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With only two months left in Microsoft’s Fiscal Year ending June 30, you’re probably wondering why I’m writing a blog post now on Microsoft’s Volume Licensing (VL) transformation. Change is [...]

Microsoft will change one of its biggest licensing programs – and your organization might have a decision to make. Microsoft is raising the minimum desktop commitment on Enterprise and [...]

In December 2012, Microsoft increased the cost of the User Client Access License (CAL) by 15 percent. Here on the SHI blog, we discussed the evolving nature of how organizations were accessing [...]

Microsoft Azure is one of the fastest growing cloud services providers for enterprise businesses. A recent survey showed that about one fifth (19 percent) of enterprise businesses with more than [...]

This post was updated on Dec. 4, 2015. Effective today, Microsoft is changing the way it sells and licenses Windows Azure through the Enterprise Agreement (EA) program. The changes apply to [...]

Microsoft recently announced its plans to launch a new volume licensing program called Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE). Anticipated to go into effect in the fourth quarter of 2013, this new [...]

Effective yesterday, Aug. 1, Microsoft customers have a simpler way to add Microsoft Office 365 to their Enterprise Agreements (EAs). Known as Office 365 Add-ons, the new Office 365 purchase plan [...]

Properly licensing software in a virtual environment can be a challenge for many organizations, and I've heard the process described as everything from a "minefield" to "a ticking time [...]

As the nature of the cloud evolves, so too does its licensing models. In the past, organizations were set up with licensing on a “per device” basis, but with the ongoing consumerization of IT and [...]

When signing your Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA), who to choose as your Enterprise Software Advisor (ESA) should not be a difficult decision. That's because a certified Microsoft Large [...]