Microsoft reconsiders licensing plans
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft is looking at new ways to make its relatively unpopular Licensing 6 and Software Assurance volume licensing agreements more beneficial to the customers most negatively impacted: small and medium-size businesses. Some options under discussion within the Redmond, Wash., software developer include additional support for customers as well as free training, the level and extent of which would depend on the actual agreement.
"Talking to customers, particularly those small-to-medium-size businesses, we have found that they want some level of training included as part of their licensing agreement, while our enterprise customers have said they want manageability of their environment," said Mike Sinneck, Microsoft's corporate vice president of worldwide services, in a recent interview with eWeek. "We are committed to adding additional value to Software Assurance for all customers."