Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Microsoft licensing Updated terms for dedicated hosted cloud services

Microsoft announced that they have modify their licensing terms related to outsourcing rights and dedicated hosted cloud services on October 1, 2019. This changes will not impact on the use of existing software versions under licenses purchased before October 1, 2019.

As of Oct. 1, customers who buy on-premises licenses without Software Assurance, Microsoft's volume licensing program, as well as mobility rights, can't use them on top of dedicated hosted cloud services from Azure, Alibaba, AWS (including VMWare Cloud on AWS) and Google, according to Microsoft. Licenses purchased prior to Oct. 1 won't be affected by the change, the company said.

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/news/updated-licensing-rights-for-dedicated-cloud