Effective January 1, 2023, Microsoft Power Automate supports two hosted Robotic Process Automation (RPA) scenarios to enable organizations to set up and scale automation. 2024-05-01: Hosted RPA was renamed to Hosted Process. Users can run RPA desktop flows either with human interaction (attended) or
Effective January 1, 2023, Managed Environments are available for Microsoft Power Platform. Managed Environments is a suite of capabilities that allows admins to manage Power Platform at scale with more control, less effort, and more insights. Admins can use Managed Environments with any type
Effective January 24, 2023, Microsoft Indirect Enterprise Agreement (EA) customers can manage their billing account directly in the Azure Management Portal, and effective February 20, 2023, comparable features are no longer available in the Azure Enterprise Portal. For the announcement article with links to
Effective February 1, 2023, Microsoft Teams Premium is available. Microsoft Teams Premium is a new offering that builds on the current Microsoft Teams experience with additional features that help make Teams meetings even more personalized, intelligent, and protected. It also enables premium capabilities for
Microsoft enabled support for concurrent Microsoft Exchange Online license assignments as a new feature in Office 365, which allows tenant admins to assign more than one Exchange Online license per Azure Active Directory (AAD) user. For more information on this feature, please visit: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/introducing-support-for-concurrent-exchange-online-license/ba-p/3721098.
Effective January 23, 2023, Oracle implemented a major change to its Java licensing model. What are the changes of the Oracle Java licensing? Oracle removed the following Java License metrics from its Java price list: Oracle has removed named user plus licensing model. Oracle
Oracle updated the licensing model for Oracle Linux. Oracle Linux parts will have a single pricing metric of Physical CPU pair, eliminating the concept of Limited/Unlimited subscriptions and the need to count/track physical servers (“systems”). A customer will instead buy a subscription for Support
USU, the world’s leading specialist in software asset management (SAM) solutions, has received the international recognized “Enterprise SaaS Management Certification” from ITAM Review for its Software as a service (SaaS) management software. The solution for optimal management of SAP software licenses was also recertified
Effective April 1, 2023, Microsoft starts aligning the pricing of Microsoft Cloud products to be globally consistent. The goal is to have consistent pricing reflecting the exchange rate of the local currency to the US dollar (USD). How will the prices change? Pricing
Until September 30, 2025, there is a promotion, offering 15% off Microsoft 365 E3/E5 to eligible, new-to-Microsoft 365 E3/E5 customers in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) licensing program. This is interesting for organizations transitioning from e.g., Office 365 E3 or a Microsoft competitor. On June 24, 2025, this promotion was
Until September 30, 2025, Microsoft is providing a discount of 15 % for 10 to 2400 seat purchases of Microsoft 365 Copilot in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program. On April 21, 2025, the license cap with increased from 300 to 2400 licenses. On June 24, 2025, this promo has
Effective June 2025, Microsoft has introduced Azure Communication Services (ACS), a powerful solution for sending large volumes of communications, like emails. This is especially relevant for organizations facing limitations with traditional email platforms like Exchange Online. This article explains ACS and its licensing, compares it to Exchange Online, and answers