As Microsoft prepares to stake its claim in the tablet market with Windows 8, the company is tweaking its software licensing to make it more expensive for organizations that remotely access virtual ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Microsoft executives are defending the software giant’s new Windows 8 license requirement, which will raise prices for businesses whose employees use their personal iPads and Android tablets to access ...

As they say, everything old is new again. The emergence of virtualization as a widely accepted computing platform has moved us that much closer to the age-old concept of centralized server-based ...

A Microsoft official briefly noted on Thursday that Microsoft is planning two new options for IT organizations using Windows 7 -- but the catch is that Software Assurance (SA) licensing needs to be in ...

Microsoft is lowering the price of licensing the Windows operating system in a virtual desktop deployment, and announcing new bundles with partner Citrix in an announcement Thursday. Microsoft ...

First of all, sorry if this is not the right place to ask this. For my thesis I am researching the possibilities of VDI for a company. I am comparing Microsoft VDI (Server 2012), VMware View and ...

Microsoft will get the operating-system licensing fees no matter how the OS is deployed, so the company is "agnostic" as to the approach customers use to deliver the OS to the user, she said. "Our ...

If you’re running a business of any size, chances are you’re a Microsoft customer. But unless you’re an expert negotiator, there’s a good chance you’re paying too much for Microsoft licenses.

Microsoft earns billions of dollars a year selling software licenses for products such as Windows and Office — if you’re running a business of any size, chances are you’re a Microsoft customer. But ...