There’s an updated (April 2025) Downgrade Rights licensing guidance document from Microsoft. There aren’t major changes, it’s really just updated for the latest product versions – SharePoint Server 2019 is changed to Subscription Edition, for example.
Find this updated document here:Â https://bit.ly/4m2CQr4.
There’s an updated (May 2025) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide. The major changes are the addition of a whole host of security roles for the ERP products, and clarification as to when administrators need to be licensed. Text on page 3 confirms that users with the Power Platform Administrator or Dynamics 365 Administrator role in Entra don’t require a licence, and the System Administrator role in Dataverse and Finance and Operations doesn’t require a licence to configure and administer Dynamics 365 applications.
Find this updated guide here:Â https://bit.ly/44lAhtU.
There’s an updated (May 2025) Flexible Virtualization Benefit licensing guidance document from Microsoft. There aren’t huge wording changes from the previous (November 2022) version – just some rewording here and there, but all diagrams and the resources section have been removed.
Find this updated guide here:Â https://bit.ly/4jGr4ko.
There’s an updated (April 2025) Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide with just a minor change to the wording of the prerequisites for the Customer Insights Attach licence on page 13.
Find this updated guide here:Â https://bit.ly/42iGfJe.
There’s an updated (March 2025) Core CAL And Enterprise CAL Suites licensing guidance document from Microsoft. There are minimal changes from the February 2025 version and note that a couple of errors still remain in the table on page 3.
Find this document here:Â https://bit.ly/4iquFTa.
There’s an updated (February 2025) software reimaging rights licensing guidance document from Microsoft. There aren’t major changes – just a few version updates and references to VLSC changed to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
Grab this updated guide here:Â https://bit.ly/4bXLXVe.
There’s a new (February 2025) Base and Additive CALs licensing guidance document from Microsoft which is an evolution of the October 2020 Microsoft Server Base and Additive CALS Overview Licensing Brief document. It’s broadly the same information covered, but all the diagrams showing the layered structure of Base and Additive CALs are removed to be replaced with more comprehensive explanations and links to the Product Terms.
Find this new document here: https://bit.ly/4b5Lzn3.
There’s a new (February 2025) Dynamics 365 Contact Center licensing guidance document from Microsoft. It’s got the fundamental licensing information you’d expect as well as useful sections on example scenarios, integration with other products, and FAQs.
Find this document here:Â https://bit.ly/42QmpHi.
There’s a new (January 2025) Microsoft 365 Apps licensing guidance document. It’s pretty comprehensive, covering all sorts of licensing bits and bobs to do with the Microsoft 365 Apps, and includes an FAQ at the end.
Find this document here: https://bit.ly/4hB2osg.
There’s a new (January 2025) licensing guidance document for Microsoft Defender. It’s an introductory-level document but might be useful to start you on the road to understand the licensing of Microsoft Defender for client and server endpoints.
Find this new guide here: https://bit.ly/3EgYtCy.