Tip: For more recent Microsoft products such as Microsoft Windows Server 2016
and System Center 2016, this license type has been superseded by Microsoft
Server/Management Core license type (see Microsoft Server/Management Core (license type)).
Note: This license type is available only when you have licensed the
FlexNet Manager for Datacenters product. If you have procured a Microsoft Server Core
license for server applications (such as Microsoft SQL Server), no User or Device
CALs are required to access this server application.
A license type introduced
for Microsoft SQL Server 2012, applicable to only two product editions (Standard and
Enterprise). Every processor core must be licensed individually, and minima apply
(typically, every physical processor will be licensed for at least four cores, even if
it has fewer; and where virtual machines are licensed separately, they are licensed for
a minimum of four virtual cores each, no matter how many cores or threads may be
assigned to them). As well, permissible licensing may be affected by the presence of
continuous Software Assurance: Enterprise edition with Software Assurance may be
licensed for all physical cores on the server, regardless of how many virtual machines
it hosts.
Tip: For capacity-based licenses, if you allocate
the license to an individual device but inventory does not show any relevant
applications (linked to the license) installed on that same device, consumption
on that device is calculated as for a device license (a count of one per device,
regardless of the device capacity). You can manually adjust the points consumed
using the Overridden consumption value (consumption is
then updated at the next compliance calculation). If corrected inventory is
later imported that shows installation of relevant applications, you also need
to remove the manual assignment of points.
Provided that your SKUs include your purchase of Software Assurance, it is best practice
to allow the Product Use Rights Library (PURL) and SKU library to appropriately set
values for these licenses.
Product use rights
Multiple use, downgrade rights, upgrade rights, and licensing on VM hosts.
For record keeping purposes only (not affecting any calculations), you can also
record a specific right for each user to access multiple installations.
Group assignment
Group assignment is supported.
Consumption
The number of processor cores being used to run the licensed software.
Different editions of the software and its license vary the way that cores
may be counted.
Included
Processor cores, either physical or virtual or both, within a single physical
host. Each license entitlement covers one core.
Compliance
Compliant when Consumed is less than or equal to Total
licensed.
Note: You may need to
specify the points rule in the Points rule set field.
Changing from
Scoping rules will be deleted. Allocations to computers may be deleted.
Changing to
You may want to allocate the license to computers.