Articles on SPLA and CSP Hosting

Every business needs to make money. And in the SPLA business, a few obstacles are in the way of making a profit.

SPLA partners support you operationally, but can’t represent you in Microsoft audits. Knowing where their role ends helps avoid costly assumptions.

Service providers can combine SPLA, CSP-Hosting, and Azure Arc on the same infrastructure, but only if they separate it correctly. We break down the rules, economics, and common compliance pitfalls.

Azure Arc offers hourly pay-as-you-go SQL Server licensing that rivals SPLA on price. We compare the two models side by side: costs, flexibility, compliance rules, and when each option makes more sense for service providers.

Here’s a simple guide on how to license Microsoft SharePoint in SPLA and calculate Subscriber Access licences and processor licenses for SharePoint Hosting.

CSP Hoster is a special program for Microsoft partners providing hosting and cloud services from their datacentres. It supplements but does not replace SPLA. It allows pre-building and pre-activating virtual machines with Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 apps on hosting.

Service providers with Microsoft SPLA – you don’t need the License Mobility Addendum anymore. Here’s the new approach and the reasons why it’s better.

If you’ve been dreaming about providing your end customers with hosted Azure Virtual Desktop under your management, here’s your chance for the next 17 months.

OEM licences cannot be used for hosting or shared infrastructure. They’re restricted to colocation where the customer owns the hardware. The specific restrictions, the Windows 11 rental exception, and what providers must know.

Windows Server BYOL rules differ significantly between Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, SPLA, and CSP-Hosting providers. Core requirements, CAL obligations, and cross-edition rights compared across all five scenarios.

SPLA changes and updates. New SPLA agreement. CSP-Hosting mistakes. BYOL slow uptake and compliance challenges. Audits and IaaS providers.

The most fundamental difference in the service provider licensing context is between shared and dedicated hardware. Learn it to be compliant in SPLA and CSP-Hosting.