Licensing Office LTSC 2024
Office LTSC 2024 is licensed by device: a license is assigned to a device and the software is licensed to be used on that device. Office licenses are a special type of license called a Suite license. This means that…
PROJECT 2024
There are two editions of Project 2024: Standard edition is aimed at individual project managers, and the Professional edition is part of a more comprehensive project management solution integrating with Project Server. Project 2024, became available in October 2024.
VISIO LTSC 2024
There are two editions of Visio LTSC 2024: Standard and Professional, where the primary difference between the editions is the kind of drawings you can create. With Standard edition you can create business diagrams, flowcharts and organization charts, and with…
OFFICE LTSC 2024
Office LTSC 2024 is the Microsoft suite of desktop productivity tools and is a cost-effective way for organizations to license all of these products. The LTSC was added to the name for the 2021 release and indicates that this is…
SKYPE FOR BUSINESS SERVER SUBSCRIPTION EDITION (SE)
Microsoft confirmed in June 2024 that the next version of Skype for Business Server will be a Subscription Edition (SE), and in April 2025 stated that it would be generally available in July 2025. From a licensing perspective it will…
EXCHANGE SERVER SUBSCRIPTION EDITION (SE)
Microsoft confirmed in May 2024 that the next version of Exchange Server will be a Subscription Edition (SE) which will be available in July 2025. From a licensing perspective it will follow the same rules as for SharePoint Server SE:…
Microsoft resources: SQL Server PAYG licensing
There are two especially useful Learn pages for SQL Server PAYG licensing. The Configure SQL Server page has details of enabling Pay-As-You-Go billing, and managing the unlimited virtualization benefit, while the Licensing & billing page has information on the different…
Resources: SQL Server PAYG licensing
Online training If you are a High Schooler, or have access to the Dear Louise training sessions, then you can register for the Dear Louise: Pay-As-You-Go and SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc training which we ran in July 2024.…
Physical-core (p-core) licenses
A physical-core license is the mechanism by which you tell the Azure services to not focus on the cores of a virtual machine, but instead to focus on the cores of the physical server because you want to license SQL…
Enabling PAYG billing
A SQL Server machine must be connected to Azure Arc to enable Pay-As-You-Go billing. If you’re installing SQL Server 2022 then it’s one of the licensing options that you can choose as part of the installation process, and for existing…