How to SPLA – Management and Audits [Masterclass]
Are you a Services Provider? Do you have a Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) with Microsoft? Let's talk about common pitfalls and ways to avoid them.
Why should you care? $500,000,000 reasons. This is about how much we have protected in total in several SPLA Audit Defence exercises.
But how and why did those providers get into such a situation in the first place? This, and how not to repeat their mistakes, is what we're talking about.
Presented by Alexander Golev and Daryl Ullman, partners in SAMexpert.
WE USUALLY TALK ABOUT
🟡 Migrating Microsoft Licenses to the Cloud at minimal cost and risk
🟡 Microsoft License Management
🟡 Microsoft Negotiations: getting the best deal possible
🟡 What are the main frustrations in Microsoft SPLA business
🟡 Your contractual obligations in SPLA
🟡 How can you protect yourselves from non-compliance claims
🟡 The rules of BYOL, or how end-customers may bring their own licenses
🟡 Using volume licenses for hosting instead of SPLA
🟡 Your compliance obligations in SPLA (aside from the licenses)
🟡 Internal use of SPLA licences (by you)
🟡 The importance of knowing what services you provide
🟡 Inventory and reporting data
🟡 SPLA reporting tools and solutions
🟡 Top ways to maximise your SPLA ROI
🆘 Under Audit? ☎️ Call us now!
https://samexpert.com/services/microsoft-spla-audit-defense/
ESSENTIAL READING
🟢 Microsoft SPLA Explained: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-spla/
🟢 Microsoft SPLA Audit Guide: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-spla-audit/
🟢 Microsoft Audit Notices: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-license-review-notification-audit-notice/
🟢 Microsoft BYOL Explained: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-byol-explained/
🟢 Microsoft Audit Guide: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-audits-explained/
Why should you care? $500,000,000 reasons. This is about how much we have protected in total in several SPLA Audit Defence exercises.
But how and why did those providers get into such a situation in the first place? This, and how not to repeat their mistakes, is what we're talking about.
Presented by Alexander Golev and Daryl Ullman, partners in SAMexpert.
WE USUALLY TALK ABOUT
🟡 Migrating Microsoft Licenses to the Cloud at minimal cost and risk
🟡 Microsoft License Management
🟡 Microsoft Negotiations: getting the best deal possible
🟡 What are the main frustrations in Microsoft SPLA business
🟡 Your contractual obligations in SPLA
🟡 How can you protect yourselves from non-compliance claims
🟡 The rules of BYOL, or how end-customers may bring their own licenses
🟡 Using volume licenses for hosting instead of SPLA
🟡 Your compliance obligations in SPLA (aside from the licenses)
🟡 Internal use of SPLA licences (by you)
🟡 The importance of knowing what services you provide
🟡 Inventory and reporting data
🟡 SPLA reporting tools and solutions
🟡 Top ways to maximise your SPLA ROI
🆘 Under Audit? ☎️ Call us now!
https://samexpert.com/services/microsoft-spla-audit-defense/
ESSENTIAL READING
🟢 Microsoft SPLA Explained: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-spla/
🟢 Microsoft SPLA Audit Guide: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-spla-audit/
🟢 Microsoft Audit Notices: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-license-review-notification-audit-notice/
🟢 Microsoft BYOL Explained: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-byol-explained/
🟢 Microsoft Audit Guide: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-audits-explained/