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Microsoft Identity Manager

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Availability

Use the chart below to see which Microsoft Identity Manager products are available with which programs.
Product EA/EAS Date Available Program Attribute
Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 CAL (User) 8/15 Additional Product
Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 External Connector 8/15 Additional Product

Product Conditions:

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Product Conditions - General
Prior VersionForefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 (5/12)
Product PoolServer
PromotionsNone
Product Conditions - Program Specific
Qualified User ExemptionNone

Use Rights

Identifies the License Terms for each Software Product, including the Universal License Terms, the applicable License Model, and any Product-Specific License Terms. References in Customer’s volume licensing agreement to “Use Rights” refer to the terms included in the Use Rights section of each Software Product Entry.

Use Rights
License TermsUniversal License Terms for all Software 
Down EditionsNone
External User Access RequirementsNone
Included TechnologiesNone
NoticesNone

Additional Software

Additional Software - Microsoft Identity Manager
Client Software

License Model

Per Core/CAL

Server Licenses (per core)

  1. Customer may use the server software on a Licensed Server, provided it acquires sufficient Server licenses as described below.
  2. The number of Licenses required equals the number of Physical Cores on the Licensed Server, subject to a minimum of 8 Licenses per Physical Processor and a minimum of 16 Licenses per Server.
  3. Datacenter edition permits use of the server software in any number of OSEs on the Licensed Server.
  4. Standard edition:
  5. As long as the total numbers of Licenses and Physical Cores remains the same, License reassignment is permitted any time Customer repartitions a single piece of hardware.
  6. As a one-time alternative to assigning base CALs per user or per device, a number of base CALs may be dedicated to an Instance of the server software on a single Server (per server mode) to permit up to the same number of users or devices to concurrently access that Instance.

Server Licenses (per core) – Licensing by Individual Virtual OSE

Available for subscription licenses or licenses with active Software Assurance only. All CALs used to access the software under this model must also be acquired as subscription licenses or have active Software Assurance.

  1. Customer may use the server software in one Virtual OSE on the Licensed Server, provided it acquires sufficient Server licenses as described below.
  2. The number of Licenses required equals the number of Virtual Cores in the Virtual OSE, subject to a minimum of 8 Licenses per Virtual OSE.
  3. Customer may reassign any of its Licenses to any of its Licensed Servers located within the same Server Farm as often as needed. Customer may also reassign these Licenses from one Server Farm to another, but not on a short-term basis (i.e., not within 90 days of the last assignment).

Access Licenses

  1. Except as described here and noted in the Product-Specific License Terms, all server software access requires CALs or CAL Equivalent Licenses.
  2. CALs are not required for access by another Licensed Server.
  3. CALs are not required to access server software running a Web Workload or HPC Workload.
  4. CALs are not required for access in a Physical OSE used solely for hosting and managing Virtual OSEs.

Software Assurance

Identifies terms and conditions associated with Software Assurance coverage. For details on purchasing Software Assurance and general Software Assurance Benefits, also refer to Software Assurance Benefits.

Software Assurance
SA Benefits Server
Disaster Recovery Yes
License Mobility None
Migration Rights None
Roaming Rights None
Self Hosting None
SA Equivalent Rights None
Prerequisite (SA) See Software Assurance Benefits

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