System Center 2012 Server Management Licensing

• License required only for endpoints being managed. 
• Consistent licensing model across editions. 
• Same capabilities across editions differentiated by virtualisation rights. 

To be released in two editions:

•  Datacenter: Maximizes cloud capacity with unlimited Operating System Environments
• Standard: For lightly or non-virtualised private cloud workloads.

Both editions have the same features.  The only restriction is the amount of workloads you can manage

• Configuration Manager
• Service Manager
• VMM
• Ops Manager
• DPM
• Orchestrator
• App Controller
• Endpoint Protection

How many licenses do I need?

Based on a two physical processor license the license count is determined by the number of processors in each server (Datacentre) or the number of workloads (Standard) – whichever is greater

 The System Centre management components form part of a suite of software (SC2012 Standard /SC2012 Datacentre) and therefore cannot be purchased separately

With this new release the following solutions will be retired:

• System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3
• System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
• System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
• System Center Service Manager 2010
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

How can I upgrade to the new license model

 Microsoft is offering a grant for license migration for qualified SA customers

You will continue to pay on existing terms until the contract runs out and then proceed to renew SA on new licenses

VLSC will reflect the grant for qualifying licenses and will show up once SC2012 suite goes on GA.  The ratio for this grant is detailed below

 How much is the license

 Volume License Open License US (NL)  (Estimated Retail Price)

• Standard – $1,323
• Datacentre – $3,607

You will need to check with your local VAR for exact pricing

Full details can be found here