Five New Microsoft Licensing Tweaks

Forrester says CIOs should examine some of the new changes Microsoft has made to its licensing agreements before they sign on.

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July 15, 2010
By

Datamation.com Staff

CIO.com: Recently, Microsoft has made a number of changes to its enterprise licensing agreements. Forrester recommends that CIOs examine the changes carefully before signing new contracts. Here are five of the most noteworthy changes:

A five percent price increase for Office Pro Plus.
Changes to the licensing options for mobile, virtualized Office deployments.
Changes to Windows virtualization licensing policies.
No new Select Agreements after July 1, 2011.
No more 30-day grace period for Software Assurance.

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