මචන් ලොකු ප්රශ්නයක් Microsoft License
මන් දන්න යාලුවෙක්ට මේ වගේ මේල් එකක් ඇවිත් තියෙනව එළකිරි එකේ කවුරු හරි දන්නවද මේ ගැන. දන්න කවුරු හරි උදව්වක් කරපල්ලා. මේකේ කියල තියෙන හැටියට මුන් ඇවත් චෙක් කරොත් මොකද වෙන්නේ. අනික මුන් කියන විදියට අපි මුන් එක්ක ඇග්රීමන්ට් එකක් ගහලත් නෑ.
Internal Audit for Usage of Microsoft’s Products
For and on behalf of Microsoft Asia Pacific Operations Center, I kindly ask for your personal attention to the following. Your organization currently holds Open License Agreements with Microsoft for usage of Microsoft’s products. We are writing to provide you a notice of our request for your organization to conduct an Internal Audit on all the establishments of and all its affiliates, to verify compliance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement. You may ask your Microsoft reseller to you assist you, to ease the process.
You may be aware that the Microsoft Open License Agreement provides Microsoft the right to request to conduct Internal Audit as above [Verifying Compliance Term referenced below]. According to this clause, the customers is obliged to keep records relating to the software products the customer runs throughout their company including the relevant affiliates or branches. We have appointed our authorized auditor- Deloitte, an independent, internationally recognized Certified Public Accounting firm to help conduct the Internal Audit and jointly come out with a report on Effective Licensing Position. Kindly note they do so remotely, based from India. Hence please do look out for their phone call / e-mail as a follow-up to this notification.
Microsoft Open License Agreement 2010 (relevant excerpt)
Clause 13. Verifying Compliance
Customer must keep all usual and proper records relating to the Products Customer runs. Microsoft may request that Customer conduct an internal audit of all Microsoft Products in use throughout Customer’s organization, comparing the number of Products in use to the number of effective Licenses issued in Customer’s name. Following any audit, Customer agrees to deliver to Microsoft a written statement signed by its authorized representative, certifying that either (1) Customer has sufficient Licenses to permit all usage disclosed by the audit, or (2) Customer has ordered sufficient Licenses to permit all usage disclosed by the audit. By requesting an audit, Microsoft does not waive its rights to enforce this agreement or to protect Microsoft’s intellectual property by any other means permitted by law.
Microsoft Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.
The Internal Audit will be conducted at your premises during regular business hours and will be performed by Deloitte in collaboration with your concerned teams.
One of Deloitte’s representatives will contact you at the earliest for discussing the documents and records that may be required.
The key steps and stages of the inspection process are:
1. Your receipt of this notification letter.
2. Scheduling of the discussion with Deloitte of books/records that will be required.
3. Your review of the report with the Audit team.
4. Your response to the Audit report, if any, within 1 week of Audit completion. Your response must include supporting documentation.
5. Your review and signoff of the final inspection report within 10 days after receipt of the report.
6. Receipt of the Final Audit report by us.
7. Settlement meeting, if required.
We value the relationship with you and look forward to your support in completing this Internal Audit that would help in understanding of the usage and deployment of Microsoft software under the Open Agreement. We thank you in advance for your timely collaboration.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected].
Regards,
Harshavardhana Ramaiah
Sr. Manager, Finance (License and Contract Compliance)
Asia Pacific Regional Office
MICROSOFT OPERATIONS PTE LTD, Singapore
මන් දන්න යාලුවෙක්ට මේ වගේ මේල් එකක් ඇවිත් තියෙනව එළකිරි එකේ කවුරු හරි දන්නවද මේ ගැන. දන්න කවුරු හරි උදව්වක් කරපල්ලා. මේකේ කියල තියෙන හැටියට මුන් ඇවත් චෙක් කරොත් මොකද වෙන්නේ. අනික මුන් කියන විදියට අපි මුන් එක්ක ඇග්රීමන්ට් එකක් ගහලත් නෑ.
Internal Audit for Usage of Microsoft’s Products
For and on behalf of Microsoft Asia Pacific Operations Center, I kindly ask for your personal attention to the following. Your organization currently holds Open License Agreements with Microsoft for usage of Microsoft’s products. We are writing to provide you a notice of our request for your organization to conduct an Internal Audit on all the establishments of and all its affiliates, to verify compliance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement. You may ask your Microsoft reseller to you assist you, to ease the process.
You may be aware that the Microsoft Open License Agreement provides Microsoft the right to request to conduct Internal Audit as above [Verifying Compliance Term referenced below]. According to this clause, the customers is obliged to keep records relating to the software products the customer runs throughout their company including the relevant affiliates or branches. We have appointed our authorized auditor- Deloitte, an independent, internationally recognized Certified Public Accounting firm to help conduct the Internal Audit and jointly come out with a report on Effective Licensing Position. Kindly note they do so remotely, based from India. Hence please do look out for their phone call / e-mail as a follow-up to this notification.
Microsoft Open License Agreement 2010 (relevant excerpt)
Clause 13. Verifying Compliance
Customer must keep all usual and proper records relating to the Products Customer runs. Microsoft may request that Customer conduct an internal audit of all Microsoft Products in use throughout Customer’s organization, comparing the number of Products in use to the number of effective Licenses issued in Customer’s name. Following any audit, Customer agrees to deliver to Microsoft a written statement signed by its authorized representative, certifying that either (1) Customer has sufficient Licenses to permit all usage disclosed by the audit, or (2) Customer has ordered sufficient Licenses to permit all usage disclosed by the audit. By requesting an audit, Microsoft does not waive its rights to enforce this agreement or to protect Microsoft’s intellectual property by any other means permitted by law.
Microsoft Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.
The Internal Audit will be conducted at your premises during regular business hours and will be performed by Deloitte in collaboration with your concerned teams.
One of Deloitte’s representatives will contact you at the earliest for discussing the documents and records that may be required.
The key steps and stages of the inspection process are:
1. Your receipt of this notification letter.
2. Scheduling of the discussion with Deloitte of books/records that will be required.
3. Your review of the report with the Audit team.
4. Your response to the Audit report, if any, within 1 week of Audit completion. Your response must include supporting documentation.
5. Your review and signoff of the final inspection report within 10 days after receipt of the report.
6. Receipt of the Final Audit report by us.
7. Settlement meeting, if required.
We value the relationship with you and look forward to your support in completing this Internal Audit that would help in understanding of the usage and deployment of Microsoft software under the Open Agreement. We thank you in advance for your timely collaboration.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected].
Regards,
Harshavardhana Ramaiah
Sr. Manager, Finance (License and Contract Compliance)
Asia Pacific Regional Office
MICROSOFT OPERATIONS PTE LTD, Singapore
