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| Understanding Licensing for Software Development |
| Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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Software developers and IT professionals are a critical audience for Microsoft, and the company gives them unusual freedom to use multiple copies and multiple versions of its software simultaneously, as long as they are using them only for development or evaluation purposes. Organizations should have clear processes in place to govern the use of developer software and should ensure that developers know the limits governing software usage. Careless use of development and evaluation software can have costly financial implications. Sections in the Microsoft Licensing Report
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