Hi

We already have sharepoint 2010 inplace. how can i plan to upgrade it to 2013. i am asking about the licensing procedure. Do i need to pay for SharePoint 2013 even if i have 2010 inplace? is there customer support for licensing?

Hi,

As I understand, you want to know if you need to pay for SharePoint 2013 when you have SharePoint 2010 in-place.

If you want to upgrade to SharePoint 2013, in-place upgrade is not supported for SharePoint 2013 and database-attach upgrade is the only supported upgrade method. You should pay for SharePoint 2013.  And the SharePoint 2013 licenses depend on three factors: what capabilities are used, how SharePoint is deployed, and where the system is hosted.

The article below is about what's new in SharePoint 2013 upgrade.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Ee617150.aspx

The article below is about SharePoint 2013 licensing.

https://products.office.com/en-us/sharepoint/sharepoint-licensing-overview

Best regards,

Sara Fan

HI Krishna,Yes you should buy the license for share point 2013 even if your upgrading from 2010.The license is Per server or per Client access license.