Here is some comparison of pricing as of January 2016. (The SPLA pricing below also applies to both our cloud virtual servers and our dedicated server environments).
On a Dedicated Server (where the hardware is fully dedicated to you and the outsourcing language within the Microsoft Product Terms applies), you could use our licenses provided on a monthly basis via the SPLA program or install your own licensing. Remote Desktop Services CALs/SALs) and whether they are for concurrently users or named users – Microsoft only licenses RDS user licenses on a per unique end-user basis so every user that is defined on the server needs a license. We get many questions about Microsoft per user licenses (i.e.
If you want to use your own Microsoft Licensing (Office, SQL Server, etc.), you should use our Dedicated Server Hosting offering. For example, Microsoft Office does not have license mobility rights and can therefore not be used in a shared platform cloud environment. In some situations, you can use your own valid Microsoft volume licenses but there are numerous restrictions. These licenses are provided on a monthly basis and are easily provisioned. We can provide most Microsoft software licensing on a monthly basis through the SPLA program.