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Microsoft License Program Glossary
L	License	The license that grants a customer the right to run a Microsoft software product as specified in the product use rights.
Lic/SA	License & Software Assurance	The part number that combines the License and Software Assurance part numbers.
SA	Software Assurance	The part number that grants specific upgrade rights to keep current with the latest Microsoft product associated with the license . This upgrade program replaces previous one-time upgrades UA, VUP's , PUP's , CUP's etc..
UA	Upgrade Advantage	A product license offered under a Volume Licensing program , which gives a customer the right to acquire license upgrades for Microsoft products for which they hold a license during the term of the license agreement.
Qualified	Qualified	No Need of 5 licenses, the license can be ordered as stand alone.
AE	Academic Editiion
CAL	Client Access License	A license required for each desktop accessing certain Microsoft Server products.
User CAL	User CAL