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Licensing Microsoft Server Products With Microsoft Virtual Server And Other Virtual Machine Technologies
White Papers This white paper provides an overview of updates to Microsoft's licensing models for the server operating system and server applications. It also clarifies existing licensing policies to help to deploy and use software under these updated models.
[April 1, 2007, 0:00]
Microsoft Licensing Prices Tipped To Fall
News Licensing prices for Microsoft software are set to plunge because of a second-hand market which has sprung up, thanks to a loophole in its terms and conditions. Discount Licensing is taking advantage of British insolvency laws and a clause within...
[November 14, 2005, 16:10]
Licensing Microsoft Server Products With Microsoft Virtual Server And Other Virtual Machine Technologies
White Papers This white paper provides an overview of updates to Microsoft's licensing models for the server operating system and server applications. It also clarifies existing licensing policies to help to deploy and use software under these updated models.
[August 13, 2007, 0:00]
Licensing Buoys Microsoft Again
News Microsoft blew away analysts' estimates for its first fiscal quarter, once again buoyed in part by a controversial corporate licensing plan. Companies faced the same deadline for signing on to the Licensing 6 program itself, which many Microsoft...
[October 18, 2002, 9:08]
Microsoft Launches SME Licensing Crackdown
News According to Ram Dhaliwal, licensing programme manager for Microsoft UK, the process will involve sending out questionnaires to all Microsoft's mid-range customers that are not part of one of Microsoft's licensing schemes and that are of a certain...
[January 29, 2007, 16:04]
Microsoft To Change Licensing Rules
News The new licensing plan, which goes into effect on 1 April, affects eight Microsoft server products, but not its flagship Windows Server operating system software, according to a company representative.
[March 14, 2003, 7:57]
Momentum Webcast: Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Licensing Briefing (Level 100)
White Papers If an organization has 250 or more desktop computers and uses Microsoft products, it may be time to take a closer look at the value provided by Microsoft infrastructure products and the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Volume Licensing program.
[October 5, 2007, 0:00]
Microsoft Seeks EC Clarity On Licensing Fees
News Microsoft responded on Monday to the European Commission's objections over licensing fees for a technology to aid interoperability, saying it seeks more clarity from the antitrust regulatory arm. The software giant, in response to the Commission's...
[April 24, 2007, 10:30]
Microsoft To Amend .Net Server Licensing
News Microsoft plans to issue the second Windows .Net Server 2003 release candidate on Monday and to announce changes to its software licensing policy for businesses. The licensing modifications could radically change how businesses obtain client-access...
[December 2, 2002, 16:34]
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Licensing - Level 300
White Papers This webcast will present an overview of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server licensing. It will describe how licensing works, different types of licenses, different modes of license server, and how to install the license server correctly.
[July 19, 2007, 0:00]
Microsoft: Don't Sweat Over Software Licensing
News Changes made this week to Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) licence management program have caused mixed feelings among users, but the company has insisted its licensing strategy is mainly aimed at helping users, not penalising them.
[June 29, 2006, 13:25]
Oracle Users Dismiss Microsoft Licensing Claims
News The head of the UK Oracle User Group has responded to claims made by Microsoft that the database specialist uses questionable licensing practices to help it gain market share and generate revenue from its customers.
[November 22, 2007, 16:57]
Revised Microsoft Licensing Gets Muted Reaction
News The IT industry has given a mixed response to Microsoft's revisions its Software Assurance licensing programme, announced on Thursday. He added that there was still a lot of "mystique" surrounding Microsoft's licensing programme, because it is so...
[September 15, 2005, 17:50]
Russia Attacks Microsoft Licensing Costs
News The Russian government has hit out at Microsoft, claiming the software giant's overly strict and costly licensing regime is to blame for the high rates of consumer piracy in the country. He said the low average income of people in Russia is one of...
[February 19, 2007, 8:36]
Microsoft Announces Licensing Tweaks
News Microsoft this week announced minor changes to its volume-licensing programme, under which large businesses license many of the company's software products. Microsoft has also established a Web site designed to make it easier to understand what the...
[September 24, 2004, 14:40]
Attention Switches To Microsoft's Licensing Programme
News In particular, people want to see how well Microsoft has done in convincing customers of its older Upgrade Advantage licensing program to switch to the newer Software Assurance programme. With the cash question settled, investors will be looking...
[July 22, 2004, 8:55]
CIOs Put Spotlight On Microsoft Licensing Deals
News Microsoft's Enterprise Agreement licensing deals are coming under close scrutiny by businesses questioning the value of the three-year contracts. Despite this, two-thirds of a 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel — formed by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site...
[November 16, 2007, 15:06]
Microsoft Tweaks Licensing Agreements
News Microsoft's decision to remove language from a licensing agreement that has long rankled computer makers reflects a growing willingness by the software giant to tweak the way it does business, according to analysts.
[March 2, 2004, 10:35]
Europe Gets Microsoft Technology Licensing Boost
News Microsoft launched the licensing programme, called IP Ventures, in May. With a focus on small businesses, the six-person programme was a shift for the company, which had focused much of its intellectual-property licensing effort on larger firms.
[January 31, 2006, 8:50]
Microsoft Moves To Clarify Licensing
Talkback For instance: the Microsoft tax the inability to purchase upgrade licenses rather then having to choose between either OEM or FPP and then with or without additional Volume Licensing Rights the legal lock-in that gradually comes with injecting new...
[May 12, 2005, 23:12]
