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Computing News | Partners: Backlash Likely From Vista Enterprise Licensing Plan
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 22:54 Tuesday, 28th February 2006 GMT
Source: Information Week
Windows Vista Enterprise will be available only to those who sign up for Software Assurance, Microsoft's software-maintenance program. Some question the wisdom of this approach.
Microsoft will face some backlash from a new requirement that would make Windows Vista Enterprise available only to those who sign up for Software Assurance, solution providers say.
Windows Vista Enterprise is one of six versions of the Windows client upgrade expected later this year. The enterprise version, as well as the upcoming Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs will be available only through Software Assurance, Microsoft's software maintenance program.
"There will probably be some pushback on that. There's already been pushback on buying Software Assurance because there's no guarantee [software"> will be released during the term of the customer contract, " said David Orvis, license management services strategist at Software Spectrum, a Plano, Texas-based solution provider and major Microsoft reseller. "In some cases, it will help Microsoft get Software Assurance contracts. But Vista Enterprise being an entitlement only on SA? It will be a major issue. But I don't know how much of a backlash there will be."
The new Software Assurance benefits and requirements for 2006 are slated to go into effect in mid-March, Microsoft told CRN last week. The company said most of its enterprise clients buy Enterprise Agreements [EAs"> and won't be affected by the new requirement, since EAs bundle in Software Assurance, commonly referred to as SA.
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