As Microsoft phases out older Exchange Server versions, IT leaders are facing new decisions about how to stay compliant and cost-efficient. Understanding the current licensing landscape for Windows ...

As of August 1, Microsoft will raise the prices of a number of its User client-access licenses (CALs) by 13 percent. The affected CALs are for on-premises, not cloud, products. The prices of Device ...

Organizations using servers with more than 16 cores need to "stack" multiple Windows Server licenses to cover all cores, ensuring compliance with licensing requirements. Here's how. Licensing a ...

As of December 1, Microsoft is changing the way it prices the "user" option when purchasing client-access licenses (CALs), which will result in higher prices for some customers. With the User CAL, ...

It's hard to justify spending that much money on an OS when you can go the FOSS route with Linux distributions ...

Unless you're running a large company that wants to install, host and maintain Microsoft Exchange Server on its own equipment, you generally don't need to purchase an Exchange Server license.

At least once a month I run into a seasoned IT professional who will finally admit that they’ve never quite figured out how to license CALs (and at least once a quarter that someone asks “What is a ...

If you see the error message The remote session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop License Servers available to provide a license while connecting ...