Problem with transitioning to BRL from Granule-based license

rsaritzky

Hi,

For the partners out there:

Have any of you processed a License Model Transition from the old granule-based license model to BRL-Business Essentials, specifically when the old license included Form and Page Designer.

Here's what MS is telling us.

The old Form and Page Designer has 100 forms included - this is granule 7120.

BRL/BE does not have granule 7120 - it has granule 7150 which is Form and Page Designer but only 10 forms and pages.

So because we have granule 7120, we can transition ONLY to BRL-Advanced.

However, my position is that we should be able to substitute granule 7120 for granule 7150, even if we have to re-purchase 100 forms under granule 8300, which IS allowed under BRL-BE.

In other words, if we purchased a new license under BRL/BE, we could get the functional equivalent (100 forms) that we have under our current granule based license.

If any of you have done an actual LMT to BRL/BE for a customer that had form and page designer, please contact me via email or PM - I'd like to talk to you.

Thanks

Ron

Alex_Chow

To get around it, you have to disable that granule so you're not forced to go to AM from BE.

rsaritzky

Alex Chow wrote:

To get around it, you have to disable that granule so you're not forced to go to AM from BE.

Alex:

MS quoted the LMT FAQ document which says the following:

"COMPONENT DEACTIVATIONS: If the customer has deactivated functionality within the last six months the customer will not be allowed to transition to Business Ready Licensing until one of the following actions is taken:
o Reactivate the module. The reactivated module will then be added back to the customer’s Protected List Price at the current list price; or,
o Wait six months from the date the customer deactivated the module.

So you have to wait 6 months in order to transition to BRL if you do that.

I haven't gotten a straight answer from MS as to why this is a policy - thus my question to the MIBUSO world.

Ron

Alex_Chow

MIBUSO is not Microsoft, so what you'll get here are assumptions and what MSFT should do.

It's not likely MSFT will make any exceptions unless special circumstances are involved.

rsaritzky

That's why I was asking for any partners who HAVE processed an LMT to BRL/BE - I was looking for a precedent.

Ron