Procurement & Licensing

Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees Updated: July 23, 2025 Microsoft 365 Education offers most of the features included in commercial enterprise Microsoft 365 offerings,...more How to Assign Microsoft 365 User Licenses July 10, 2025 Microsoft 365 licenses must be assigned to users before they can use the services. The...more Trust but Verify Your Data in Microsoft’s AI Services July 10, 2025 The Microsoft Generative AI Services clause explains Microsoft’s terms for customers using its AI services,...more AAD B2C: Here Today, Gone Eventually Updated: July 9, 2025 Azure Active Directory B2C was designed to help organizations offer their end users easy sign-in...more Copilot Now Available to Power BI Pro and Desktop Users July 8, 2025 Copilot for Power BI and Copilot for Fabric features are now available for most Power...more Intune Premium License Tiers Still Not Worth It Updated: July 3, 2025 Two premium Intune tiers are now available, along with multiple à la carte features. Intune...more Azure NetApp Files NAS Service Targets Large-Scale Use Updated: June 28, 2025 The new Azure NetApp Flexible Tier could help with large-scale lift-and-shift scenarios. Throughput is priced...more Migrating from VMware? Look Before You Leap Updated: June 28, 2025 Microsoft has several alternatives to VMware for on-premises server virtualization. Hyper-V is mature and runs...more Services Increasingly Expanding Beyond Microsoft 365 Suites Updated: June 17, 2025 New tiers of several Microsoft 365 core services are quite expensive and are not available...more Identity Manager: Start Planning Replacement Options Now Updated: June 13, 2025 Microsoft Identity Manager is set for retirement in 2029, and no direct replacement is expected....more Microsoft Entra: The Collected Services Updated: May 27, 2025 Entra is a family of services to help organizations manage identities and access to resources....more Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box? Updated: May 11, 2025 Microsoft 365 Government offers better regulatory compliance for U.S. governmental organizations than Microsoft 365 commercial...more Dynamics 365 Compliance Change: Avoid the August 2025 Lock Out April 28, 2025 Dynamics 365 ERP is implementing a new compliance check to ensure users have a valid...more Azure Files Improves Performance, Syncing, and Pricing Flexibility April 20, 2025 Azure Files has gained meaningful speed improvements, particularly when accessing small files. File Sync improvements...more Security Services Roadmap April 18, 2025 A range of Microsoft-hosted security services are available to help organizations secure their infrastructure and...more Understanding Pricing: Consumption Versus Capacity April 10, 2025 For customers accustomed to on-premises licensing, aspects of Microsoft’s cloud pricing models can feel unfamiliar....more

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plans Updated: March 1, 2025 Available Azure Reservations Updated: February 16, 2025 Microsoft Defender for Servers Plans Updated: January 6, 2025

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