Sometimes the most obvious way to do something is not how you actually get it done. My two-year-old son likes to push chairs across our tile floor. Things go great…
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Microsoft offers significant discounts to nonprofit organizations. One method for claiming these is through TechSoup, an authorized reseller. If you are a seeking to buy Office 365 for nonprofits specifically,…
Microsoft’s Office 365 offerings are always changing, so it’s helpful to revisit this topic every now and then to see what’s going on. Here’s the latest … Microsoft Teams Added…
Do you have Software Assurance (SA) on your Windows Server licenses? If so, you may be wondering how your licenses will be upgraded from 2012 to 2016. And if you’re…
Microsoft recently announced the public preview of group-based license management in Office 365. Here are a few key facts about license management with Office 365 Groups: Group-based licensing is only…
Windows as a subscription? Windows licensed per user? You just blew my mind. Microsoft continues to break paradigms that have been entrenched for decades. If you are familiar with Windows…
Update (March 2017): After this post was created, Microsoft clarified that this promotion only applies to customers with an Enterprise Agreement (EA). If you don’t have an EA, then you…
Sometimes you need support … sometimes you need extended support … but sometimes you need extended-extended support! For instance, what if your proprietary software program only runs on Windows Server…
This post is an update to “vMotion Permissions (and Denials) in Microsoft Licensing” first posted on the Mirazon Blog on September 17, 2013. Virtualization has changed everything. It used to…
(This post is an update to “Do I Need SQL CALs When Using SharePoint?” first posted on the Mirazon blog on September 3, 2013.) When you advise people on Microsoft licensing…
“How many licenses of Windows Server 2016 do I need for my environment?” Simple question, but getting an answer can be a daunting task. There are lots of factors to…
Microsoft threw everyone for a loop with the release of Windows Server 2016. In an instant, Windows Server licensing went from processor-based to core-based. To help you wrap your head…