SPLA and CSP Predictions for 2019
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 [...]
Top 5 Considerations When Signing with Your CSP Provider
Not all CSP Providers are the same, be sure to consider these 5 recommendations before moving forward with your partnership. Price isn’t everything. Don’t base your decision on price alone. [...]
Azure Hosting Options: Purchasing and Licensing Options for SPLA Providers
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 [...]
Microsoft Ups Requirements, Costs for Direct CSP Providers
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. [...]
SPLA Provider Reacts to the New Microsoft Channel
Common CSP and SPLA Licensing Questions…Answered
SQL BI is included with SQL Enterprise. Is it available in SPLA if I license SQL Enterprise? SQL BI is a Software Assurance (SA) benefit for on premise deployments. [...]
Third-Party Software and Cloud Environments: Not a Want…It’s a Need
Have you deployed third-party software and host it (provide it as a service) to your end customers? What is third-party software? Any software that you did not develop but license [...]
Azure Hybrid Use Benefit – HUB
Our friend Azure is at it again. He’s offering Windows license mobility without calling it license mobility. It’s called HUB – Hybrid Use Benefit. And yes, it’s only available in […]
Azure Stack, SQL Stretch Database
Microsoft is betting big on what they define as "hybrid cloud" and that's where they see service providers (SPLA) playing a significant part. Hybrid cloud is not just offloading workloads [...]
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