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Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business
If you've been stuck using bare bones, web-based tools, you'll appreciate the full featured collaboration in MS Office 365. Check out this live webcast to learn more about Microsoft Office 365,...
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Microsoft: Volume license agreements now are 'cloud ready'
Today, July 1, is the first day of Microsoft's fiscal 2012 year, and is also the day that some new cloud-focused licensing changes from the company commence.
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Microsoft readies locked-down Windows 7 Thin PCs
Microsoft is planning to make available to its Software Assurance volume licensing customers a smaller footprint, locked-down version of Windows 7 that functions as a thin client.
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There's more than one way to migrate to Windows 7
Microsoft is working on a new physical-to-virtual (P2V) tool for helping customers move legacy applications to Windows 7 using virtualization technology.
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Microsoft to cut a carrot from its Software Assurance licensing plan
To entice customers to sign up for its Software Assurance subscription-licensing plan, Microsoft has added a number of carrots over the years. But it's about to cut one of those carrots, its...
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Windows Intune gives a glimpse at Microsoft’s licensing future
What does Windows Intune mean for Microsoft's licensing future?
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Microsoft Licensing, June 2010 — The Perfect Storm
If you're a Microsoft client, chances are this June has been hectic for you. Here's why.
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Microsoft launches beta of cloud-based Windows management service
Microsoft is pulling back the covers today on another offering in its Microsoft-hosted cloud-computing family: Windows Intune. Windows InTune has been years in the making; it has its roots in...
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Microsoft to phase out Select licensing starting in July 2011
Microsoft is discontinuing its Select volume license offering starting on July 1, 2011. Microsoft said a couple of years ago that Select's days were numbered and that the Select program would be...
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Who is the 90-day Windows 7 Enterprise trial aimed at exactly?
Maybe it's me and I've just not had enough coffee yet today (or maybe I've had too much, it's hard to tell sometimes, I just know I've not had the right amount) but who exactly is this 90-day...
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Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license
Microsoft (unsurprisingly) isn't touting the fact, but its newest licensing agreement could leave customers product-less if they don't renew it. As of October 1, Microsoft will offer customers...
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Business licensees to get final Windows 7 release in July
On July 10, Microsoft notified its reseller partners that it plans to allow business users who've purchased volume licenses plus Software Assurance contracts to get Windows 7 before the end of July.
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Beware of Windows 7 downgrade/upgrade mess
According to Gartner analyst Michael Silver, businesses looking to migrate to Windows 7 could find the whole process much harder and more expensive than it needs to be ... thanks to Microsoft.
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Report: Customers scrutinizing Microsoft license agreements more than ever
Tough economic times are leading customers to scrutinize their Microsoft licensing agreements more than ever before -- a fact that's leading Microsoft to provide some substantial deals and...
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Facing Microsoft licensing decisions? Bridge the gap between Operations and Sourcing
Whether or not to sign or renew an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft is a sticky question that many organizations face. For many companies out there, their spend on Microsoft licensing can be a...
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New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'
Microsoft took the wraps off a new licensing program -- Select Plus -- which company officials said is aimed at simplifying software and services purchases by large and mid-size businesses.
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Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing)
Whenever I talk about doing something crazy like using Google Apps instead of other office suites, a conversation that's usually driven by my beliefs about computing in the cloud, there are some...
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Windows Seven: Think 2010
At Microsoft's Global Exchange (MGX) annual sales conference in Orlando this week, Microsoft shared a bit more -- albeit at a high level -- on Windows Seven, according to a copy of a slide deck I...
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Report finds Microsoft customers increasingly leery of Software Assurance
Microsoft subscription maintenance program for its volume licensees has never been overly popular. But according to a new report from Forrester Research, Software Assurance is looking like even...
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How to determine costs in an XP deployment
You’ve sold the business case on making the move to XP, chosen a deployment approach, and educated yourself about XP implementation issues. Next, as I’ll outline in this fourth and final...
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Find out more about Microsoft's new Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance plans
The way your organization manages its Microsoft licenses is about to change. The software company has overhauled its licensing strategy, and the deadline to sign up for the changes is right around...
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