1. Windows Server 2008 SPLA Product Lineup

2. Windows Server 2008 Launch January SPUR / March Price List Removed: –External Connectors –Anonymous Standard/Enterprise Datacenter anonymous remains Added: –OEM PL (SAL exists today) Standard $145 $136 Enterprise $194 $180 –Non-Virtualization offer for Standard/Enterprise/DataCenter Hyper-V technology removed Lower price SPUR and price list Changed: –Web Enhanced remains Use rights changes –New Activation process Prices shown are for example only SPLA Resellers set SPLA Prices

3. Windows Server 2003 Windows Standard/Enterprise –Authenticated/Anonymous Windows Datacenter –Anonymous Windows Web Enhanced Windows Rights Management –External Connector Windows Rights Management Services Components Windows OEM –SAL Windows Compute Cluster Windows Small Business Server Standard/Premium Windows Server for Small Business Server Windows Server 2008 Windows Standard/Enterprise Windows Datacenter –Anonymous Windows Web Windows Rights Management Server Windows Rights Management Services Windows Server OEM Std/Ent –SAL & PL Launching 6 mos. Later Windows Compute Cluster Windows Small Business Server Standard /Premium Windows Server for Small Business Server Windows Standard/Enterprise w/o Hyper-V

4. Transition from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 Can keep licensing/reporting Windows Server 2003 SKUs if not ready to migrate to Windows Server 2008 Windows Standard 2003 Anonymous Windows Enterprise 2003 Anonymous Windows Web Server 2008 Windows DataCenter 2008

5. Windows Server Web 2008 PL $10 (US) SKU Front end web server 50 user limit for Apps going away same server –can still run biz apps & internal collaboration and portal software on same server New product build –Standard bits w/o code not needed for web serving –no AD/DNS, DHCP Prices shown are for example only SPLA Resellers set SPLA Prices

6. Windows Server Datacenter 2008 Anonymous PL $50 SKU (US) Downgrade to Enterprise/Standard/Web Unlimited Virtualization Increased scalability Increased memory Clustering Anonymous Use Rights (i) via Internet w/o being authenticated or individually identified (ii) platform for server apps (except those that use Windows Auth Services) (iii) web hosting Prices shown are for example only SPLA Resellers set SPLA Prices

7. What are Windows Authentication Services? SPUR: When user or application credentials exchanged between server & user/device No Official List – by design – hard to define “Any service in Windows that allows user to authenticate to a service using a unique identity” Primary Examples: –AD –Local Auth w/ Local Service Accounts (LSA) Prices shown are for example only SPLA Resellers set SPLA Prices

8. Windows Standard 2003 Anonymous SQL Server or Proprietary App Windows Standard 2003 Anonymous Internet $18 2003 Prices shown are for example only SPLA Resellers set SPLA Prices

9. Windows DataCenter Anonymous SQL Server or Proprietary App Windows Web Server 2008 Internet 2008 $50 $10 Prices shown are for example only SPLA Resellers set SPLA Prices

10. 2 Windows Activation Options MAK Keys –Pro: one time activation w/ Microsoft –Con: predetermined number of activations Independent Activation: each machine connects/activates with Microsoft (online or phone) Proxy Activation: one central activation on behalf of multiple machines; one connection to Microsoft KMS Keys –Pro: activate in partner environment against host machine –Con: must reactivate every 6 months All machines must be on corporate network

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