We are in mid-build of a SPLA-licensed hosting environment using an IaaS model. Our clients have various applications on premise that were installed using SQL Express. Their servers will be migrated to our hosting environment
via 'P2V' migrations in some cases, along with an existing SQL Express installations. In other cases, applications come with a SQL Express package built into the software deployment tool. Now that we are using SPLA licensure, we've gotten feedback
that this is in violation of both the EULA for SQL Express as well as the SPLA Provider Usage Rights.
There are many references to this issue in the past few years, ranging from 'not allowed' to 'allowed because that part of the EULA was removed after SQL 2005'. Also, we notice that some of the larger providers actually advertise SQL Express as an
offering (See Amazon EC2 service for example). We will do all that is required to be in co ...
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