I would really like some clarity on a very specific point of Microsoft Licensing... hopefully somebody can help (or point me in the right direction).
Can a Service Provider leveraging SPLA licensing to support a hosted RDS environment, supplement that environment with the Online Service elements of Office 365 (Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business online)?
In other words, as a customer of a Cloud Service Provider I am renting an RDS Server / Domain Controllers etc. which I am paying for monthly under SPLA. I could pay for Exchange SALs, and an additional server to host Exchange, but it's potentially (almost certainly
:)) cheaper for me to subscribe to E1 and use SPLA provided Office to access an Office 365 mailbox. Is this permitted?
Appreciate this is a very specific question; I'm not necessarily looking for a "Yes / No", more an informed opinion based on knowledge of licensing - ideally backed up by some "official" Microsoft text. The consensus (based on advice I have
received) is that this is not allowed, although i can find nothing to substantiate this in the Online Services Agreement, Online Service Definition, or Product Use Rights documents.
Can anyone provide a definitive answer?
