End of SPLA? New Azure Options Affects Licensing
Last Thursday, Microsoft announced Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (RI) will be available in the CSP program as well as Windows Server and SQL Server subscriptions. This is big news [...]
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. [...]
Why you need a plan B, C, D, and E.
The title seems obvious, if you are an entrepreneur, you should always be thinking about what’s next. I read/follow Richard Branson, who wrote an article recently on focusing on the [...]
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 [...]
How the Microsoft CSP Indirect Program Works…Directly
The CSP Indirect program is a quick and relatively painless way to get started with Office 365 and other cloud solutions. In this article, we will review how it works, [...]
Azure Partner Shared Services
Microsoft recently announced a new Azure Partner Shared Services offer in CSP that will allow resellers and other MSP's the ability to create a unique tenant within Partner Center to [...]
Dynamics 365 for SPLA
In today’s SPLA licensing model, there are three products available – CRM Essential, CRM Basic, and CRM Professional. All come with different functionality and all come with different price points. [...]
How service providers can use Azure Stack in their datacenter environment
Azure stack is what Microsoft describes as an “extension of Microsoft Azure…” to on premise (or partner hosted) datacenter environments. In this article, we will review what it takes to [...]