Last fall, Microsoft officials promised a plan for a new bring-your-own license (BYOL) option for Windows Server, saying details would come soon. "Soon" is today for those who have access to Microsoft ...

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 ...

Do you remember the comment in our last blog, Deep Dive: What You Need to Know About Licensing for Windows Server 2012, advising IT leaders to be sure that they can stand by the choices they make to ...

Microsoft is planning to offer Azure users two new licensing options: An option for running Windows 10 on Azure and bring-your-own license (BYOL) support for Windows Server, Microsoft is promising ...

A few years ago, Microsoft switched from per-processor to per-core licensing in SQL Server, and it’s about to do the same with Windows Server 2016. You may not be thrilled with the results. [ Related: ...

It's hard to justify spending that much money on an OS when you can go the FOSS route with Linux distributions ...

When you go to the grocery store, you probably bring a list of items you plan to buy. When you go on vacation, you may checkmark the sites you want to visit in a guidebook directory. If you’ve got ...

If you have a Windows 11/10 computer with a valid license key but want to install the same license on another Windows 11/10 machine, you can do so with the help of this tutorial. It is possible to ...

You will see the license displayed below OA3xOriginalProductKey. Mine has been shown above in the image as X ——– M. Copy it elsewhere safely. Now you may proceed. Open an elevated Command Prompt. To ...