But sources today told The Channel that from 1 March, the 20 per cent rebate for selling SQL Standard edition and client access licences (CALs) was pulled - and cash will only paid out on Premium Enterprise and Business Intelligence editions.
The same change was applied to the Standalone Lync Enterprise and CALs; backend margin will be paid out on Lync Plus CAL and Lync Server instead. In addition, Microsoft said it will only stump up paybacks on Windows Enterprise when it is sold with a Microsoft Desktop Optimisation package (MDOP), industry insiders told us.
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