Friday 15th July 2016
As Microsoft move towards a user centric, mobile-first, cloud-first world it has announced that from 1st July 2015 on-premises User CAL pricing will increase by approximately 15%. Microsoft says that continued investments to support multi-device, cross-platform productivity scenarios has increased the number of ways in which users access on-premises servers that are licensed with CAL Suites. Customers will continue to have the option to license CAL Suites with the choice of per-user or per-device, and device CALs will see no change in pricing. Similarly, customers that purchase the Enterprise Cloud Suite, will not be affected by the User CAL price increase, as per-user licensing is already incorporated into cost of the suite. Things To Note
We Can Help There are ways in which you can license access to your on-premises server software whilst avoiding the price increase. Cloud suites such as Office 365 Enterprise, the Enterprise Mobility Suite and the Enterprise Cloud Suite provide dual access to both online services and on-premises server software. In many cases this will not only avoid an increase in cost but may result in a gain of additional enterprise functionality whilst moving to a user centric licensing model. With over 70 Microsoft Certified Professionals, we are the UKs leading Software Licensing specialist with unrivalled expertise and sales of Microsoft cloud solutions. Next Steps
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