Microsoft is changing some of its licensing rules, which are already complex. Here’s what small businesses should know.

Microsoft announced this week that it is making a change to its Core CAL (Client Access License) bundle-- something of interest to its business customers who purchase enterprise products. Microsoft ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Microsoft blogosphere Richter meter spiked earlier this week when word spread that Microsoft has a 15 percent price increase for User Client Access Licenses (CALs) coming on Dec. 1. In fact, it’s ...

Microsoft rolled out a description of its SQL Server 2012 licensing model on Thursday. Microsoft's up-and-coming relational database management system (formerly code-named "Denali") promises ...

Hmmm…think back to 2005, Microsoft is marketing its plans to release a new version of Microsoft SQL Server (2005) –remember how Microsoft executives were swearing ...