Admitted, the words ‘Microsoft’ and ‘Savings’ aren’t often heard in one sentence. Unfairly so it seems because Microsoft offers customers various ways on saving money whilst migrating to their cloud. The Azure Hybrid Benefit is one of the cost savings…
In classic scenarios organizations need a software license for each Microsoft Exchange Server they deploy, accomplished with access licenses for users or devices. With the modern cloud scenario’s using Office 365 or Exchange Online Services, each user for the service…
As always, the answer to a licensing question is: “It depends”. Various factors – which we will explain further on – determine if a software license is needed for certain products and/or cloud services and what license or subscription it…
It is for the fact that Microsoft announced the Office 365 name changes the day before April 1st, otherwise nobody would have believed it. Simply because Microsoft is renaming some of it’s Office 365 products to Microsoft 365, but not…
Autodesk is a global manufacturer of 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Their software licensing was traditionally based on a per serial number basis, per device. Autodesk announced that they are going to change the licensing metric to a ‘per…
Regularly we receive questions whether we have an overview of what is included in Office 365. And that is almost the same as asking for the price of ‘a roof tile’, because: it depends. To get an answer one can…
The Microsoft cloud services are based on a per user subscription. For businesses, healthcare, governments and educational institutions where multiple people use just one computer, this is an expensive service. Starting in the summer of 2020 (most likely Microsoft Fiscal…
In these times where COVID-19 (‘Corona virus’) is impacting people’s lives globally, there is an increase demand for remote work. ‘Work from home’ is even an official government recommendation in many countries to prevent further spread of the virus. To…
Organizations continuously increase the pressure on people, systems and devices. They have more data and information to drive innovation and decision-making. We see fewer cubicles and silos, but more collaborative workspaces. There are higher expectations on creativity and to get…
Well, not literally, but by figure of speech. We present you 10 ways in which you as a SMB company can improve your security and be better protected against ransomware attacks, phishing and much more. Read time: 4 minutes All…
Based on evaluation and customer feedback, we have added innovative new features to our Managed Software Asset Management Service. Here is an overview of the updated service. Managed SAM To begin with, the Quexcel Managed Software Asset Management Service is…
On February 5th VMware announced an important change to their licensing metric. Off course VMWare explains that this is to be able to better serve customers, but we all know the change must bring more revenue for the future. So…