Author Archives: Louise Ulrick

Azure Virtual Desktop

Microsoft announce that Windows Virtual Desktop is now Azure Virtual Desktop. There are a whole host of new features in preview, as well as a new licensing option. Historically, users licensed with Microsoft 365 E3/E5/F3/Business Premium or Windows 10 E3/E5 or Windows 10 VDA E3/E5 licenses have rights to the service for virtual desktops and apps. Now, there’s a per user option for external users which is a monthly per user price of $5.50 for apps, or $10 for apps + desktops, with a no-cost promotional period from 14 July, 2021 to 31 December, 2021.

Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/3v4aa56.

Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (June 2021) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide. The update is mainly a few clarifications/additions around security roles and default capacities, and “Call Intelligence” is rebranded to “Conversation Intelligence”. The Change Log on page 59 has the full details, and you can find the guide itself here: https://bit.ly/3uXqKDN.

Power Platform Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (June 2021) Power Platform Licensing Guide.

There are just two minor updates, the first being that the availability of the Power Apps Portals login Tier 3 Add-on is no longer just restricted to CSP, and secondly, Process Advisor is added.

Process Advisor helps organisations decide which parts of their processes it would be best to automate, and it’s licensed via a Power Automate per User licence – you can find out more about Process Advisor here: https://bit.ly/3g1GotB, and the updated Power Platform Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/2Rv0KSx.

Career Coach licence prerequisites

Microsoft update the Product Terms site for May 1, 2021 by adding the licence prerequisites for Career Coach, which are Office 365 A1, A3 or A5, or Microsoft 365 A3 or A5: https://bit.ly/2OFt7vB.

Find out more about Career Coach here: https://bit.ly/33Co2IN.

External user licensing requirements for Teams

Microsoft update the Product Terms site for May 1, 2021 by confirming that User SLs are not required for any user to join a Teams meeting or a Teams Live event. User SLs are also not required for external users to participate in Teams channels as a Guest with an Azure AD External Identity: https://bit.ly/3eGET3e.

BizTalk Server 2020 Licensing Datasheet

We found a BizTalk Server 2020 Licensing Datasheet from Microsoft. It’s a useful summary of the editions, general licensing models, and options for licensing for virtualisation.

Find this Licensing Datasheet here: https://bit.ly/3nWHKrY.

Audio Conferencing and Phone System

Microsoft update the Product Terms site for May 1, 2021 by adding in Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard and Premium as eligible prerequisite licences for Audio Conferencing and Phone System: https://bit.ly/2SEiaMG.

Dynamics 365 Licensing Brief

There’s a new (April 2021) Dynamics 365 Licensing Brief.

Its intent is to answer some questions, address some complex scenarios, and provide product information that may not exist in other documentation.

If you’ve got a reasonably good knowledge of Dynamics 365 licensing then it’s probably worth a read from start to end (it’s only 8 pages) to see if there’s any new information for you.

Find this Licensing Brief here: https://bit.ly/3ukog2M.

Dynamics 365 for Operations Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (May 2021) Dynamics 365 for Operations Licensing Guide. There are just minor formatting changes and some corrections made, but you can find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/3xMS6Py.

Power Platform Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (May 2021) Power Platform Licensing Guide. There are two main changes – some updates to some of the Dataverse capacity included in licences, and some updates to terminology – “entities” are now “tables”, “records” are now “rows”, and “API requests” are now “Power Platform requests”.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/3eS5IjV.