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WHERE DID OUR MICROSOFT VOLUME LICENSES GO?

The Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center was the go-to portal for most IT professionals that purchased Microsoft Volume Licenses such as Windows Server, Microsoft Office, User CALs, RDS, Exchange, SQL, VDI, Sharepoint, Windows Desktop, etc. This was the case for well over a decade but in April 2024 it was officially retired. Microsoft has been […]

WINDOWS SERVER 2013 / 2016 / 2019 / 2022 EXTERNAL CONNECTOR LICENSES – HOW MICROSOFT DEFINES “EXTERNAL USERS”:

Microsoft’s definitions of “Internal Users” and “External Users” – specifically as it applies to the External Connector License VS a standard Windows Server User CAL – are somewhat vague and overlap. You can Google and find many descriptions from various sources on what their interpretation of these is, and they paraphrase what they think an […]