Microsoft has revamped its Software Assurance licensing program with eight new features for large companies, small- to medium-size customers and professionals. These include an extension of 24-hour ...

Deciding on Microsoft's Software Assurance (SA) option isn't getting any easier, to hear an independent licensing expert tell it. Rob Horwitz, research chair at Directions on Microsoft, presented the ...

Volume License customers with an existing Software Assurance license are now able to download Windows 7 RTM in English via the Volume License Service Center. The rest of the languages for Windows 7 ...

New per-user licensing have been rolled out by Microsoft for its Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) and Windows Software Assurance (SA) licensing plans. Previously, those licensing programs were per-device ...

Microsoft’s introduction of the Windows 8 SKUs on Monday left many of the details of the corporate-oriented Enterprise edition unknown. The company has started to fill in the blanks in a new blog post ...

Microsoft has revamped its Software Assurance licensing program in response to customer feedback that the scheme was too expensive, complex and restrictive. On Thursday the software supplier unveiled ...

According to independent experts, licensing for Windows 8 Enterprise virtual desktops may end up costing you more and/or bring new restrictions. Microsoft last week released some details on its ...

Microsoft talked a bit more today about Windows 10 as a service, future update management options and how organizations might be affected. Organizations looking for clarity on these issues aren't ...

There was speculation last fall that Microsoft was “rushing” to get Windows Vista out the door by the end of 2006 in order to quiet the millions of Windows Software Assurance customers. That is, the ...

Microsoft has released a free trial of Windows 7 for businesses ahead of the operating system's official launch, and has introduced a discount on volume upgrades via resellers. The company announced ...

Microsoft Corp. yesterday unveiled a new package of benefits that it plans to start offering in September to customers that purchased its controversial Software Assurance agreement to gain upgrade ...

Software quality assurance engineers and testers oversee the quality of a piece of software's development over its entire life cycle. Software quality assurance engineers and testers have an eye for ...