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This primer provides a quick look at the features and licensing of SQL Server 2012, and addresses any caveats associated with upgrading from an earlier version of SQL Server.

IT must decide where technology standards are appropriate, where flexibility is needed, and how to govern compliance and exceptions to standards.

Solution Set

Microsoft has multiple licensing options to provide flexibility for various sized organizations, commitment levels, and product usage. This adds greatly to the complexity, causing many companies to buy into the wrong program and therefore overspend.

Tool

Many organizations lack the organizational capability, vision and commitment to successfully implement an enterprise architecture (EA) initiative. Evaluating enterprise readiness across 12 categories and addressing issues before embarking on an...

Tool

Many organizations attempt to implement enterprise architecture (EA) without a clear sense of where they are and where they want to go. Determining your enterprise's current state of EA, the desired target state, and a roadmap for getting there...

Video

Enterprise architecture is a discipline made up of frameworks, methods and tools that help organizations of all sizes chart a course away from unnecessary costs due to systems and process duplication in the entire organization. EA focuses on...

Solution Set

IT Leaders are looking for a holistic system of IT projects and solutions that denotes business processes, information stores, applications, security and technical infrastructure. EA provides competitive advantage and significantly lower...

Note

With increasingly complex business models, more sophisticated solutions and escalating costs, IT leaders are finding it harder than ever to manage both cost and complexity within their organizations. Enterprise architecture is an engine for...

Note

Money-saving opportunities exist for many organizations by implementing a limited deployment of an alternative to Microsoft Office.

What are the pros and cons of renewing the Enterprise Agreement (EA) with Microsoft? Given that this decision represents a significant spend, careful consideration must be given to the arguments for and against the EA renewal.

Podcast

Microsoft licensing is a significant cost driver for most IT organizations. Finally, there's a rational approach that can be used to determine whether the organization is overspending in this area. This podcast will provide guidance for...

Video

Microsoft licensing is a significant cost driver for most IT organizations. Finally, there's a rational approach that can be used to determine whether the organization is overspending in this area. This webcast will provide guidance for...

Tool

Selecting the appropriate Microsoft Volume Licensing program is not an easy task. Once small enterprises understand Microsoft Volume Licensing programs and are comfortable with the terminology, the next step is to access the organization's...

Tool

This tool simplifies the decision-making process for Microsoft Licensing program selection. Once decision makers have gone through the three worksheets and read the accompanying research note, they should be able to determine exactly which...