We occasionally receive inquiries from potential customers who are concerned about the Microsoft license fees they may be responsible for paying when hosting on the Everleap infrastructure. So I thought I would talk about how Microsoft licensing works for hosts and hosting customers.
Typically when software is purchased, only the person or business that purchased the software is licensed to use the software. But what if a business wants to “rent out” the use of software to their customers? Enter the Service Provider Licensing Agreement, or SPLA for short.
I’m happy to announce that SQL Server 2016 is available as a database option on all of our cloud hosting plans.
You can now create SQL 2016 databases in the Everleap Control Panel. All of the SQL tools available for SQL 2014 and SQL 2012 are also available for SQL 2016.
And Managed SQL 2016 is coming soon…
Today I’m excited to announce a new Website Cloud Backup solution that will automatically backup your website, SQL databases, and MySQL databases off-site onto the Amazon cloud. The service comes with a web-based management portal to manage backup scheduling, versions and restoration.
It’s a solution for “Oops” recovery
We’ve all accidentally overwritten something or deleted an important file that broke a site or destroyed a site’s layout. Cloud Backup can save you hours of painstaking work.
I’m very happy to report that we’ve successfully renewed our Microsoft Gold Partner status for 2016, making this our 11th year in a row.
Every year we invest time and resources in meeting the high bar of requirements that Microsoft has set for the Microsoft Gold Partner status. We do this to demonstrate our commitment to staying on top of Microsoft technologies, and to maintain access to MSDN subscriptions, product licensing, Microsoft support and other pre-sales/advisory resources that are only available to Gold Partners.
I’ve been recapping our Top 10 accomplishments at DiscountASP.NET for many years over on the DiscountASP.NET blog, so I started the same tradition for Everleap last year. Here is my Top 10 list for 2015.
We offer a Shared SQL hosting solution with our cloud hosting plans but some of you told us you needed more – more SQL storage, or more customization, or you needed to manage a lot of smaller SQL databases for a growing SaaS application. So we launched a Managed SQL hosting solution where you get your own private VM with your own SQL installation. Since it’s a private VM that is not shared with any other customers, we can do some customization on the server. We can enable features like SQL CLR and SQL Jobs or install special software or set up custom configurations for transaction logs or backups.I’m happy to announce that Everleap was recognized in CIO Review’s annual, “100 Most Promising Microsoft Solution Providers” for 2015.
Having launched Everleap just last year, this recognition is validation of all of the hard work our entire team has put in to deliver a simplified cloud hosting solution that businesses can understand and budget for.
If you purchased an SSL certificate through Everleap, now you can renew the certificate in Control Panel.
60 days prior to expiration a “renew” link will appear in the SSL certificate list in the Control Panel ‘Services | SSL Certificates’ section. You can run through the tool to renew your SSL certificates.
Yes, it’s already been a year for some Everleap SSL certificates! Time flies and we appreciate every one of you early adopters.
Some of you have asked us for the ability to register domains for multiple years, so we’ve added a Domain Renewal system to Control Panel that allows you to do just that.
In the Domain services section, you’ll notice a new “Renew” link. In the Renew panel, you can extend your domain registration for multiple years.
I am proud to report that we have successfully renewed our Microsoft Partner Gold Hosting Competency for 2015! This marks our 10th year maintaining Microsoft Gold Partner status.
Microsoft continues to raise the bar to attain the Gold partner level so we have to make an investment every year to maintain our status. To earn a Microsoft Gold Competency, organizations must employ several Microsoft Certified Professionals who must pass various up-to-date certification exams related to the competency, demonstrate their commitment to customer satisfaction by participating in an annual survey (and scoring well on that survey), submit multiple customer references, as well as pass Cloud technology and marketing assessments.
We’re excited to announce the availability of Managed SQL Hosting at Everleap. This new premium SQL solution will provide you with your own SQL server that is not shared with any other customers. Your database service gets access to all of the disk space, CPU and RAM on the server. Like all of our hosting services, it is fully managed. We handle server updates and security at no additional cost, freeing you to devote your time and energy to your site or application, not server maintenance.
