In August, Microsoft will start rolling out changes to Microsoft Office 365 licensing technology to make it more reliable and resilient. These changes will help simplify activation management and streamline the Office 365 activation experience for users. Users will still sign-in to activate Office
Microsoft announced the following changes to the licensing of Dynamics 365, effective October 2019: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations will be split into two single apps: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Supply Chain Management. Microsoft Dynamics 365
Microsoft announced the General Availability of Microsoft Forms Pro for Microsoft Dynamics 365 customers. Microsoft Forms Pro is a simple to use, yet robust enterprise-survey solution that integrates with Office 365, Dynamics 365, and the Power Platform. It’s built on Microsoft Forms for Office
With the release of Microsoft Forms Pro, Microsoft announced the discontinuation of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Voice of the Customer product. Existing customers will be able to create new surveys up until 1st July 2020, and after that date, survey data will be available
Microsoft Azure Reservations are a way of pre-paying for an Azure resource over a one or three-year term to get the most cost-effective pricing. The Reservations family continues to grow: it started with Reserved Instances, a way of pre-paying for Azure virtual machine base
Microsoft Multi-Geo Capabilities for Microsoft Office 365 give customers full control of where their data is stored. Microsoft Multi-Geo Capabilities allow customers to choose different Office 365 data center geographies for their data within Office 365. Data within a single Office 365 tenant can
Microsoft and Oracle announced a cloud interoperability partnership enabling customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. Enterprises can now seamlessly connect Azure services, like Analytics and AI, to Oracle Cloud services, like Autonomous Database. By enabling customers
Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Database 19c. The final long-term support release of the Oracle Database 12c and 18c family of products is now available on Linux, Solaris, Exadata and LiveSQL.oracle.com platforms. Oracle Database 19c offers customers the best performance, scalability, reliability and
Microsoft announced that they will change the way they present the Microsoft Licensing Terms documents. The Licensing Terms Site is intended to replace the downloadable document versions of the Microsoft Product Terms (PT) and Microsoft Online Service Terms (OST). The site provides users with
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