Recently, there has been a lot of talk about Azure Arc. Is it replacing SPLA? Is it hosted in Azure? What is it exactly? In this article, we will break down Azure Arc, what it is, and how service providers can use Azure Arc successfully.

This is a great opportunity in which service providers can really differentiate themselves from other large public cloud providers.  In this article, we will review the new rule, what it [...]

Lots of SPLA/MSP partners have end users that have purchased licenses through the Open Licensing program with Microsoft.  In this article, we will review the differences between Open and CSP [...]

If someone were to ask me to sum up 2018 for the hosting community in one word, I would say “choice”.    I could also use the often overplayed words such [...]

In this article, we look at how a traditional service provider can leverage Azure to provide SaaS or IaaS to their end users.  We will review purchasing options, licensing, and [...]

Recently, Microsoft announced the availability of traditional on premises Windows Server and SQL Server subscriptions through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program, paid upfront for either a one-year or three-year [...]

Microsoft announced (July 2018) that Server Subscriptions will be available through the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program (CSP).  According to the July 2018 Product Terms the products available include: SQL [...]

As companies’ cloud usage increases, so do their costs. As such, commercial customers are looking for cost-effective solutions for their predictable cloud workloads. That’s why leading cloud vendors give customers [...]

Microsoft is upping the enrollment requirements – along with the costs – for Tier 1 or “Direct” Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs), partners that sell Microsoft cloud solutions to customers directly. [...]