An FAQ document is always a nice resource to have and this MPSA one has 16 pages of answers to those questions you may still have. The Operations section is particularly useful with its information on orders, promotions and concessions.
Get the document here: http://bit.ly/1ssAA9Q.
The Enterprise Agreement Program Guide has been updated to include the 1 December 2014 release of the Enterprise Cloud Suite.
This document has some useful information on how the Enterprise Cloud Suite offers an alternative user-licensed platform for the EA, and there are a couple of pages of ECS FAQs too.
Get the guide here: http://bit.ly/1j8qQli.
The Windows 8.1 Licensing Guide from Microsoft is updated for Windows per User. This is a veritable treasure trove of information! Use it to find out about the new Windows SA per User Add-on and Full USLs, as well as their VDA counterparts.
There’s information on the retirement of the Companion Subscription Licence and how MDOP now extends across multiple devices if Windows is licensed by user.
You’ll also find the downgrade rights for both device and user Windows VL licences, and a useful table showing the SKU availability by VL program. Get this great document here: http://bit.ly/19WbhCI.
There’s a slight change to the Home Use Program rights: previously the wording stipulated that the software could be installed on one home computer and one portable device, now it’s on up to two devices which can be either 2 PCs or 2 Macs, dependent on what’s been purchased.
See page 69 of the November 2014 Product List.
Windows Companion Subscription Licences will have the same use rights as if they were Windows Enterprise SA per User Add-on USLs, starting on 1 December 2014.
See page 77 of the October 2014 Product Use Rights document.
Windows will be available to license on a per User basis from 1 December 2014.
Find out all about both the Add-on and Full USLs that are coming, by sitting down with our latest “Coffee Break” video – just 10 minutes and all will become clear!
Find the video here: http://bit.ly/LSyoutube.
Microsoft announce the Enterprise Cloud Suite which is BIG news for Enterprise Agreement customers! Essentially, it’s a new suite which allows you to license the desktop platform completely by user.
Office 365 and the Enterprise Mobility Suite cover the traditional Office and CAL Suite components and there’s a brand new Windows per User licence.
Yes, that’s right, Windows per USER. Get an At-a-Glance guide on ECS and some more detail here: http://bit.ly/13umyz1
Windows per User licensing is announced! There’s now an Add-on which “userfies” an underlying Windows 8.1 Enterprise with SA licence, or a full USL available for a user with a primary work device licensed with Windows 7 or 8 Pro. See the Microsoft page for some more details and the Windows SA per User At-a-Glance guide: http://bit.ly/1qkeeXp.
If Microsoft Project is your thing then you might find this Project 2013 Licensing Guide from Microsoft useful. It’s got a nice overview of all the different Project licences, although it’s not yet updated for Project Lite.
There are also diagrams showing the licences required in a 3-tier on-premises deployment, a Project Online configuration, and a dev/test environment.
Finally, there’s some useful information about when a Project Server CAL is needed as well as some FAQs.
Get the guide here: http://bit.ly/LSAppSvrs
We’re pleased to announce our new 74-678 training course. If you need to pass this exam then this could be just the course for you.
Email paul@licensingschool co.uk if you’re interested in running it in your company, and get the outline here: http://bit.ly/74-678