SPLA. MICROSOFT Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA)

Deliver tailored IT services to your customers through a dedicated or shared hosting environment

Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA).

With the Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) from Microsoft®, Hosters and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with hosted offerings can license Microsoft software on a monthly basis to provide services and hosted applications to their end customers. There are no upfront costs, no risks, and you pay for only what you use!

While other Microsoft Volume Licensing programs do not allow commercial hosting of Microsoft licensed products, the SPLA does. In fact, the SPLA was specifically designed based on direct feedback from Microsoft service provider partners to deliver competitive advantage.

Why Use SPLA?
SPLA is the only Microsoft Licensing program that provides use rights for hosting. Other programs like Enterprise Agreement (EA), Open, Select, FPP and OEM do not

Microsoft Licensing Use Rights on Volume License Agreements (EA, Select, Open) as well as OEM and FPP restricts
◦ Hosting (providing software services)
◦ Sharing of Hardware Resources (i.e. Server must be dedicated to customer)

We will help you by:

Facilitating the formal agreements between you and Microsoft
Providing you with ongoing licensing scenario advice
Helping you network with other service providers to explore opportunities to deliver joint offerings
Escalating complex issues to Microsoft on your behalf
Collect your monthly usage reports and submit them to Microsoft

SPLA Key Benefits:

No upfront costs for software
Pay monthly only for what you use
Licensing per user, per core or per processor
Global reach with services delivered around the world
Latest versions of demos, tests and evaluations

Why do you need the SPLA program?

The Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) will benefit your business if your company provides one of the following:

Hosts websites using Microsoft software for other organizations
Rents out PCs, servers or laptops with Microsoft software installed on them
Delivers managed services utilising Microsoft software on customer servers on customer premises
Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics ERP
allows other organizations to use any of your applications that are built on Microsoft software such as Windows Server or SQL Server
Provides services to customers that make available, display, run, access, or otherwise interact, directly or indirectly, with Microsoft licensed Products.