It’s this new licensing model and how data is shared between SharePoint and third party apps that interests me. An Overview of the SharePoint 2013 Licensing Model The new licensing framework is optimized for services and is all about protecting application content
Note: It is important to review your licensing model to ensure you have this capability available. For example, Excel is not part of Power BI for Office 365, but your organization’s licensing model more than likely already provides you with Microsoft Excel
Your organization more than likely already owns SharePoint licenses and may be using it for collaboration, the Intranet, an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) \ Enterprise Records Management (ERM) solution, or to meet a variety of other business requirements
In fact, EPC Group is near the polar opposite in approach to Microsoft Consulting Services and that is not a dig at all but just fundamental approach difference. I get the licensing and sales need of Microsoft and Microsoft Consulting Services but luckily we opted out of the licensing or any piece of that side of the table
Are users already comfortable with the “ribbon” What is your licensing situation? Can you opt to go right to SharePoint 2013 with your licensing agreement or is SharePoint 2010 you’re only licensing option?
This feature, though, has taken a lot of heat regarding its licensing strategy. It is currently available only in Visual Studio Ultimate, which most organizations do not have or really need to purchase. It’s a bit of a hidden gem that you may not ever be able to work with, but I am interested to see what the upcoming licensing models will provide for this feature
In my post about BPOS I focused on what I thought was the most relevant version, discussing the Dedicated licensing over the Standard (multi-tenant) licensing, because it was my opinion that this would be what most large organizations would adopt due to the fact that it was the version partners would be best able to add-value to/integrate with
As Rich points out, the current incarnation of BPOS for SharePoint comes in a few flavors but primarily organizations will look to support either the Standard licensing (multi-tenant or shared version) or the Dedicated version (which is pretty much what the name indicates, a services infrastructure dedicated to one organization)
If you’re familiar with some of my previous AIIM articles or have attended any of my seminars, I am not really one to sugar coat things or avoid telling things like they are… It’s not that I am not trying to follow in suit or get along with the larger “SharePoint crowd” or not play by Microsoft’s hype cycles but I have never been paid commission for licenses, cared if one of my clients purchased “Standard” or Enterprise” (only based on their needs) or picked up a SharePoint Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt or "nickname" along the way
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It is key to ensure you have a deep understanding of the licensing model and capabilities available to you and your organization so that you are not planning for core features that may not be available with you current licensing model or offering
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