system center - smse licensing changes effective july 1 st 2009
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System Center - SMSE licensing changesEffective July 1st 2009
Customer feedback on System Center licensing
Simplification: Multiple licensing constructs across Windows Server editions and System Center makes procurement complex. Need for alignment and simplification!
Cost Effective: Continue to help drive costs down. Get More for less, to enable higher Server coverage with System Center management tools
Flexibility: Enable flexible licensing that allows customers to adopt virtualization more broadly and faster
New System Center Server Management Suites
Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE)
------------------------------------Per Server Device, Unlimited OSEs
$1,504*
Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE)
------------------------------------Per Server Device, up to 4 OSEs +
Parent OSE$1,203*
Server Management Suite Datacenter(SMSD)
------------------------------------Per Proc, Unlimited OSEs
$1,504 for 2-proc, $3,008 for 4-proc*
*Pricing is Open NL ERP L&SA 2-years. Pricing for licenses purchased through resellers is determined by agreement between the reseller and customer. Actual prices and payment terms may vary.
Simplification: Alignment with Windows Server licensing
- Introduction of Datacenter tier for System Center with SMSD
- SMSE use rights aligned with Windows Server Enterprise Edition
Cost Effective: Even better now
- 20% price reduction on SMSE to enable broader server coverage with System Center
- Competitive pricing on SMSD
Flexibility: Offers choice of virtualization rights
- SMSD for high-density virtualized servers
- SMSE for physical or low-density virtualized servers
Introducing a new
Datacenter tier “SMSD”
Aligning SMSE use rights with Win Server EE
$648per Physical
$1,304per Host
$648per Physical
$648per Physical
Server ManagementSuite Enterprise (SMSE)
$1,203 per serverup to 4 OSEs + Parent OS
SMSE for Physical Servers - no virtualization
Standalone Cost: $3,248
With SMSE: $1,203
SMSE licensing for Physical Server Management
Configuration
Management(Physical &
Virtual)
End-To-End Monitoring
Server Compliance
Data Protection &
Recovery
*Pricing is Open NL ERP L&SA 2-years. Pricing for licenses purchased through resellers is determined by agreement between the reseller and customer. Actual prices and payment terms may vary.
Server ManagementSuite Enterprise (SMSE)
$1,203 per up to 4 OSEs + Parent OS
Enable customers to accelerate benefits of VirtualizationSMSE enables customers to address virtualized workloads with a broad set of Systems Management capability without incurring incremental cost up to 4 OSEs
$1,203up to 4 OSEsServer Management
Suite Enterprise (SMSE)
$0incrementalSMSE
$0incrementalSMSE
$0incrementalSMSE
$0incrementalSMSE
SMSE for Low Density Virtualization
*Pricing is Open NL ERP L&SA 2-years. Pricing for licenses purchased through resellers is determined by agreement between the reseller and customer. Actual prices and payment terms may vary.
Server ManagementSuite Datacenter
(SMSD)
$1,504 per 2-proc server
$3,008 per 4-proc server
Unlimited OSEs
Enable customers accelerate the benefits of VirtualizationSMSD enables customers to address high density virtualization server environments with a broad set of Systems Management capability without incurring incremental cost
$1,504 per 2-proc$3,008 per 4-procServer Management
Suite Datacenter (SMSD)
$0 incrementalSMSD
$0 incrementalSMSD
$0 incrementalSMSD
$0 incrementalSMSD
$0 incrementalSMSD
$0 incrementalSMSD
$0 incrementalSMSD
$0 incrementalSMSD
$0 incrementalSMSD
SMSD for High Density Virtualization
*Pricing is Open NL ERP L&SA 2-years. Pricing for licenses purchased through resellers is determined by agreement between the reseller and customer. Actual prices and payment terms may vary.
SMSE vs. SMSD: License Comparison
SMSE SMSDSku Purpose Physical and low-density
virtualized serversHigh-density virtualized servers
Products Included
Enterprise Server Management Licenses for:• Operations Manager• Configuration Manager• Data Protection Manager• Virtual Machine Manager
Virtualization Management Rights
Up to 4 OSEs + Parent OSE
Unlimited OSEs
License Type Per Device Per Proc
WS Alignment WS Enterprise Edition WS Datacenter Edition
PriceOpen NL ERP 2-Year L&SA
$1,203 (requires 2-proc min) $1,504 for a 2-proc server$3,008 for a 4-proc server
Which Suite License Do I Need?
• SMSE is best suited for management of physical or low-density virtualized servers with up to 4 guest VMs (4 OSEs).
• SMSD is best suited for management of high-density virtualized servers with more than 4 guest VMs (> 4 OSEs).
*Pricing is Open NL ERP L&SA 2-years. Pricing for licenses purchased through resellers is determined by agreement between the reseller and customer. Actual prices and payment terms may vary.
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