The Common Room

Promotions everywhere! It really feels like there’s been a plethora of promotions lately. Last month, Microsoft released three updates to the handy Global Promo Readiness Guide, certainly testing our tracking skills! Microsoft have announced that from 11 March 2026, partners will be able to download active promotions from the Partner Center – see the details here: https://bit.ly/4r68XHu. However, we think it’s helpful to have a single bookmark to see both active AND expired promotions. Our popular Promotions Playground provides just that. A huge hit with our subscribers (and within Licensing School!), come and have a play: https://bit.ly/PromotionsPlayground. If you’re not a subscriber…

We've got a new Dashboard! It’s a great landing page for subscribers and non subscribers alike, giving quick access to the key Licensing School resources. Whether you need to find all licensing information in one place, keep up to date with licensing changes, learn about licensing, or demonstrate your knowledge, the quick launch tiles will get you where you need to be, fast! Bookmark it today as your new licensing launchpad: https://bit.ly/DashboardLS.

Are you a Licensing Specialist who really likes to know their stuff? Join us on 10 March 2026 for a free event designed specifically for you. Discover how a Licensing School subscription will simplify your workload by replacing flaky AI and manual research with LicenseVerse, our unique licensing repository. We’ll also share details of our live monthly training led by the world’s best licensing explainer, Louise Ulrick. We can’t change licensing complexity, but we can make your job easier. Come and see why the world’s most productive Licensing Specialists rely on us, and register for the free event today: https://bit.ly/BeWiseLikeOllie…

It’s Azure month at Licensing School! Our licensing training in March covers Azure licensing and purchasing models, with the first session covering Pay-As-You-Go, Reservations, and Savings Plans. Louise will lead the way, clarifying all the confusing concepts. Subscribers can register for the fundamental and advanced Dear Louise sessions here: https://bit.ly/LS_Training. If you’re not a subscriber but would benefit from this kind of upskilling, please do get in touch: info@licensingschool.co.uk.

Are you a Licensing Specialist who really likes to know their stuff? Join us on 10 March 2026 for a free event designed specifically for you. Discover how a Licensing School subscription will simplify your workload by replacing flaky AI and manual research with LicenseVerse, our unique licensing repository. We’ll also share details of our live monthly training led by the world’s best licensing explainer, Louise Ulrick. We can’t change licensing complexity, but we can make your job easier. Come and see why the world’s most productive Licensing Specialists rely on us, and register for the free event today: https://bit.ly/BeWiseLikeOllie…

Are you a Licensing Specialist who really likes to know their stuff? Join us on 10 March 2026 for a free event designed specifically for you. Discover how a Licensing School subscription will simplify your workload by replacing flaky AI and manual research with LicenseVerse, our unique licensing repository. We’ll also share details of our live monthly training led by the world’s best licensing explainer, Louise Ulrick. We can’t change licensing complexity, but we can make your job easier. Come and see why the world’s most productive Licensing Specialists rely on us, and register for the free event today: https://bit.ly/BeWiseLikeOllie…

Test your licensing knowledge of the Azure DevOps Services, GitHub Enterprise, and GitHub Copilot with our new Microsoft Developer Tools Advanced Licensing exam! To ensure you’re ready to pass, Dear Louise and High School subscribers can join this week’s training, where Louise once again cuts through the confusion to provide clarity. Take the new exam here: https://bit.ly/4aOzR0p, join the complementary training here: https://bit.ly/LS_Training, or ease in gently with the fundamentals exam here: https://bit.ly/4cdqcmm.

Have you seen our updated Glossary in LicenseVerse? With hundreds of useful licensing terms and definitions, it’s recently had a lick of paint to make it even easier to use. Everything is found on one page, with a super-search filter finding all instances of your search term quickly. It's a great way to get a fast definition or to use as a quick contents page to launch yourself into the right place in LicenseVerse. It’s free, so why not give it a go today? Find it here: https://bit.ly/LVGlossary.

Did you know that the Licensing Scholar Core program is free for everyone? It’s a collection of four modules that are ideal if you want to brush up on essential licensing knowledge, or you’re onboarding to a new role, and the world of Microsoft licensing is new to you. Use the recorded training sessions to learn about licensing the desktop, virtual machines on-premises and in Azure, as well as the different Microsoft agreement types. When you pass the four associated exams, you’ll earn a verified Credly badge which helps you demonstrate your knowledge to others. Find the program here: https://bit.ly/4nweaHT,…