Is it possible to operate decommissioned servers (MSSQL software licensing)?

Question

Microsoft

There is an LLC with purchased processor licenses for MS SQL.
And there is an LLC, in which it is planned to transfer the main activity, with the subsequent closure of the first one, is it possible to transfer licenses / servers?
There are 2 servers on the balance sheet, more are actually operated (the rest are decommissioned), can the decommissioned servers from the closed LLC be operated in a new one and what does it threaten?

Answer 1

You need to clarify this with the supplier of whining or with M$ itself. There may be points depending on how the school licenses were acquired. It is possible that there are no legal ways to transfer a whine license. By the way, as well as server Windows - whine is worth something :)

Answer 2

From the point of view of licensing, there are nuances:
- a representative of the copyright holder can sell the license
- transfer from one person to another - only with the consent of the copyright holder
Microsoft usually talks about the possibility of transferring only to affiliates (according to their concepts, this is a share of more than 50% from one person to another)
Accordingly, from the point of view of the legality of licenses, there will be funny dances with the construction of one or another chain of sale, or the first LLC to the second, but due to the obvious "burial" of the first LLC with all the sins, a third LLC will probably appear, which will be an intermediate layer - at first it belongs to the first and the first LLC transfers everything related to licenses to the "daughter", then it sells / transfers this daughter entirely to the second LLC ... well, then either this daughter is left as an it-appendage or the process of transferring licenses is repeated ...
and yes, not a fact that CAL can be transferred in this way - you need to carefully look at the license agreements ... especially if CAL - per person

Answer 3

If the new LLC can prove that it is the legal successor of the abolished one, then you can try.

Answer 4

It is important to understand which licensed program the licenses were purchased under. The OEM license is not separable from the physical server, and if the server is sold to another organization, then the SQL license must also be transferred to another organization. But you can use the license only on the same physical server. If the licenses are purchased under volume licensing programs, then they can be transferred to another organization, as was said, with the approval of MS. At the same time, the fact of selling server equipment to another company can serve as additional confirmation of continuity and affiliation.
Of course, we are talking about legal issues, not technical ones. The equipment both worked and will continue to work regardless of whether licenses and servers belong to organizations.

Answer 5

The license agreement says that you can not sell and transfer.
Therefore, if there is a sale agreement, there will be problems.
If there is a merger, then it should fail