What you will be able to do after this session

• 1Run the core factor math. Convert any server's physical cores into processor licenses.
• 2Count users honestly. Apply the Named User Plus rules, including multiplexing and devices.
• 3Apply the minimums. Know when the 25 per processor floor decides the price, not your headcount.
• 4Place Standard Edition 2. Know its socket rules, its limits, and where it saves real money.
• 5Price a server both ways. Choose the cheaper metric for any system, with the 50 user breakeven rule.

How the session works

A taught session with three knowledge checks, and this time every check has real arithmetic: the core factor calculation, the multiplexing count, and the disaster recovery licensing rule. The session ends by delivering session 1's promise: one real server priced live, three ways, and the spread is a twenty to one range decided before any discount conversation.

Homework before session 3, about one hour

• 1Pick one real server. Get its socket count, physical core count, and chip type.
• 2Run the core factor math. Cores times factor equals processor licenses.
• 3Count its users honestly. Every application on that database, and every human behind each.
• 4Price it both ways. Processor route versus NUP route with the floor applied.
• 5Check your paper. Find the processor and NUP definitions in your own ordering documents.