Today, July 1, is the first day of Microsoft's fiscal 2012 year, and is also the day that some new cloud-focused licensing changes from the company commence.

The changes apply to Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, Select License and Open License documents. The changes are being phased in between now and the end of the calendar year.

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 ...

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

While public availability of Office 2013 and its various components are a few months from delivery for the general public, those with volume license agreements can get them. Microsoft's announcement ...

Microsoft's ultimate quest toward 'one volume license agreement' is taking a step forward with a coming change to its Enterprise Agreement minimums, which takes effect July 1, 2016.

Aggressive changes to volume licensing agreements by Microsoft could force users of pre-Windows 2000 operating systems to upgrade this year.

Thursby Software recently announced the availability of Volume License Agreements (VLA) for DAVE, the company's file and print share product. Participation in the program requires the customer be ...

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