There’s an updated (April 2024) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide which is updated for the availability of Supply Chain Management Premium. This gives new SCM demand planning capabilities powered by Copilot, and it’s licensed via a User Subscription Licence costing $300 per user per month, with a minimum purchase of 10 licences. Pages 28 – 31 of the guide are updated where it’s easy to see which features are exclusive to this new licence.
Find the updated guide here: https://bit.ly/3xFRi3i.
Microsoft announce that it’s now possible to turn on the Auto-renew option for a Reservation at the time of purchase. The setting is off by default, and you can (as before) enable or disable the Auto-renew option at any time up to the expiration of the existing Reservation.
See the announcement article here: https://bit.ly/447jdWk.
There’s an updated (June 2023) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide with a couple of updates. Firstly, the Base and Attach licences table is updated on page 4 to show that Business Central Premium licences qualify as Base licences for Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise and Customer Service Enterprise Attach licences. Then there’s additional information added on pages 57 to 59 to clarify the Power Platform use rights included in the Dynamics 365 product licences.
Get this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/3NbJGv6.
Not all Azure services are yet available in CSP and if you want to check exact availability then here’s a useful article to peruse: http://bit.ly/2q8aTmy. It covers availability of the general Azure services, as well as what can be purchased through the Visual Studio Marketplace and charged to a CSP account, and which Azure Marketplace items are available in CSP Subscriptions.
Microsoft announce the General Availability of Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to help organisations detect advanced attacks in a hybrid environment (http://bit.ly/2FQFCeC).
From a licensing perspective it’s available as a standalone User SL and is also added to EMS E5 User SLs.
Page 54 of the March 2018 Product Terms details Extended Use Rights for Azure ATP allowing organizations to install and use Advanced Threat Analytics to manage OSEs used by Azure ATP licensed users. There’s also an Azure ATP Add-on User SL available for users already licensed with an Advanced Threat Analytics CML (see page 88).
The January 2017 Hosting and Cloud Service Provider Newsletter is out. There’s just one item of licensing interest:
the License Mobility through SA Verification form has been updated so that customers can now email completed forms to Microsoft.
Download the latest version of the form here (http://bit.ly/VLForms) – look for “License Verification” as the document type.
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The July 2016 Hosting and Cloud Service Provider Newsletter is out. There are three main items of licensing interest: firstly there’s a reminder that while the Core Factor table is no longer required to calculate licences for SQL Server 2016, it does still apply to SQL Server 2012/2014 as well as BizTalk Server 2013 R2 and Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Standard Commerce Server.
There’s also a reminder to take the new Cloud Portability module in GLR, and a link to the SPLA Quarterly Update Licensing webinar: http://bit.ly/2aktmUG.
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Microsoft announce that Windows 10 Enterprise E3 will be available through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program in autumn 2016. This means that customers will be able to buy a subscription to Windows 10 as part of a managed service with pricing at $7 a month.
Find Microsoft’s full blog post here: http://bit.ly/29FKuUc.
There’s an updated (June 2016) Enterprise Agreement Program Guide. The major amendment is for the change in the minimum number of users/devices from 250 to 500 which came into effect on 1 July 2016. There are also other additions for some new SA benefits such as the Hybrid Use Benefit.
As usual, you can find this guide in our Licensing Guides store here: http://bit.ly/MSLicensingGuides.
Do you need a good summary of how Office 365 is licensed through Open and Open Value agreements? Our handout is just two pages giving you all the key information in an easy to follow format.
Download it here: http://bit.ly/1jMnCl8