using replica to each other and great (tested) backups, is likely more than enough. If host A fails, start the replicas on B. If B fails, start the replicas on A. Have each doing 50%). Then backup on and off site and test both. If a cluster is needed, defo a vSAN like starwind.
@JaredBusch said in Anyone Looked at HubSpot CRM:
@StrongBad said in Anyone Looked at HubSpot CRM:
http://www.hubspot.com/products/crm
It appears to be a free, unlimited CRM product. Is anyone familiar with it? If so, any feedback?
I have not, but it looks like their money maker is their marketing application. So it is a complimentary piece of the puzzle designed to get you to buy the rest.
Solid choice of business model.
We use this for the marketing. Spend around £17,000 per year. Not sure if its any good though as it is for the marketing department. But, we do use it.
Ok, so i'm going with a VM. Development will cut the databases loaded in to memory down to 12/13GB, but for demo purposes, its fine.
Thanks folks,
Jim
@scottalanmiller said in 2G/4G/Options - San Francisco...:
@Jimmy9008 said in 2G/4G/Options - San Francisco...:
I'm really considering getting a 2012R2 license, creating a VM, and running from the laptop. Least it costs way less.
Way more reliable, too. And can be used over and over again
This looks to be my preferred option. Just waiting on our developers to confirm if they would be ok with only 16GB of RAM on the laptop, a 'light' version of the site just for demonstration purposes.
Our main site cant be put straight on the laptop for remote offline demo's as it uses 100's of GB of RAM; but just for demo purposes I hope they can create a light version. Lets see
I'm really considering getting a 2012R2 license, creating a VM, and running from the laptop. Least it costs way less.
@scottalanmiller said in 2G/4G/Options - San Francisco...:
4K is not that high for a conference feature.
It is for us 
@scottalanmiller said in 2G/4G/Options - San Francisco...:
I'm not sure how this can work, just get your people Hilton memberships. All Hilton Honors members get free wifi. So just by being there, they have to have access. If I just showed up randomly to the Hilton San Fran, I'd have WiFi access.
Checked with Sales. They have this package, but they say the hotels are huge and the WiFi doesn't always stretch to the conference center. Also, as the conference is busy, the WiFi is saturated and slow. Which is not good for demonstrations. Looks like the quote is for use of an actual physical wall socket via cat5/e/6/whatever... even then, 4k sounds like a lot to me.
@StrongBad said in 2G/4G/Options - San Francisco...:
@Jimmy9008 said in 2G/4G/Options - San Francisco...:
This is to do demonstrations of our product at a conference (web access is needed).
The conference itself is not providing Internet access? I would expect that to be part of presenting.
Nope. To have that provided is $4000 for 4 days.
The US seems very expensive. The sales guys just told me a story that they were quoted, for one US conference, for $300 for carpet. They took the price of and said no to carpet - when they got to the conference, somebody had cut a large chunk of carpet out around where they were based for the day! Wow. A huge floor space, all one nice carpet, now with a whole in the middle!
@scottalanmiller said in 2G/4G/Options - San Francisco...:
SF coverage is really good. It's one of the US tech centers. Verizon, AT&T and TMobile are your big carriers. Sprint is fourth.
That's as I would have thought. The problem though is if the sales folk have a dongle, get to the conference, and its say underground, or in the basement or what not - no coverage. WE generally have good coverage in London - sometimes though you go to a basement and boom - no 3G/4G - looking towards the VM idea at the moment as main option, and 3G as backup.
Hi folks,
Hopefully one of you have an answer to this; some of our sales team from the UK will be going to SF in December. This is to do demonstrations of our product at a conference (web access is needed). The conference is in the Hilton Hotel, specifically: 333 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA Hilton Hotel.
The problem: for 4 days internet access, the Hilton want to charge close to $4000 (before tax I assume). That is insane cost for 4 days of Internet access. Other options must be possible and would cost far less...
I have never been to the US, so have no idea what sort of 3G/4G or wireless/comms options are available. I assume the same as the UK (probably better). If so, in the UK I can get a 3G/4G dongle which can plug in to a laptop and give Internet access. With roaming charges on, this will cost, but would work in the US, and will still be < $4k.
The tricky part is this: Would we get coverage at the Hilton Hotel in SF? I had a look online, but couldn't find anything that helped. What is coverage like in the SF for carriers? Would we likely get 3G/4G? We would use BT mobile dongle from over here, I just assume this would work in the US via roaming charges and just switch carrier like it does when in Europe...
Another option: for $4000 we could get a laptop, loaded with two licensed 2012 R2 VMs, and run our site offline locally. That still comes to less than 4k! Shocking price. But, this means sales need to know how to troubleshoot VMs as I cant exactly remote in to the lappy when they have no Internet access (potentially risky)...
Third option: just pay the $4000 - yes its an option, although, its one I would hate to follow. Is Internet access really that costly in the US?!
Other options? Thoughts? (Also posted on Spiceworks).
Thanks,
Jim
Didn't realise your healthcare insurance costs that much. Damn.
@MattSpeller said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@scottalanmiller said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@scottalanmiller said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@DustinB3403 said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@scottalanmiller said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@DustinB3403 said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
And the counter offer was immediately refused.
So if he wasn't willing to negotiate maybe the position wasn't worth looking into.
That would be my take. He wasn't able to make you an offer worth you taking. It is what it is. You aren't desperate or out of work, you are just looking for a place to move up in the world. If they couldn't match what you make currently, it probably wasn't much of a step up.
That is how I viewed it as well.
Too many jobs get into the mindset that everyone that they hire is desperate and just happy to get an offer. They often forget that the people that they should be wanting to hire need incentive to want to work for them.
And they should want to hire people who are already working - should be asking why aren't they working?
Surprisingly, a tonne of companies actually only want people who are desperate and basically unemployable. Why? I'm not sure. Somehow they think that cheaper labour is better than good labour.
This is why I like my current employer so much and have stuck around. Motivated people who are here because they really really want to be.
I've seen a few places only hire desperate folks. Not sure why, I imagine it's something pathetic though like thinking that as you have helped them out in a tricky situation where they struggled and had no job... That the person would be more loyal. Silly.
If I were desperate and somebody used that to take advantage and pay me less than standard, they would have no respect from me and I would use them for a pay packet whilst searching for the job that does value me.
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Jimmy9008 said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Jimmy9008 said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
In the states, can new employers see what you made in previous jobs?
That depends on where you are coming from. But the general answer is no.
In this case, tell a white lie.
"Sorry, but my current pay and bonus exceed the offer. For any move to be financially viable I'd need 65k"
How would they know...
he didn't even need to lie, he gave them a counter offer and they already said no. And that counter offer was $58, 14% more than their original offer.
Fair
Least op knows now. No guessing.
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Jimmy9008 said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
In the states, can new employers see what you made in previous jobs?
That depends on where you are coming from. But the general answer is no.
In this case, tell a white lie.
"Sorry, but my current pay and bonus exceed the offer. For any move to be financially viable I'd need 65k"
How would they know...