AWS, Google Cloud, License Compliance Risk, Microsoft Licensing, Software Audit, SQL Server, Windows Server

Microsoft licensing change impacts existing Public Cloud servers

On August 1, 2019, Microsoft announced a significant licensing change that has a major impact on current and future AWS and other Public Cloud provider workloads. The intent behind this change was to make a clear distinction between licensing rights for Microsoft software on hardware leased and managed by traditional outsourcers verses dedicated hosted services […]