SOFTWARE RENTAL

Microsoft Certified ASP, we are entitled to ‘rent’ software licenses to customers on a monthly basis.  ASP licensing has been of significant assistance to customers facing the prospect of Microsoft’s new licensing programs, which in addition to the traditional upfront costs, now requires significant on-going expenditure.  Under this service, a customer chooses to let Mitsol acquire the necessary software licenses through various Service Provider License Agreements (SPLA). Mitsol then becomes the licensee of the software and will ‘on-rent’ it to its customers. The two ways of licensing on this basis are Subscriber Access License (SAL) and CPU Access License (CAL).

SUBSCRIBER ACCESS LICENSE (SAL): Per User Licenses

In the SAL mode, a License is required for each unique individual authorized to use the software in any given month.

Additional Benefits of the per subscriber model include:

•   Subscribers can access any number of servers from any number of devices, and
•   Subscribers can "scale out" by deploying as many servers as they need.

CPU ACCESSS LICENSE (CAL):  Per Processor Licenses

When licensing via the CPU licenses, an unlimited number of end users can use the software running on a single CPU for each CPU license acquired.

Additional benefits of the per CPU model include:

•   CPU licenses are easier to monitor and count, which lowers the service provider's administrative costs.
•   CPU licenses are economical across a variety of business scenarios where the utilization of the software may vary.
•   CPU licenses replace Internet Connector licenses, eliminating the need to distinguish between Internet, intranet, and extranet users.