Microsoft SPLA & Service-Provider Licensing

What you will take away

• How the monthly “report-what-you-use” model actually works — and why over-reporting is the most common and most expensive SPLA error.
• Why SPUR (Services Provider Use Rights) is the rulebook that silently decides your cost, and how to read it before your reseller does.
• When SAL (per-user) beats per-core licensing — and the density math that tells you which metric you are overpaying on.
• Why SPLA audit exposure is structurally higher than volume-licensing audits, with a three-year look-back and no perpetual safety net.
• How the CSP-hosting and Azure shift changes the build-vs-rent decision for shared and dedicated workloads.