Tag Archives: External User

Office LTSC Microsoft Licensing Brief

There’s an updated (September 2024) Office LTSC Licensing Brief from Microsoft updated, of course, for the recent launch of Office LTSC 2024 – see our blog: https://bit.ly/3Yq4O5c.

It now also includes the Flexible Virtualization Benefit and the new external user definition effective from October 2024 – see our blog: https://bit.ly/4fdde6r.

There are also long-overdue updates for the retirement of Windows To Go, and the renaming of the Home Use Program to the Workplace Discount Program.

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

Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (June 2024) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide, with a lot of small tidying-up type changes which are pretty well documented in the Change Log on page 63.

The biggest change is the definition of an external user on page 43 which now states that a contractor or agent typically won’t work onsite for the customer every working day, or for more than 30 hours on average per week.

Find the updated guide here: https://bit.ly/3R8lriY.

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.

Base and Additive CAL overview

If you’re new to Base and Additive CALs then you may find this new (October 2020) overview document from Microsoft useful. It explains software dependency licence requirements, Base and Additive CALs, external user access, and ends with some FAQs.

Find this document here: https://bit.ly/35fchcB.