Microsoft Software Assurance for a Core CAL Suite Device CAL

Overview

When you first buy a Microsoft Core CAL Suite Device CAL you are getting both perpetual license and Microsoft Software Assurance.

A perpetual license does not expire.

Software Assurance will expire after two years if it is not renewed.

What you are buying is the renewal of Software Assurance for a Microsoft Core CAL Suite Device CAL.

How Microsoft Software Assurance affects things

While the Software Assurance coverage is active, you have the right to use the most recent version of every product in the Microsoft Core CAL Suite Device CAL.

If the Software Assurance coverage lapses, because you are vested with perpetual rights, you can continue to use the Microsoft Core CAL Suite Device CAL.

If the Software Assurance coverage lapses, the versions you can use are determined by the latest version of the products in effect prior to the lapse in coverage.

For example, if your Software Assurance coverage for the Core CAL Suite Device CAL expired on 1 February 2017, you will have perpetual rights equivalent to the most recent version of the Core CAL Suite Device CAL’s components as of that date. But you will not have rights to versions of components released after 1 February 2017 or to any products added to the Core CAL Suite Device CAL after that date.

Please note that System Center Endpoint Protection in the Microsoft Core CAL Suite Device CAL will expire if Software Assurance is allowed to lapse.