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 [...]
Azure Reserved Instances and Microsoft’s Love for Software Assurance
Recently, Microsoft announced Azure RI’s are now available in CSP. Lots of talk about comparing it to AWS, the cost savings over traditional pricing models, and leveraging existing Windows Server [...]
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 [...]
MSP Opinion: Why Companies Choose Microsoft’s Azure
“We assumed that everything was the same, i.e., it’s a virtual environment and we can deploy it as if it was sitting in the closet" Organizations worldwide are transforming 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 […]