Provide technical support. An organization
is responsible for providing technical product support to their
users for the Microsoft products included in the Unified Solution.
•
Comply with the Microsoft license terms. Incorporate any applicable Microsoft license terms into the user
agreement for the Unified Solution.
Sign agreements. Complete the ISV Royalty License and Distribution Agreement, the Microsoft Business and
Services Agreement, and signature form. To obtain these documents, contact a distributor (listed at
www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/isv-program
).
Learn more about the ISV Royalty Licensing Program at the Microsoft Commercial Licensing website at
www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/isv-program
.
Services Provider License Agreement With the Services Provider License Agreement, a services provider organization can license Microsoft products
on a monthly subscription basis for a three-year agreement term. The organization can then use these products
to provide software services and hosted applications to its customers.
Tip… The Services Provider License Agreement is the only program that gives an organization the right to
license Microsoft products for commercial hosting.
The Services Provider License Agreement may be right for an organization if they have one of the following business scenarios: •
An organization provides their customers with direct or indirect access to Microsoft licensed products, such
as hosted websites or LOB applications through Microsoft server products.
•
An organization offers their customers software services that interact with Microsoft licensed products. In this
scenario, the organization, not the customer, are the licensee.
•
An organization facilitates their custome
r’s
business, including business transactions with third parties,
through software services that interact with Microsoft products.
•
An organization provides their customers with access to, and use of, any application, Microsoft or otherwise,
and the application is running on a server and interacts with a Microsoft product on that server.
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