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

Renewals for Microsoft licensing used to follow a familiar script. Discounts held, tiers stayed put, and enterprise ...

For years, Microsoft licensing programs have confounded even the tiny group of Earth's residents who've made a career out of studying and explaining them to Microsoft customers. Now Microsoft says ...

Microsoft debuted a new volume licensing agreement earlier this year, touting it as a simplified -- and much shorter -- version of the software giant's existing agreements. It's called the Microsoft ...

Microsoft Corp. continues to tweak its volume licensing programs to make it easier for business customers to purchase the company’s software in bulk. This week Microsoft said it was reducing the ...

Microsoft Corp. is finalizing changes to its enterprise volume licensing contracts that are expected to provide the company with more revenues -- and customers with more "incentives" to upgrade.

Microsoft knows its volume-licensing is going to need an overhaul if and when its customers and partners really start going gung-ho for for the cloud. In the company's fiscal 2011 (which runs from ...

Frustrated customers and partners continue to experience confusion and delays after Microsoft revamped its Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) and associated Web sites in December. Users have ...

Microsoft announced Volume Licensing program changes Tuesday that supposedly simplify matters for IT shops, as well as hosting providers. Most of the changes are described in a Microsoft-produced Q&A ...

Microsoft has a new software volume licensing program in the works for large organizations, according to an announcement issued by the company today. Microsoft has a new software volume licensing ...