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Generally EA licensing didn't work like that. You still picked individual SKUs (Windows client, Windows Server, SQL Standard, etc), you simply got some level of discount, maybe eval licenses, some level of support, a TAM(CSAM), and paid when you tru-up (was three years, may be different now).

There wasn't, as far as I recall, "buy SQL Server Enterprise, get SharePoint Server Enterprise SKU for free" type licensing deals.



> There wasn't, as far as I recall, "buy SQL Server Enterprise, get SharePoint Server Enterprise SKU for free" type licensing deals.

Yes, I didn't mean to say it was like that. More that you get discounts, credits, etc. Every EA agreement I heard of seemed custom and different for that enterprise needs. Throwing in Azure credits or a discount on a product if you get another product or increase volume, etc seemed to be typical.


Yes, you're correct, especially now in the days of Azure, credits are typical there, though they often require you to migrate (or create) some amount of workload to qualify, i.e., Microsoft knows they'll make that money back long term.




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