What is by-product pricing?

Microsoft SPLA Pricing

• Microsoft offers an SPLA (Service Provider License Agreement) pricing plan with monthly pricing for licenses of such software as Windows 2000 Server, MS SQL Server, etc. Dealing with their staff over the phone and via email to obtain this information has been a complete nightmare. I am interested in knowing what the pricing they offer is and, if dependent on number of licenses purchased, to what number of licenses that particular pricing level applies. My primary interest is in Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and MS SQL Server 2000.

• Answer:

  Thank you, egs. If it helps, the number for Inside Sales is 800-426-9400. However, as they negotiate each contract individually, there is not going to be much the salesperson can do for you. Good luck! - Hammer ------------------------------------------------------------------- Clarification posted as answer per customer acceptance above: Hello egs, I just spent several hours on the phone with Microsoft for you. Here's how it went. I am an MSDN Universal Subscriber, which gets me some extra good phone numbers. I called MSDN Support, who gave me the number for Account Sales, who gave me the number for Licensing, who gave me the number for Inside Sales, who asked me if I wanted to take a Customer Service Survey. I told them I didn't think that was such a good idea, and they put me thru to a salesperson. After applying a hammer and tongs to the salesman, I was able to wrench the following information from him: The reason that you can't get a price from anyone is that the contracts are individually negotiated. The have a baseline pricing structure that they use for guidelines, but that is internal and they will absolutely not share it. The only way to find out how much the licenses will cost YOU, as opposed to some other ASP hopeful, is to send an email to the following address: [email protected] This is the group who handles negotiations. Include your location in the email. They will send you a number to call which will get you the person who can negotiate your agreement. You will have to actually do the negotiation to find out your pricing, then stop just short of signing up if you don't like the numbers. I know this isn't what you were looking for, so I didn't post it as an answer, however, as it seems to be the only real answer there is and took several hours of effort, please let me know if you are willing to accept this as the official answer so I can post it. Note: The above information applies only if you intend to BE an ASP. If you are looking to rent application monthly FROM an ASP, pricing is variable depending on the provider you choose and what they offer. Thank you, - Hammer