Hallo,
I'm the IT buyer for a medium-sized company and my IT service provider who is preparing the migration of our data base wants me to buy a Windows 2012 Server Data Center License (11000 € with software insurance). I have my doubts about their comptence with big back-end projects (although they are very good with day to day technical support) and so I asked them to set up the server with an evaluation license so that I can see that it really works before I pay for the license. This is the point of an evaluation version, right? I have read that the evaluation period for Windows 2012 Server Data Center is 160 days which seems largely time enough.
But they tell me they have their doubts about whether they can convert the evaluation license into a real license and are worried that they will have to set up the system twice. This seems like nonsense to me. Does anyone have any experience with evaluation licenses of this sort?
And if I buy the license and they don't manage to set it up to my satisfaction can I obtain a refund? Can I give the license back? My service provider is a windows reseller. Can I ask them to sell the license to someone else?
Thanks in advance for any help
Lulu
