microsoft - MSDN and Partner Program

blastman · 10 Aug 2009 at 11:30

Morning all,

Could someone in the know explain what the difference is between these two please??

We (at work) have a MSDN subscription and have just been upgraded to a Gold Partner.

I'm trying to get a copy of exchange and server 2003 to run internally but I'm unsure which route to go down.

I'm under the impression the if I where to get software and keys from MSDN I'd have to declare them to Microsoft and they would bill us but if I got them via the partner program I can get them for free (much less choice of software however)

Is this right??

Thanks in advance

blastman · 10 Aug 2009 at 14:12

no-one here able to give any information on this??

blastman · 11 Aug 2009 at 09:05

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

We are a Microsoft reseller!!!

Thats the info I was after.

We intend to use the licenses for internal use so I'll have to get them via the partner programme in stead of the easier to get MSDN licenses.

Thanks again

blastman · 11 Aug 2009 at 11:01

cheers guys.

is it just me or can anyone else not get into the mebership centre at the mo, keep getting 404 errors.

blastman · 11 Aug 2009 at 12:04

andy.scott said:
But if you are (like I am) a Gold partner, you are allowed licenses for internal use.

No, I don't thinks that right.

You have to get the licenses that you want to use internaly from the partner membership center.

As said above the MSDN/TECH NET are not for internal use outside of testing/Dev environments.

blastman · 11 Aug 2009 at 12:12

andy.scott said:
Sorry, think we're crossing wires and I agree with you, I was just pointing out that if you are a partner, you will have access to licenses you can use internally, not just in dev/test.

arh, i see.

fair point

blastman · 11 Aug 2009 at 12:36

Can soneone explain how many exchange 2007 servers and seats I can use via the partner program??

We're a gold partner.

I've read loads on thier site but there seems to be serveral answers.

Cheers guys

blastman · 11 Aug 2009 at 13:24

andy.scott said:
As I mentioned above, 1 Exchange 2007 Enterprise and 100 CAL's are allowed for internal use if you are a gold partner.

as initial yes, but it also said that the maximum is 7. how do we go about getting more?

I'm really after 5 servers for about 400 people.

cheers for getting back to me

blastman · 11 Aug 2009 at 14:16

NathanE said:
MSDN Subscription licenses can be used in production and any other non-test environment as long as it is owned by your company.

Action Pack licenses are for internal use (by the company that owns them) only.

Technet licenses are for testing only.

Hi,

Sorry, just to confrim...

We can use the MDSN licenses to up the amount to server licenses as long as the MSDN subscription is owned by the company??

If thats right, how many can we use?

I can get one from the partner program but I need another 4. Is that too many to get from the MSDN subscription?

Sorry for all the question but the partner website really isn't clear.