Tag: hybrid use benefits

ByoL into AWS & Azure: Room for savings or new trap?

Post author By Damien Juillard
Post date April 13, 2020

Our customers have often asked us if they could use their licenses into the Cloud, and whether it was a real manner to optimize the spend, or just a non sense. To make a long story short, our answer is YES; keep as a quick answer that Bring your own Licenses into the Clouds is […]

Tags aws, Azure, cloud, compliance, hybrid use benefits, Microsoft, Optimizations, ROI, savings

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Microsoft licensing in the Cloud – Part 2

Post author By Damien Juillard
Post date April 8, 2020

Of course you guessed it after after first announcement a few days ago. There it is : SamBox.io now manages Bring you own License into Microsoft Azure. Ever heard of Hybrid Use Benefit ? Can I use my Windows Server licenses ? my SQL Server licenses ? In IaaS only, or in PaaS mode ? […]

Tags Azure, Bring your own license, cloud, compliance, hybrid use, hybrid use benefits, Microsoft, optimization

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Microsoft ESU – what’s the deal?

Post author By Damien Juillard
Post date March 20, 2020

Following the end of support for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 on July 9, 2019, Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 also reached the end of support on January 14, 2020. What does this mean and what are the alternatives? Microsoft’s support policy states that products have a 10-year lifecycle during which they will provide support. These 10 […]

Tags accuracy, compliance, esu, extended security update, hybrid use benefits, Microsoft