These new options are designed to provide customers with an enhanced ability to license Microsoft server products in a consistent manner across our product line. The new options will be particularly beneficial to those who seek user-based licensing, those who would like to provide server access to their end-customers or partners, or those who run solutions that leverage multiple Microsoft server products.
These changes to the Microsoft licensing program will first be available with the Microsoft Windows .NET Server 2003 product release. The following are answers to questions that might arise as a result of these changes.
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