{"id":304,"date":"2025-04-10T12:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-34-227-12-170.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:31:05","slug":"ola","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/ola\/","title":{"rendered":"OLA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-40050d97 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized is-style-default\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AWS-logo-400x.png\" alt=\"AWS logo\" class=\"wp-image-45\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6736130090188577;width:285px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AWS-logo-400x.png 400w, https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AWS-logo-400x-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-141ffb39227cf9bf9c99999933953178\" style=\"color:#d48100\">Software Licensing Impact When Considering the Cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Understanding Software Licensing Impact is Essential when Evaluating Cloud. Read the AWS blog post highlighting the value that Evolve provides around cost optimization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-2b4d692a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/modernizing-with-aws\/how-to-save-45-on-licensing-costs-by-migrating-and-optimizing-sql-server-on-aws\/\" style=\"border-radius:24px;background-color:#ff9c02;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);line-height:1.5\"><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a012f9c0c35518a0d23d20fd04eb246d is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-59060ce5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"color:#ff9c02;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);background-color:#d48100;color:#d48100\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-body-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-688a81a4577a4334e0837445dd88c69e\" style=\"color:#d48100\">AWS Optimization &amp; Licensing Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);background-color:#d48100;color:#d48100\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-43e4da48 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);font-size:21px\">EVOLVE Cloud Services in partnership with Amazon Web Services offers an AWS fully-funded <strong>Optimization &amp; Licensing Assessment<\/strong> (OLA) to help customers optimize their Microsoft licensing costs, mitigate audit compliance risk, lower existing AWS costs as well as understand total costs for moving new workloads to AWS<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-400c80a0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Process<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An independent assessment from a software audit advisory expert without any software publisher bias or oversight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deployment of industry leading tool to collect baseline data &amp; performance measurements for the duration of the engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review of existing Enterprise Agreement and other Microsoft Licensing Agreements to reduce costs &amp; provide a detailed review of how recent Microsoft licensing use right changes can impact existing and future workloads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand your Licensing Position for both your existing AWS &amp; on-premises environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-cloud-1200x560-1-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-cloud-1200x560-1-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-cloud-1200x560-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-cloud-1200x560-1-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-cloud-1200x560-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-software-1024x477-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-software-1024x477-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-software-1024x477-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ola-pdf-software-1024x477-1-768x358.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Value<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avoid the license compliance traps that recent Microsoft licensing rule changes can cause<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A detailed roadmap for how you can &amp; can&#8217;t use existing volume licenses in AWS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding the Pros\/Cons &amp; costs of bringing existing Microsoft volume licenses versus using AWS License Included<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft Windows &amp; SQL Server licensing cost optimization recommendations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great for preparing for Enterprise Agreement true-ups, renewals or to just get a no cost, no risk assessment of your Microsoft licensing position<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AWS instance sizing, pricing and application dependency details for moving on-premises workloads to AWS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><strong>For additional information on how you can receive a fully-funded Optimization &amp; Licensing Assessment (OLA) through AWS and Evolve Cloud Services, please <a href=\"\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11b81d16b101daeffd29e52dccfca855 is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ed239c39 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"color:#ff9c02;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);background-color:#d48100;color:#d48100\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-body-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-00736ed0e9c589a51bb6b817891ee57c\" style=\"color:#d48100\">Connect With Us <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);background-color:#d48100;color:#d48100\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/evolve-cloud-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/linkedin-from-svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" style=\"width:62px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/linkedin-from-svg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/linkedin-from-svg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/evolvecloudservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/linkedin-from-svg.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software Licensing Impact When Considering the Cloud Understanding Software Licensing Impact is Essential when Evaluating Cloud. 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