All your licensing. Yes.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:32 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > So the letter is from a Microsoft Licensing, GP > 6100 Neil road NV > > RE: Microsoft Volume Licensing internal self-audit of Microsoft products > in use throughout your organization > > I assume even though it says Volume Licensing, they are still interested > in OEM/FPP as well? > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] SOT: Letter from MS, legitimacy ? > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:12:13 +0000 > > Sometimes there is an MS partner involved to assist and help you get > legal. The problem here is that different MS partners interpret the rules > differently as they can be focused on the true-ups and the implied > authority they have. I know from our experience that even trying to get > license renewals from people who understand the details if hard enough and > these people sell the stuff all day long. > > > > As long as you have good records and can satisfy yourself that you could > pass an audit then you should be fine. Start by gathering all the online > data - after all that is all MS know about, and then document the gaps. If > necessary take a photo of the COA / paperwork etc. of each machine and file > them into OneNote so you can have them to hand if you get asked questions. > > > > Mike > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Joe Matuscak > > *Sent:* 31 March 2014 16:56 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] SOT: Letter from MS, legitimacy ? > > > > Be prepared for a hair pulling experience. When we did the "It's not an > audit, we're here to > > help you manage your licenses" they ended up doing lots of aggravating > things. Stuff like > > not wanting to accept the idea that OEM XP licenses on a bunch of old HP > machines were > > valid since neither our accounting or the reseller's records went back far > enough to be > > able to produce an invoice. I think they finally dropped that when we came > up with an > > email acknowledgement from the purchase and took pictures of a number of > the COA > > stickers on some of the boxes. Then there was them saying we needed to > purchase > > something like 20 cores of SQL Server 2012. We were running 2008r2, > properly licensed > > and even with the 2012 transition, we were still properly licensed. I > ended up quoting them > > the relevant sections from the SQL 2012 licensing document about a dozen > times before > > they got it. There was several other dumb things. > > > > I've heard that this is being driven from the sales side of Microsoft as a > revenue enhancement > > tool. I didn't see anything that would make me think that's not the case. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Hi all > > > > One of my new clients called me and said they received a letter via Fedex > from MS, regarding licensing. In my 15+ years I have never had that occur > before , I asked them to email me the letter so I can take a look at it. > > > > They only recently (within the last year) gone to Volume Licensing for > Windows/Exchange/outlook and TS cals/licensing, all desktops are desktops > are OEM licensed. > > They are also a small company (maybe 40 desktops ) and a handful of > servers. > > > > Has anyone on here ever been contacted in this manner? > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > > > Joe Matuscak | Director of Technology > *Rohrer Corporation* | Office: 330-335-1541 > 717 Seville Road | Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 > www.rohrer.com | *A Better Package* > >
