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Microsoft has implemented a significant change in its licensing for Windows Server System products that are used in virtual machine environments. New servers licensed with Windows Server 2003 R2 ...

Action alleges Redmond unfairly hikes costs for businesses running Windows Server outside Azure The team pushing a £2 billion ...

According to an internal Microsoft document viewed by CRN, Microsoft will not require a client access license (CAL) for the Windows Web Server 2008 SKU, and will allow users to run any type of ...

It isn't just perpetual versions of Microsoft products that fell out of support on Tuesday. Even Windows 11 felt the cold ...

Microsoft published a few licensing details this month about its forthcoming Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 products. The documents are noteworthy not just for providing licensing details, ...

A new Windows Server 2012 licensing report was released this month by Directions on Microsoft for those considering Microsoft's newest server technology. The report by the Kirkland, Wash.-based ...

On July 12, Microsoft announced it will release Windows Server 2016 to the world as a final RTM edition at the company’s Ignite conference in late September. The software, now in its fifth technical ...

In the 2012 edition, Enterprise and Small Business Server are both going away. Four new versions of Windows Server remain with the new release, which could be released to manufacturing real soon now.

Microsoft last week announced it will switch the licensing for next year’s Windows Server 2016 to a per-processor-core basis, a move analysts said is at least partly a grab for more revenue.