Microsoft is changing some of its licensing rules, which are already complex. Here’s what small businesses should know.

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The Nano Server edition of Windows Server 2016 will only be available to customers with Microsoft's Software Assurance plan, offered with certain volume license agreements. Organizations will have to ...

On July 12, Microsoft announced it will release Windows Server 2016 to the world as a final RTM edition at the company’s Ignite conference in late September. The software, now in its fifth technical ...

The new cold-server backup coverage boosts benefits of the company's Software Assurance program, which has been criticized for offering too little to justify its cost. During her years at CNET News, ...

Microsoft on Monday released Office 2019, its "perpetual-license" product for both Windows 10 and the Mac platform. However, the Office 2019 product is only available now for Microsoft's volume ...

The Microsoft Software Protection Platform, unveiled formally on Wednesday, requires that all customers consumers who buy PCs and business customers with volume licensing agreements activate their ...

I've always wondered this ... OEM licensing for Microsoft software is often cheaper than volume licensing. So why do people use volume licensing for Office or Windows ...

Microsoft has just released its most recent Windows Server platform. Check out the improved hybrid cloud features, beefed up security and improved support for large on-premises applications. Image: ...

Microsoft said Wednesday that some volume licensing customers will soon be able to store their software at no charge on an additional server used solely in the event of a disaster. The software maker ...