The Microsoft Customer Agreement is the new Agreement between customers and Microsoft with terms of use on cloud subscriptions and software licenses. The Microsoft Customer Agreement replaces the Microsoft Cloud Agreement, which will be retired within the Cloud Solution Provider…
The Product Terms and Online Services Terms are Microsoft’s terms of use for their perpetual and cloud technology. Those terms are updated and published online monthly and are an integrated part of customer’s License Agreements. Though the terms are for…
Microsoft Kaizala is a collaboration and communications App, originated in India in 2016 and brought by Microsoft’s outlet for experimental projects Microsoft Garage. Today it is gaining popularity and raising questions at the same time; “Isn’t it the same as…
Windows Autopilot is a Microsoft cloud based deployment and management service for Windows 10 devices. It can be used for set up and pre-configuration for new devices, getting them ready for productive use while saving deployment time for IT departments.…
The Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems is reaching the end of extended support at January 14, 2020. For organizations still running (some) Windows 7 systems – possible due to legacy applications – can now buy Windows 7 Extended Security Updates.…
Back in November 2019 Microsoft introduced their new client management solution Microsoft Endpoint Manager. General availability is expected ‘somewhere in the next months’. Since a lot of organizations are interested but confused about the licensing and use terms at the…
Microsoft Project is a series of productivity solutions for professional project management. Recently Microsoft changed the names of the various subscriptions to align better with their ‘naming convention’ of ‘Plans’. Here is an overview: Various features When the number in…
SQL Server is one of the most used database application servers and Microsoft offers various editions. The licensing options are broad also, which makes SQL Server licensing complex. In this knowledge article we explain the basics of SQL Server licensing.…
With the launch of SQL Server 2019 on November 1st 2019 Microsoft also introduced new High Availability and Disaster Recovery options for customers with active Software Assurance on their SQL Server licenses. The good thing is it does not only…
Lately there is a lot of fuss about secondhand software licenses, especially in the Netherlands. A lot of resellers of those secondhand software licenses point to EU legislation and tell potential customers that ‘all is legal’ and there is ‘nothing…
As announced by Microsoft previously, the extended support for Windows 7 ends after January 14, 2020. Also see our news item about Windows 7 end of support. But for customers using Office365ProPlus on Windows 7 there is an additional complication.…
Windows Virtual Desktop on Azure is general available and is an alternative for a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) in your own datacenter. Besides the pro’s and con’s of going to the cloud, there are some licensing concerns to be considered.…