Tag: Microsoft

Microsoft has pulled the rug out from underneath their Software Licensing and Protection (SLP) Services Product. In the new age of bloggers and social media, how they thought they would keep this a secret is beyond me! A ZDNet reader sent in a tip after clicking on the link to purchase the product from Microsoft and got the following message: “We appreciate your interest in SLP Services, however we are currently not taking any new orders at this time. Current […]

It seems like forever – but in late August we blogged about Microsoft’s new volume licensing plan – Select Plus and..drum roll please…its finally here! Beginning today, enterprises can take advantage of the new licensing plan which does not require organizations to estimate in advance how many licenses they will need each year – which can be a big advantage for companies that are contionually changing. Select Plus also gives customers the option of buying Software Assurance but requires a […]

Microsoft is certainly seen as one of the top 3 software companies (right up there with Adobe, Oracle and SAP).  But, unlike most other software, they have a monopoly on the market with products that perform “good enough” for most users to get by.  Now, I know that the department of justice said that Microsoft doesn’t have a monopoly, but then how do you explain how Microsoft Office is deployed in nearly every PC and laptop sold in the U.S.? […]

There are a lot of rumors circulating this week about Microsoft changing their licensing policy from one where virtual machine is tied to hardware only to a model that compliments the mobility of virtual machines. Glad to see that they are rethinking its business model to keep up with virtualization. The current policy requires customers to reassign software licenses for Windows Server 2003, SQL Server 2005 and Exchange Server 2007.  The code would need to physically move to a different server.  […]