Microsoft has multiple (cloud-based) solutions for Identity and Access security and management. Now they introduced Entra as the product family which will cover these solutions, existing and newly acquired. Read time: 2 minutes According to Microsoft According to Microsoft, Microsoft…
Software Asset Management is all about control over your environment, knowing what you have deployed and licensing what you use, software and cloud. Since that is important in saving money and mitigating legal risks, detailing assets is essential. When more…
A lot of organizations, both commercial and non-profit, are ‘all in’ or ready for cloud productivity. Microsoft offers cloud productivity services like Microsoft 365 and Office 365. You can choose the one-size-fits all model, but that is expensive. Here is…
Following the price increase of some Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft 365 offerings for Commercial customers, Microsoft announced that they will soon do the same for Nonprofit customers. Here are the details. Read time: 2 minutes Commercial and Nonprofit Commercial…
Microsoft’s on premises flagship database product SQL Server is on the edge of a new version: 2022 is on its way. Today it is in private preview (for selected customers) and we expect general availability (GA) in the second half…
Starting March 1st, Microsoft has added the new Microsoft Defender for Business to the Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscription. Later this calendar year Defender for Business will become available as a stand-alone subscription. Read time: 2 minutes New Defender for…
Starting March 1st, 2022, Microsoft will no longer charge customers for the dial-in option for Teams meetings. Read time: 2 minutes Meeting dial-in Attending Teams meetings (online, digital meeting platform from Microsoft, for those who don’t know) requires access (over…
In August 2021 Microsoft announced price increases for their most popular cloud products, like Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise plans and some Office 365 suites. Prices announced were in US$. This week Microsoft published the Euro suggested retail price (MSRP)…
The Services Provider Use Rights (SPUR) provides use rights for the Microsoft products available through the Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA). The MS Word document was updated once every one to three months, as needed. Following other use rights…
Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio are often used Apps in the Office Desktop applications stack. Starting January 26, 2022, employees of an organization can request a 30-day trial by themselves using their business e-mail address. Here is what you should…
Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SE) became general available on November 2., 2021. Now we ask ourselves: ‘What is is’? Why is it not SharePoint Server 2021, following new Office 2021 LTSC edition? All confusing, right? Here are the answers…
About a decade ago Microsoft introduced Office 365 as the successor of their Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). Office 365 has been the ‘go to’ productivity solution based on Microsoft cloud services. In the past decade, Microsoft invested a lot…