For those of us out there who think that Microsoft Software Assurance is purely about software upgrades this blog entry could be right up your street.... Microsoft have made available a very useful tool indeed..... The interactive benefits tool helps you to understand which Software Assurance benefits you’re entitled to with each of Microsoft's licensing agreements – the easy way. A new, user-friendly comparison table shows at-a-glance which of the sizeable suite of benefits you can access. Easy!
I’m not sure there is any difference in these two versions, but I’ll provide them both nonetheless:
Simply tick your chosen agreement (or, multiple if you want to compare side-by-side)…
then see your results:
Use the icons scattered about to find out more information, and for those wondering what App, Sys and Ser mean:
APP = application, e.g. Microsoft Office SYS = system, e.g. Microsoft Windows operating system SER = server, e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server, Server Client Access Licences (CALs) Useful stuff!