There are significant changes to PowerApps and Flow licensing from 1 October, 2019 so the Licensing Guide is updated accordingly. Find the summary of changes to the licensing on page 1, and find the guide itself here: http://bit.ly/MSLicensingGuides.
Dynamics 365 Mixed Reality Licensing Guide
There’s an updated (October 2019) Dynamics 365 Mixed Reality Licensing Guide. The main change is the inclusion of Dynamics 365 Guides, new capability which gives employees holographic instructions as they learn new tasks. Find this new guide here: http://bit.ly/MSLicensingGuides.
Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide
There’s an updated (October 2019) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide which reflects the significant licensing changes applicable from 1 October, 2019. The Dynamics plans are removed throughout, and the new base and attach licences are detailed on page 5 with a summary table on page 64. There are also sections added for new functionality such as Fraud Protection, as well as countless smaller changes which you’ll find detailed in the Change Log on page 66. Find this guide at http://bit.ly/MSLicensingGuides.
Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 to be available in CSP
Microsoft announce that Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 will be available to purchase through the CSP program from 1 December, 2019. Find the announcement here: http://bit.ly/35gkQ57, and the latest FAQ in the Desktop section of our Licensing Guides emporium: http://bit.ly/MSLicensingGuides.
General Availability of Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft announce the General Availability of Windows Virtual Desktop on 30 September, 2019: http://bit.ly/33abTIG. This page is a useful reminder of the licences required to access WVD: http://bit.ly/2UxKalz, and it’s been updated with the changes to the Microsoft 365 licence assignment rules where customers can now assign Microsoft 365 licences to any user, regardless of the user’s primary device, to use WVD and Office 365 – see the September 2019 Product Terms for details. If you’re a partner, then you’ll find some useful partner resources on WVD here: http://bit.ly/33fm4eS.
Dynamics 365 Business Edition Licensing Guide
The Dynamics team continue their update of their licensing guides before the licensing changes that are due in October 2019. It’s literally just a removal of any references to the Dynamics 365 plans that differentiates the October 2019 edition of the Dynamics 365 Business Edition Licensing Guide and you can find it here: http://bit.ly/MSLicensingGuides.
Dynamics 365 for Operations Server Licensing Guide
There’s an updated (October 2019) Dynamics 365 for Operations Server Licensing Guide. The main changes are for the licensing changes that will happen in October 2019: references to the Unified Operations plan are removed, and From SA User SLs become the only option for moving to the cloud. As usual, check out the Change Log for full details on page 24.
Find this Licensing Guide here: http://bit.ly/MSLicensingGuides.
Planner comes to F1 plans
Microsoft announce that Planner will be added to Microsoft 365 F1 and Office 365 F1 commercial and government plans starting at the beginning of October 2019. The Planner functionality is the same as in higher level plans, and there’s no action for a customer to take.
Find the announcement here: http://bit.ly/2lStHb5.
Dynamics 365 overview guides and videos
If you’re interested in the next wave of Dynamics 365 releases, due in October 2019, then you may find this page useful where there are some quick guides and videos showing the new capabilities and features: http://bit.ly/2lZJgNU.
Azure Cost Management updates
The set of features that make up Azure Cost Management is constantly evolving and the most recent innovations include the introduction of filtered budgets, the ability to save and share customised views, and more flexibility for creating and managing Subscriptions with the limit of 50 Subscriptions per EA Account increased to 200.
Find the latest news from the ACM team here: http://bit.ly/2moqboR.