Effective February 1, 2023, Microsoft Teams Premium will be generally available, and will be in Public Preview starting December 1, 2022. Teams Premium will be licensed via an add-on to Microsoft Teams. Additional features through Teams Premium include for example: Intelligent recaps to summarize
On January 1, 2023, the pricing for Snow Software renewals changes. Snow Software will be adding on all renewals through partners, either: annual indexation of at least 8% (based on Consumer Price Index (CPI)), or software license volume growth which exceeds 10% on the
Effective October 1, 2022, the new Microsoft flexible virtualization benefit is available. Microsoft Flexible Virtualization expands your choice when outsourcing. Under this benefit, customers with Software Assurance or subscription licenses are able to use their own licensed software to build and/or install solutions and
Effective October 1, 2022, the licensing for Microsoft Windows Server changed. Traditionally, Windows Server was licensed per physical server/processor/core, independently from being deployed in a physical or in a virtual environment. With the October 2022 changes to the terms for Outsourcing – under certain
Effective November 1, 2022, price increases of various Adobe products for commercial and governmental customers take place. Affected products are: Adobe FrameMaker for enterprise and teams Adobe RoboHelp Office for enterprise and teams Adobe Technical Communication Suite for enterprise and teams. Teams and Enterprise
Effective August 30, 2022, VMware Aria, a multi-cloud management portfolio, is available and is the new brand for a number of renamed VMware products. VMware Aria provides a set of end-to-end solutions for managing the cost, performance, configuration, and delivery of infrastructure and cloud
Effective September 20, 2022, Oracle Java 19 JDK is available. Oracle delivers a new Java Feature releases every six months via a predictable release schedule. Java 17 LTS is the current long-term support release for the Java SE platform. JDK 19 and JDK 17
Effective October 1, 2022, TeamViewer products experience price increases due to inflation. Affected products are: TeamViewer Business (10% price increase) TeamViewer Premium (10% price increase) TeamViewer Corporate (7,7% price increase) AddOn Channel (10% price increase) They are applicable to new customers, renewals of licenses,
In April 2022, Microsoft informed that the Software Assurance 24×7 Problem Resolution Support benefit is being fully retired as a Software Assurance benefit – see: https://www.schneider.im/microsoft-software-assurance-24×7-problem-resolution-support-benefit-changes/ This notification is to remind you that as of February 1, 2023, no new incidents will be allocated
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