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| Price Changes for Hosters |
| Sunday, 02 January 2011 |
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Fees charged to hosting companies that offer Microsoft products as a hosted or managed service will change effective Jan. 1, 2011. In an effort to make hoster pricing more consistent with fees charged through other volume licensing programs, price changes for Windows Server, SQL Server, and other products licensed under Microsoft's Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) will range from an increase of 30% to a decrease of 20%. Whether or not the increased costs or savings will be passed onto customers will be up to each individual hosting company.
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Additional Resources
More Microsoft Licensing Resources
- Professional Plus Subscription for Office 365 (Jul. 25, 2011)
- New Deployment Services for SA Customers (Jul. 25, 2011)
- Enterprise Cloud Licensing Rules Clarified (Jul. 18, 2011)
- Windows Thin PC Subscription Available (Jun. 20, 2011)
- Windows Intune Licensing (Jun. 13, 2011)
- Reduce License Costs for Hosting (May 23, 2011)
- Core CAL Suite Adds IM, Antimalware (Apr. 11, 2011)
- Dynamics CRM Self-Service Licensing (Apr. 11, 2011)
- Select Plus Discounts, SA Rules (Mar. 21, 2011)
- Opalis License Deal Extended (Mar. 14, 2011)
- Lync Server 2010 Packaging, Pricing, and Licensing (Feb. 21, 2011)
- Windows 7 Upgrade Licensing Strategies (Sept. 30, 2010)
- SA Benefits Trimmed (Aug. 23, 2010)
- Select Licensing Phased Out by 2016 (Jan. 10, 2011)
- Use Rights for SQL Server Bundles (Dec. 27, 2010)
- Price Changes for Hosters (Dec. 27, 2010)
- Server Enrollments Modified (Nov. 8, 2010)
- New Enrollment for Academic Subscriptions (Oct. 25, 2010)
- Volume License Center Update (Oct. 11, 2010)
- Select Plus Minimum Waived (Sep. 27, 2010)
- New Dynamics Light-Use Licenses (Sep. 20, 2010)
