Software Licensing
Overview¤
AUCloud can provide licensing for a number of Microsoft; VMware; and Red Hat products when deployed within the AUCloud infrastructure. Licensing models may change depending on whether AUCloud's multi-tenant platform is used; or if a customer deploys to a dedicated environment.
Operating system licence templates¤
AUCloud provided templates for Microsoft Windows (various versions); and Red Hat Enterprise Linux by default will use AUCloud provided Licences. If you are seeking to Bring Your Own Licence (BYOL), please contact your Customer Success Manager.
Microsoft Products currently supported by AUCloud¤
Microsoft's SPLA enables us to sell many products such as Sharepoint Server, Biztalk Server, etc. For a product not on this list please contact AUCloud Support or your sales team.
| Name | Version | How |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server | 2016 | AUCloud standard template in VCD |
| Windows Server | 2019 | AUCloud standard template in VCD |
| Windows Server | 2022 | AUCloud standard template in VCD |
| BYOL Windows Server | Any | Customer provided or AUCloud template, contact support for licensing |
| SQL Server | Web | Customer installed, contact support for licensing |
| SQL Server | Standard | Customer installed, contact support for licensing |
| SQL Server | Datacentre | Customer installed, contact support for licensing |
| SQL Server | Developer | Unsupported, see below for details |
Microsoft licensing in AUCloud's multi-tenant platform¤
AUCloud licences Microsoft products using the Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA). Unfortunately, this does not provide any not for profit or charity options for licensing. However, customers can choose to bring their own licences (subject to applicability), through Microsoft's recent improvements in licensing and the Flexible Virtualisation Benefit.
Flexible Virtualisation benefit
Products covered by the Flexible Virtualisation Benefit The Flexible Virtualisation benefit applies to all software products that are available under subscription licenses or licenses with Software Assurance coverage. This includes server products such as...SQL Server, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, System Center and others. This also includes desktop products such as Windows 10/11, Office desktop applications and Microsoft 365 Apps.
Customers are also able acquire and bring their own licences (for example Academic or Not For Profit) through other Microsoft licensing schemes such as the Enterprise Agreement or Open Value subscription. Microsoft provide specific licensing options for some industries which can be exploited.
BYOL Windows Server licences¤
Please note that AUCloud cannot support Customers who wish to bring their own Windows Server licences to our multi-tenant platform as we already provide Windows Server licensing for these servers via Microsoft SPLA. AUCloud cannot 'mix and match' SPLA and FVB Windows Server licensing on these servers.
When servers are dedicated to the Customer's use, they may bring their own licensing. Please contact AUCloud Support or your sales team to discuss this in more detail.
SQL Developer¤
Despite being a 'free' licence, SQL Developer edition is not eligible for license mobility.
Therefore it can only be installed on a dedicated server, or a virtual machine that is hosted on your own dedicated server.
BYOL Red Hat licences¤
AUCloud is a registered CCSP which enables us to provide Red Hat licences to Customers. However, we are not a 'Cloud Access' partner, so cannot support customers who wish to bring their own licences at this time.
Please contact AUCloud Support or your sales team if you require this service and we can consider your request.
AUCloud Hardware dedicated customers¤
Customers can bring most Microsoft licences to dedicated hardware as, from Microsoft’s perspective, the hardware is no different to the customer running it themselves.