Licensing options in a virtual world
I thought I would update a post I wrote previously regarding virtualization. In this article, I want to touch on three specific products (Windows, Core Infrastructure Suite, and the new Cloud Platform...
View ArticleHow I saved a company over $100K a year in reporting
Sounds pretty good doesn’t it? This is a story about knowing what you are reporting and the reasoning behind it. Windows 2012 was launched a couple of years ago (give or take). At that time there...
View ArticleIaaS Gotchas…
In this post I will highlight new (and not so new) compliance gotchas as it pertains to providing infrastructure as a service. Let’s start with a common example and go from there. You provide the...
View ArticleHybrid Use Benefit – HUB
Our friend Azure is at it again. He’s offering Windows license mobility without calling it license mobility. It’s called HUB – Hybrid Use Benefit. And yes, it’s only available in Azure. What is it...
View ArticleIf you could change ONE thing in SPLA…What would it be?
If you were THE Microsoft SPLA MGR in charge of the entire program, what would you change to help grow the SPLA business? (more importantly, YOUR SPLA business) If you have multiple that’s ok. Here’s...
View ArticleDon’t be Jimbo
Jimbo had a small IT firm for which he provided backup, security, and hosting for two clients. He also purchased Office 365 licenses for a handful of users directly from the Microsoft Office 365...
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