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Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box? Updated: April 12, 2026 Microsoft 365 Government offers U.S. governmental organizations more regulatory compliance capabilities than Microsoft 365 commercial...more Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees Updated: April 12, 2026 Microsoft 365 Education offers most of the features included in commercial enterprise Microsoft 365 offerings, with...more Azure: Know Reservations Updated: April 10, 2026 Azure reservations allow customers to reduce Azure costs in exchange for a one- or three-year...more How to Apply Azure Reservations and Savings Plans Effectively to Compute Workloads Updated: April 10, 2026 Azure compute is typically the single largest cost category of resources that an organization will...more EA to MCA: Spot Legal Traps Updated: March 18, 2026 Finding the Most Common Pain Points Comparing the EA contract stack (fig. 1) and the...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: March 6, 2026 Copilot-branded technologies from Microsoft assist users in completing tasks, but Microsoft overstates ROI. Almost all...more And Acquisition for All: Microsoft 365 Self-Service Purchase March 2, 2026 Microsoft makes several services available for direct purchase by end users to promote adoption, circumventing...more Services Increasingly Expanding Beyond Microsoft 365 Suites Updated: February 27, 2026 New tiers of several Microsoft 365 core services are quite expensive and are not available...more VMware Rapid Migration Plan Loses Incentives: Some Benefits for Commitment Remain Updated: February 18, 2026 Note: Following a further extension of the deadline for the VMware Rapid Migration Plan to...more Comparing Options for Licensing Microsoft 365—The Savings May Not Stack Up  Updated: January 18, 2026 Customers have numerous paths available for licensing Microsoft 365 services. Licensing subcomponents on an à...more Top Reasons to Use SQL Server 2025 and a Few Reasons to Avoid It January 14, 2026 SQL Server 2025 reached general availability in Nov. 2025 and offers compelling changes that should...more Free SQL Server Developer Edition Is Mostly for Demos Updated: January 2, 2026 SQL Server Developer edition is free for development and test use. Because the product requires...more Intune Premium License Tiers Still Not Worth It Updated: December 23, 2025 Two premium Intune tiers are now available, along with multiple à la carte features. Intune...more Dynamics 365 License Compliance Enforcement Delayed to at Least Jan. 2026 October 20, 2025 Microsoft has delayed plans to lock the Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations front door from...more Entra ID Group-Based License Management Helps Ease Licensing Administration Updated: October 19, 2025 Entra ID group-based license management can help organizations manage licenses for Microsoft services in a...more Dynamics 365 Compliance Change: Avoid the August 2025 Lock Out Updated: September 30, 2025 Dynamics 365 ERP is implementing a new compliance check to ensure users have a valid...more

Teams-related Product Packaging April 23, 2026 CALs Included with Online Services Suites April 17, 2026 CAL Suite Contents April 17, 2026 External User Qualification Requirements Updated: April 17, 2026 Enterprise Agreement Contract Stack April 17, 2026 Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Packaging April 17, 2026 Office and Windows Supported Combinations April 17, 2026 Microsoft 365 Enterprise Suite Packaging April 16, 2026 Office 365 Enterprise suites packaging April 16, 2026 Microsoft 365 Extensions April 16, 2026 Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Comparison April 16, 2026 Microsoft 365 Copilot Packaging April 16, 2026 Frontline Worker Online Suite Packaging April 13, 2026 Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite Packaging April 13, 2026 Available Azure Reservations Updated: April 10, 2026 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plans Updated: March 1, 2025

  Licensing Reference Teams-related Product Packaging Illustration + caption maps Teams-related license types to the AI, collaboration, and management/security capabilities, as...more   Licensing Reference CAL Suite Contents Illustration and caption outline the components currently in the Core CAL Suite and Enterprise CAL...more   Licensing Reference CALs Included with Online Services Suites Illustration and caption list the CAL (client access license) and Client ML (Management License) subscriptions...more   Licensing Reference Exchange Server CAL Types and Features Illustration outlines the technical features licensed by the Exchange Server Standard CAL (Client Access License)...more   Licensing Reference Enterprise Agreement Contract Stack Illustration + caption explains how multiple types of legal documents interconnect to form what is...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Packaging Illustration + caption compare Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise features provided on Windows/Mac, mobile, and...more   Licensing Reference Office and Windows Supported Combinations Table (with caption) lists supported combinations of OSs (Windows client and Windows Server) and Office...more   Licensing Reference Office 365 Enterprise Suites Packaging Illustration + caption compares the contents of Office 365 F3, E1, E3, and E5 suites.   Licensing Reference Microsoft 365 Enterprise Suite Packaging Illustration + caption compare the online services and features bundled into Microsoft 365 F3, E3,...more   Licensing Reference CAL Suite Bridge Subscription providing the right for a user to access some subset of on-premises server products;...more   Licensing Reference CAL Suite Bridge Contents Illustration outlines the components currently in the various CAL Suite Bridge offerings.   Licensing Reference Microsoft 365 Extensions Illustration + caption enumerate the many dozen discrete licenses that extend or augment the capabilities...more   Licensing Reference Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Comparison Illustration + caption compares the set of online services included with Office 365 E1/E3/E5 suites...more   Licensing Reference Windows VDI Hosting Scenarios Table + caption lists client-side licenses that provide rights to run and access Windows client...more   Licensing Reference Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite Packaging Illustration + caption summarizes which online services are included with Enterprise Mobility + Security suites.   Licensing Reference Frontline Worker Online Suite Packaging Illustration + caption summarize the online services and features included with Microsoft 365 Enterprise F1/F3...more

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