Microsoft published a few licensing details this month about its forthcoming Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 products. The documents are noteworthy not just for providing licensing details, ...

A new Windows Server 2012 licensing report was released this month by Directions on Microsoft for those considering Microsoft's newest server technology. The report by the Kirkland, Wash.-based ...

On July 12, Microsoft announced it will release Windows Server 2016 to the world as a final RTM edition at the company’s Ignite conference in late September. The software, now in its fifth technical ...

The pilot program, called the Microsoft Windows Server License Mobility Pilot, lets Amazon EC2 users with Microsoft Enterprise Agreements migrate their existing Windows Server licenses to the EC2 ...

Last fall, Microsoft officials promised a plan for a new bring-your-own license (BYOL) option for Windows Server, saying details would come soon. "Soon" is today for those who have access to Microsoft ...

Microsoft last week announced it will switch the licensing for next year’s Windows Server 2016 to a per-processor-core basis, a move analysts said is at least partly a grab for more revenue.

Microsoft’s licensing policies make my job easier. I can count on writing a few newsletters each year (and one or two Wired Windows columns) on the annual changes to the various licensing schemes ...