Microsoft License Mobility Program
Canon Business Services Australia (CBSA) is a Microsoft Authorised Mobility Partner, enabling clients to utilise Microsoft's License Mobility through Software Assurance. This partnership allows organisations to transfer eligible Microsoft server application licenses to authorised cloud service providers without incurring additional licensing costs, provided they have active Software Assurance coverage.
By partnering with CBSA, customer organisations can effectively manage their Microsoft licenses in the cloud, ensuring both cost savings and operational efficiency.
License Mobility
Microsoft License Mobility is a feature of Microsoft's Volume Licensing that allows customers to move eligible server application licenses to shared infrastructure environments, such as the private hosting providers, without purchasing additional licenses.
This benefit is available to Microsoft Volume Licensing customers with eligible server applications covered by active Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) contracts.
Not only will License Mobility make the transition easier for existing SA customers, but it also provides customers who prefer to purchase perpetual licenses the ability to continue doing so while still taking advantage of the efficiencies of cloud.
Benefits
- Cost savings: Businesses can reduce costs by utilising existing eligible licenses rather than buying new ones for cloud environments.
- Hybrid cloud flexibility: Allows organisations to leverage both on-premises and cloud infrastructures seamlessly, enabling hybrid cloud strategies.
- Investment protection: Helps protect the investment in software licenses by extending their usage to cloud environments.
Eligibility requirements
To take advantage of this benefit, the following conditions must apply:
1. All Microsoft Server application products migrated to Canon Business Services ANZ via the License Mobility through Software Assurance program must be covered with active Software Assurance (SA).
2. The server applications must be on the list of eligible products. The list includes:
- Exchange Server
- SharePoint Server
- SQL Server Standard Edition
- SQL Server Enterprise Edition
- SQL Server Business Intelligence Edition
- Skype for Business Server
- System Centre Server
- Dynamics CRM Server
- Dynamics AX Server
- Project Server
- Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- BizTalk Server
- Forefront Identity Manager
- Forefront Unified Access Gateway
- Remote Desktop Services
To view a full list of eligible server application products, see the
Microsoft Product TermsHow to sign up
All customers using License Mobility through Software Assurance must complete a license verification process and Microsoft will ensure that you have eligible licenses with active Software Assurance.
To start the verification process and review additional details, go to:
Software Assurance License Mobility
The License Mobility Verification Form has a section to provide information about the Authorised Mobility Partner. Please use the details below when filling out this form
Email Address – CBS-Microsoft-Licensing@business.canon.com.au
Partner Name – Canon Business Services Australia
Partner Website -
https://business.canon.com.au Once you have populated the License mobility verification form, please send the completed form to CBSA for validation and submission to Microsoft. CBSA will track your forms submission so that it’s accepted by Microsoft, we’ll also notify you if there’s any changes required to the License mobility verification form.
For further guidance, consult
Microsoft's License Mobility Verification Guide (pdf).
Microsoft will provide confirmation to you and to your partner Canon Business Services Australia that you have completed this verification process. You may deploy your application server software prior to the verification process being completed. In fact, you can deploy up to ten days before submitting the form. You are responsible for managing true ups and renewals as required under their agreement.
