Overview

A certified foundation level course designed to give an understanding of the different license types and looks at which would best suit your organisation. It also covers the different Volume Licensing programmes offered by the major software vendors and their maintenance programmes. This course is ideal for anybody wanting to gain an understanding of licensing and make the most of their organisation’s IT estate.

Morning Session: Module 1

Concepts:

• What is a license?
• Different license types
• Different agreement types

Vendor Volume Licensing Programmes

 Content:

 Introduction to licensing:

• The end user license agreement
• User rights for the different license types
  • FPP
  • OEM
  • Volume licensing agreements
• Microsoft
  • Open License Agreement
  • Open Value license Agreement
  • Select and select plus
  • Enterprise Agreement
  • Software Assurance
• Adobe
  • Transactional Licensing Programme
  • Cumulative Licensing Programme
  • Enterprise Licensing Programme
  • License Subscription
• Symantec
  • Express
  • Rewards
  • Enterprise Options
• Citrix
  • Enterprise Licensing Agreement
• VMware
  • Enterprise License Agreement

Afternooon Session: Module 2

Concepts:

• Product use rights for Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec
• Concepts for licensing Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec in a Virtual World 

Content:

• Product use rights for Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec
  • Applications
  • Operating systems
  • Server products
  • Developer tools
• Server product use rights
  • Server / CAL licensing
  • Processor licensing
  • Terminal Server
  • Thin Client licensing
  • SQL Server
• Licensing Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec in a Virtual World
  • Virtualisation principlas
  • Licensing servers in the virtual environment
  • Virtual Desktop Access (VDA)
  • Client Access Licenses
  • External Connectors
  • Management Servers
  • Processor licensing
• Extended Use Rights
  • Windows Server
  • SQL Server
  • SA Server
  • BizTalk

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