Since July 1, 2020, a new Microsoft Product Terms site is available with the aim of ultimately replacing the Product Terms (PT) and Online Services Terms (OST) documents. The new site allows customers to filter content and review only the use rights and conditions
Effective February 1, 2021, a Security, Compliance and Identity (SCI) add-on is available with a prerequisite of Microsoft 365 E5 that enables customers to hold their data for 10 years. Advanced Audit in Microsoft 365 provides one-year retention of audit logs for user and
Effective December 2, 2020, the Oracle MySQL Database Service with integrated MySQL Analytics Engine, optimized for and exclusively available in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), is available. The MySQL Database Service is a fully managed database cloud service that enables customers to provision MySQL databases
Effective January 2021, Microsoft users will need a Work or School Account (WSA) to sign in to Volume License Service Center (VLSC). If you still use a Microsoft Account (MSA) (previously called “Live ID”) to login in to VLSC, please follow these three scenarios
Effective January 1, 2022, commercial, government, education, and nonprofit organizations will not be able to buy new or renew software licenses, Software Assurance, or online services through the Open License program anymore. Until then, all customers can continue to purchase products through the Open
Effective January 1, 2021, Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) can sell perpetual software licenses (without Software Assurance) to commercial organizations. Furthermore, by July 1, 2021, Microsoft CSP will be able to sell perpetual software licenses (without Software Assurance) also to government, education, and nonprofit
Effective December 1, 2020, a Long Term Supported (LTS) version for Adobe Creative Cloud is available for enterprise customers. LTS delivers an additional 12 months of security updates beyond the most recent ‘N’ version, which, in combination with N, allows the customer to standardize
The Transition of Atlassian Jira Server: What You Need to Know Atlassian, the renowned software company behind Jira, has recently made significant announcements regarding its server product. This includes the cessation of new server license sales and the eventual termination of server support. These
Effective January 31, 2021, Microsoft Deployment Planning Services (DPS) customer planning days as well as customer training days from Training Vouchers will stop accumulating. You can still create vouchers for those days until end of June 2021. Those vouchers are still valid for 180
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