Update to Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program and Open License program changes

We’ve had a lot of questions from Service Providers and Hosters around the ability to procure Perpetual software licenses through the Cloud Solution Provider program (CSP).

Microsoft announced in September 2020 that they will be sunsetting the Open Business volume licensing program, at which point all non-software assurance breadth transactions will be fulfilled through CSP. 

Unfortunately this doesn’t change anything for Hosters, where SPLA will continue to be the primary licensing vehicle.  The use terms of License Mobility require you have Software Assurance with any license you want to leverage with a 3rd Party Hoster.

However, you can sell perpetual software licenses for on premise (at the client location) consumption or potentially use this license option to address hosting scenarios where customers have fully dedicated hardware.

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