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	Why should a Service Provider acquire SPLA?
	SPLA is a simple and cost-effective software licensing program based on pay per use model that eliminates the need for large up-front software payments and annual license fees.


	Facilitates Licensing Compliance:	Use Rights Protection
	By acquiring SPLA, you meet the compliance requirements as per Microsoft.	The Service Provider Use Rights (SPUR) document provides the list of products and use rights of each product. The product use rights are version specific and fixed for the duration of the program.

	Pay – as – you – go	Easy license management
	You pay for what you use and how much you utilize – it is based on simple calculations on the number of end users licenses (SAL) or per processor licenses (PL) actually utilized on a monthly basis.	SPLA program offers 3rd party commercial user rights to service providers, who will be the holder of these Microsoft licenses, so that end customers receiving services deployed on Microsoft products need not acquire software license directly with Microsoft.

	Post Paid Model	Price Stability
	This model ensures that there is negligible acquisition cost for the various softwares. In addition, this post - paid model assists SaaS businesses in exploring new opportunities with minimum risk.	SPLA price changes if any occur on an annual basis in January.

	Zero Start-up & Upgrade Costs	Flexible Licensing Options
	Near zero start-up costs as the service providers pay for the licenses that are used each month. The price quoted for SPLA licenses covers the cost of all upgrades and provides customers with the right to use the current as well as the previous versions of the relevant Microsoft products.	All Microsoft software products in the Service provider Licensing program are licensed either in per user mode or per processor mode. The service provider can switch licensing mode from month-to-month.

	Software Assurance	Free Evaluation
	Each license comes with software assurance granting access to the most current version of Microsoft software products for one monthly price.	The evaluation period of 30 days allows the service providers to test out the application without incurring any fee.
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