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Are you a Licensing Specialist who really likes to know their stuff? Join us on 10 March 2026 for a free event designed specifically for you. Discover how a Licensing School subscription will simplify your workload by replacing flaky AI and manual research with LicenseVerse, our unique licensing repository. We’ll also share details of our live monthly training led by the world’s best licensing explainer, Louise Ulrick. We can’t change licensing complexity, but we can make your job easier. Come and see why the world’s most productive Licensing Specialists rely on us, and register for the free event today: https://bit.ly/BeWiseLikeOllie…

Are you a Licensing Specialist who really likes to know their stuff? Join us on 10 March 2026 for a free event designed specifically for you. Discover how a Licensing School subscription will simplify your workload by replacing flaky AI and manual research with LicenseVerse, our unique licensing repository. We’ll also share details of our live monthly training led by the world’s best licensing explainer, Louise Ulrick. We can’t change licensing complexity, but we can make your job easier. Come and see why the world’s most productive Licensing Specialists rely on us, and register for the free event today: https://bit.ly/BeWiseLikeOllie…

Test your licensing knowledge of the Azure DevOps Services, GitHub Enterprise, and GitHub Copilot with our new Microsoft Developer Tools Advanced Licensing exam! To ensure you’re ready to pass, Dear Louise and High School subscribers can join this week’s training, where Louise once again cuts through the confusion to provide clarity. Take the new exam here: https://bit.ly/4aOzR0p, join the complementary training here: https://bit.ly/LS_Training, or ease in gently with the fundamentals exam here: https://bit.ly/4cdqcmm.

Have you seen our updated Glossary in LicenseVerse? With hundreds of useful licensing terms and definitions, it’s recently had a lick of paint to make it even easier to use. Everything is found on one page, with a super-search filter finding all instances of your search term quickly. It's a great way to get a fast definition or to use as a quick contents page to launch yourself into the right place in LicenseVerse. It’s free, so why not give it a go today? Find it here: https://bit.ly/LVGlossary.

Did you know that the Licensing Scholar Core program is free for everyone? It’s a collection of four modules that are ideal if you want to brush up on essential licensing knowledge, or you’re onboarding to a new role, and the world of Microsoft licensing is new to you. Use the recorded training sessions to learn about licensing the desktop, virtual machines on-premises and in Azure, as well as the different Microsoft agreement types. When you pass the four associated exams, you’ll earn a verified Credly badge which helps you demonstrate your knowledge to others. Find the program here: https://bit.ly/4nweaHT,…

When was the last time SQL Server changed in price? Are there any upcoming Microsoft 365 pricing changes? Are they exchange rate fluctuations or product-based changes…or both? These are all questions that can be quickly and easily answered using our two new tools: the Product Price Plotter and the Exchange Rate Price Plotter. An evolution of our existing pricing pages, you can now browse historic and future price changes using interactive search and filter elements at the top of the page to narrow down to your chosen specifics. We’ll do the heavy lifting of keeping up to date with price…

LicenseVerse is a unique, searchable portal that puts up-to-date licensing resources right at your fingertips. With over 1,300 pages of ever-growing content covering Azure, on-premises software, and Online Services, it helps you find the information you need quickly and intuitively. Save time and trouble, and cut through the confusion today. If you're not yet a subscriber, please contact info@licensingschool.co.uk to find out more.

Showcase your licensing expertise with our three Body of Knowledge (BOK) licensing certifications, available to purchase or included for our Elementary School subscribers and higher. Begin with the Foundation exam for the fundamentals, progress to the Practitioner level for a more advanced challenge, or pick Power Platform to prove specialist skills. All exams are updated annually, and successful completion earns you a Credly badge for your email signature and LinkedIn. Register here: https://bit.ly/4bRH9CT.

How's your knowledge of the Microsoft developer tools licensing? Find out now by trying our new exam, which tests all the fundamentals. If you realise that Visual Studio leaves you vexed, be sure to register for our training this week, where Louise will help dust off your dev tools licensing skills. Give the exam a go for free here: https://bit.ly/4cdqcmm. Subscribers can register for the training here: https://bit.ly/LS_Training. If you're not a subscriber, and would benefit from this kind of upskilling, please get in touch: info@licensingschool.co.uk.