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Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

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.

Azure Advisor custom lookback period

Azure Advisor can help with recommendations on how you can save money in Azure, and one thing it does is to look back at virtual machine usage to see if it can identify idle or underutilized virtual machines. The default lookback period is seven days, but now customers can adjust the lookback period to 14, 21, 30, 60, or 90 days if it’s more relevant for their business. Find the announcement article here: https://bit.ly/3pULS0s.

Power Platform Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (May 2023) Power Platform Licensing Guide which adds tiered pricing for the AI Builder credit packs. The packs include 1,000,000 AI Builder credits per month and if you buy under 10 packs they are $500 each, if you buy 10-49 packs they are $375 each, and for 50 or more packs, they are $250 each.

Find the details on page 20, and get the updated guide here: https://bit.ly/3LrdNMJ.

Requesting a Power Apps licence (makers)

Following on from the introduction of the facility for users to request a Power Apps licence when they need it (see our blog: https://bit.ly/43cMw87) is the new facility for makers of the app to request a licence for users as they share the app.

Makers are warned when their app has premium components that will require a Power Apps licence and the process for the IT administrators is exactly the same as when a user requests a licence.

Find the announcement article here: https://bit.ly/3o1YdQh.

Windows 11 Licensing Guide

There’s an updated-for-Windows 11 (April 2023) Desktop Operating Systems Licensing Guide. It’s a useful document covering the different Windows editions, device and user licensing options, as well as downgrade rights and Volume Licensing Activation.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/3B8xvZb.

App Governance included in Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft announce that from 1 June, 2023 the App Governance Add-on will  be included in Microsoft 365 E5, E5 Security, or any other licence that includes Defender for Cloud Apps.

Find the announcement article here: https://bit.ly/3o1bZ5G.

Calculate EA Azure Savings Plan cost savings

There’s a useful article here to help EA customers to manually calculate the savings they’ve made from the purchase of Azure Savings Plans: https://bit.ly/3MCBmUU. Full instructions are given to download the amortised usage and charges file, prepare an Excel spreadsheet and then do some calculations to determine the savings.

Centrally managed Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server

Microsoft announce that the centrally managed Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server is now generally available. This allows customers to assign eligible licences to their SQL Server resources in Azure at a whole Subscription or Billing Profile level rather than to individual resources, making it much easier to manage.

Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/3MKf3MN, and the useful Learn documentation here: https://bit.ly/3Olhk2f.

Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (May 2023) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide with just a couple of minor changes. Firstly, for Business Central, the maximum number of companies that may be contained in an environment is now limited to 300, and secondly, the Voice Channel User SL is added to the Default Subscription Capacity table on page 39, showing that each licence accrues 35 GB of Dataverse File capacity.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/3B8v3St.