Starting from December 1, 2023, you can benefit from the new failover rights for Azure SQL Database, which allow you to reduce your licensing costs for disaster recovery scenarios. If you have a secondary database replica that is only used for disaster recovery purposes,
Effective February 1, 2024, Microsoft Intune Enterprise App Management is included in the Microsoft Intune Suite at no additional cost. It also becomes available as an individual add-on to Microsoft subscriptions that include Intune. What is Enterprise App Management? Microsoft Intune Enterprise App
Effective October 1, 2023, the Microsoft Universal Print User Subscription License (SL) is available. What is Microsoft Universal Print? Microsoft Universal Print is a cloud-based software-as-a-service printing solution that allows users to print from any device, anywhere, without the need for print servers
Effective October 1, 2023, Microsoft added a clause to the Product Terms: If a customer has enabled Extended Security Updates (ESU) through Azure Arc they may use the updates on licensed Disaster Recovery servers and in Dev/Test environments. Product Terms clause The Product
Effective October 1, 2023, Windows Server Annual Channel for Containers is available. What is Windows Server Annual Channel for Containers? The Windows Server Annual Channel for Containers is a new operating system option for customers who want to run containers on Windows Server
Microsoft Mesh Effective January 24, 2024, Microsoft Mesh is generally available. Microsoft Mesh is a platform that brings remote workers, hybrid workers and teams together. Microsoft Mesh powers shared virtual experiences in mixed reality applications that are viewable from 2D and 3D endpoints. Also,
Effective January 1, 2024, new Microsoft Frontline Worker licenses are available. The new licenses are: Microsoft Defender for Identity F1 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 F1 & F2 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint F1 & F2 Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps F1 These changes have
Effective January 1, 2024, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Premium is available. What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Premium? Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Premium is a new licensing offering for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance application that empowers users with advanced business performance management
Effective January 1, 2024, User Subscription Licenses (User SL) of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service Contractor are available. What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service Contractor? Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service Contractor is a license for Field Service. There are two types of
Midterm upgrades for Microsoft 365 subscriptions Microsoft has introduced new options that allow you to upgrade eligible 1-year subscriptions to 3-year term midterm or at renewal in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program. This change applies to Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft Teams Enterprise, Microsoft 365 E5 Security
On July 1, 2025, Microsoft announced that there will be no price adjustments in September 2025 for its Commercial Cloud services and on-premises software due to currency fluctuations. This decision comes after Microsoft’s latest semi-annual foreign exchange review, which found no significant currency shifts to justify a pricing update. Any
With Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot, consumption of specific agentic requests is billed via Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG). This licensing guide explains how this model works, how Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat differs from Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing, how to set it up, and what it means for your organization.