HomeTraining AcademyOracle Licensing MasterySession 28
Oracle Licensing Mastery · Module 6 · Session 28 of 40 · 29:17

Support Rewards and OCI negotiation

Support Rewards credits 25 cents against the on premises support bill for every dollar of OCI consumed, 33 with an active ULA, capped at the bill, expiring in 12 months, and earned by the meter, never the signature. This session runs the arithmetic at five scales, maps the interactions with module 4's program, third party repriced, BYOL subsidized, the ULA calculus changed, and then negotiates the OCI deal properly: forecast first, ramp to the plan, the concession menu from migration funding to the two bill sweetener, and every proposal scored as cloud cost minus support relief. The worked deal stacks it all: $590K a year better than doing nothing.

What you will be able to do after this session

  • 1Run the Rewards math. Convert OCI consumption into on premises support relief, at the real rates and rules.
  • 2Stack the programs. Combine Support Rewards with module 4's reduction paths without double counting or conflict.
  • 3Negotiate the OCI deal. Apply module 4's full toolkit to cloud commitments: benchmarks, calendar, alternatives, banking.
  • 4Order from the menu. Know the OCI concessions worth asking for, from migration funding to rate holds.
  • 5Price the whole estate. Evaluate cloud deals by their effect on both bills, the cloud invoice and the support annuity.

How the session works

A taught session with three knowledge checks: the rewards computed on the $500K consumed rather than the $800K committed, the third party evaluation repriced rather than cancelled when $500K of rewards start flowing, and the $1M flat first draft countered with a ramp, protections, and the menu. It closes with one fully stacked deal: a ramped commit, 29 percent with a rate hold, $120K of migration credits, $310K of BYOL savings, and $162K of first year rewards.

Homework before the next session, about one hour

  • 1Check the enrollment. Is Support Rewards active, at which rate, and where are the earned credits going?
  • 2Model the rewards line. Your consumption forecast times 25 cents, against your support bill.
  • 3Rerun one comparison. The third party or termination case from module 4, repriced with the rewards allocation.
  • 4Draft the counter. For any live OCI proposal: the ramp, the protections, the menu asks, on one page.
  • 5Diary the expiries. Rewards expiry joins commit expiry in the quarterly review. Two clocks, one calendar.
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