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Veeam Rule

Upgrades and downgrades require current Support and Maintenance; no refunds on downgrade

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Kind
Commercial
Statement
Licensing Policy v19 §1.7-1.8: "Only customers who are current on Support and Maintenance are eligible for a downgrade." "Veeam does not refund the difference in price for downgrades." Offering downgrades are only for perpetual licences; support downgrades are not available. Upgrades also require current support and "may require a fee even in cases where the customer is upgrading to what they were previously entitled to". Package upgrades Essentials to Foundation to Advanced to Premium are available for all VULs.
Applies when
Changing edition, package or support level mid-term.
Applies to
All Veeam offerings, product editions and support levels.
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