Overview

This advanced course builds on your fundamental knowledge of licensing and looks at complex environments, which will provide you with a better understanding to correctly license your organisation's estate and utilise advanced Product Use Rights. This course is designed to cover the more technical aspects of license purchasing including the cost benefits of programs such as Open, Select and Enterprise as well as how server builds impact licensing. After this course you will be able to review license requirements to ensure you are utilising the most cost effective and legal way to license your software estate.

Course attendees should already have a basic knowledge of software licensing or have attended our 'Licensing Fundamentals' course.

Morning Session: Module 1

Concepts:

• Advanced product use rights for
• Applications, Operating Systems and Servers
• Windows 7, BizTalk and ISA

 Content:

• Different product use rights for
  • Applications
  • Operating systems
  • Server products
  • Developer tools
• Applications, Operating Systems including Windows 7, Servers
  • Server / CAL licensing
  • Processor licensing
  • Terminal Server
  • Thin Client licensing
  • SQL Server
  • BizTalk Servers
  • ISA Servers

Afternooon Session: Module 2

Concepts:

• Advanced licensing for the virtual environment
• Upgrading licensing versus upgrading technology
• How to review license requirements taking into account plans for technology updates and the licensing cost implications

Content:

• Virtualisation principals
• Windows Remote / Diskless PC licensing
• Vista Enterprise Centralised Desktop (VECD)
• Licensing servers in the virtual environment
  • Client Access Licenses
  • External connector
  • Management servers
  • Processor licensing
• Extended use rights
  • Windows Server
  • SQL Server
• Adobe & Symantec licensing in the virtual world

Timetable

• 09.00 - 09.30 : Registration, welcome & refreshments
• 09.30 - 12.30 : Morning session
• 12.30 - 13.30 : Lunch
• 13.30 - 16.30 : Afternoon session