Visual Studio and MSDN products are now available to order through the MPSA.
There’s a brand new portal to manage MSDN subscriptions purchased under the MPSA while existing subscriptions continue to be managed via VLSC.
Read the Microsoft blog post and see some screenshots of the new portal here: http://bit.ly/1O5UnaF.
SPLA comes to GLR! If you’re already a fan of Get Licensing Ready then you’ll know that it’s a great way of testing your existing licensing knowledge as well as learning topics you’re less familiar with. Now there are four new modules for the Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA), so if you need to get up to speed with how Microsoft licensing works under SPLA, then download the handouts, watch the videos, and get a tick in the box by passing the exams: http://getlicensingready.com.
Microsoft announce the September changes to the MPSA at the Worldwide Partner Conference: ECS arrives, and there are new multi-year Online Services subscriptions.
New Office 365 E5 plan announced at Microsoft’s Partner Conference!
Microsoft announce that Office 2016 for Mac is now available. It includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook, and is available today to qualifying Office 365 subscribers and as a one-time purchase option in September.
Read the official announcement here: http://bit.ly/1UFyG6A.
From 1st July the Product List and the PUR are combined into one document – the Product Terms.
Read Microsoft’s blog post as they explain the benefits of this new consolidated monthly document: http://bit.ly/1T7ZBGs.
Starting in August 2015, the Online Services Terms (OST) document will be updated monthly.
Get the document here: http://bit.ly/MSvlterms.
There’s big Volume Licensing news this 1st of July – the Product List and the Product Use Rights (PUR) documents are combined into one document called the Product Terms, which will be updated monthly.
There’s an FAQ on this new document here: http://bit.ly/1RS3gFP and an overview video towards the bottom of this page, where you can also download the document: http://bit.ly/MSvlterms.
We’ll do a more detailed blog post soon highlighting some of the important changes.
Microsoft announce the general availability of the new Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for Android phone – http://bit.ly/1JkxvWJ.
As usual, everyone gets access to the core features, while the premium features require a qualifying Office 365 subscription.
This page is useful for finding out exactly what the qualifying Office 365 plans are: http://bit.ly/1IAfQEP.
It’s always good to come across a new Licensing Guide and this Windows Server 2012 R2 one is pretty comprehensive. It’s dated April 2015 and has all the information contained in previously released datasheets as well as a long FAQ section where you’ll find all the usual suspects as well as a couple of useful Azure-related questions (Q21 onwards) clarifying a couple of Licence Mobility issues.
Definitely worth downloading for your Useful Licensing Guides folder: http://bit.ly/1e3uNa4.