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Microsoft Teams Premium free trial available

Effective January 10, 2023, there is a free Microsoft Teams Premium trial available that can be activated in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. It contains 25 Users for 30 days.   What can I use Teams Premium for? With Teams Premium, customers can: Extend

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Microsoft products retiring in 2023

In 2023, a list of Microsoft products will retire according to a schedule. Upon retirement, there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates. The retiring products, governed by the Modern Policy, in

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Microsoft products reaching End of Support 2023

In 2023, a list of Microsoft products will reach their End of Support on scheduled dates. Hence, there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates. The following products and releases, governed by

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Microsoft products transitioning to Extended Support 2023

In 2023, a list of Microsoft products will be moving from Mainstream to Extended Support on scheduled dates. Extended Support includes security updates at no cost, and paid non-security updates and support. Additionally, Microsoft will not accept requests for design changes or new features

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Paessler PRTG price changes

Effective March 1, 2023, prices of Paessler PRTG will increase by about 6.5%. Affected are all three Paessler PRTG products: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Paessler PRTG Hosted Monitor Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor   Paessler PRTG products offer IT monitoring for infrastructures of all sizes.

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Veeam price changes

Effective February 1, 2023, Veeam will increase its pricing to align to the intrinsic and increased value of their platform, features and tools. The following price increases apply: Veeam Backup & Replication Subscription Veeam Universal License (VUL) 5% Perpetual Veeam Universal License (VUL) 7%

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Microsoft Teams Shared Device

Microsoft Teams Shared Device replaces Microsoft Common Area Phone Effective December 1, 2022, Microsoft Common Area Phone has been rebranded as Microsoft Teams Shared Device. Microsoft Teams has introduced a new software offering called Teams Shared Device. This is a rebranding of the previous

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Microsoft SQL Server 2022 available

Effective November 16, 2022, Microsoft SQL Server 2022 is generally available. Volume Licensing (VL) customers can download it immediately. With this new release, Microsoft introduces pay-as-you-go billing as an option on SQL Server 2022. The new licensing model is enabled by Azure Arc and

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