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MS will state you are out-of-bound and thus have to purchase licenses.
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MS will state you are out-of-bound and thus have to purchase licenses.

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&gt; ...deployed many 2016 serves for test infrastructure and they have passed 6 months trial period.<br />
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If those servers are online for a good number of hours in a given day, I'd say your in violation.<br />
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If on for less, maybe not. <br />
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I have a test server i use sometimes a couple hours at a time for learning reasons. I asked them. They said that's fine.<br />
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Don't take my word to decide, of course. Your case may be different.<br />
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Ask them.
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> ...deployed many 2016 serves for test infrastructure and they have passed 6 months trial period.

If those servers are online for a good number of hours in a given day, I'd say your in violation.

If on for less, maybe not.

I have a test server i use sometimes a couple hours at a time for learning reasons. I asked them. They said that's fine.

Don't take my word to decide, of course. Your case may be different.

Ask them.

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Dear Community,<br />
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I would like to know, what is Microsoft official policy for using Microsoft Servers; those are used in test and development environment once they passed trial period?<br />
For example, i have deployed many 2016 serves for test infrastructure and they have passed 6 months trial period - so what Microsoft states for such scenarios?<br />
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Please suggest and share relevant links. Thanks.
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Dear Community,

I would like to know, what is Microsoft official policy for using Microsoft Servers; those are used in test and development environment once they passed trial period?
For example, i have deployed many 2016 serves for test infrastructure and they have passed 6 months trial period - so what Microsoft states for such scenarios?

Please suggest and share relevant links. Thanks.

Licensing policy for Microsoft Servers in Test &amp; Development environment

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.

Operating Systems

Microsoft server applications are those applications developed specifically, but not necessarily exclusively, on the Windows Server platform. In addition to well-known products like SQL Server, Exchange, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft Dynamics, Forefront, Lync and Sharepoint, they include applications like Skype, BizTalk, Hyper-V, Groove and Commerce Server. Server applications are managed with the Microsoft System Center.

Licensing policy for Microsoft Servers in Test &amp; Development environment

Licensing policy for Microsoft Servers in Test & Development environment