Reminder: UK G-SPLA Discounts removed from 1st of July 2017

By Imran Malik

G-SPLA discounts are changing… Microsoft are adopting a phase-down approach to reduce discounts in phases with the intent that there will be no special G-SPLA pricing or discounts from 1st July 2017.

This means that any usages you report for July 2017 on these G-SPLA contract will not get any discounts and will be charged at Corporate pricing.

Within the G-SPLA amendment each partner has signed, there is a table that shows the G-SPLA discount schedule that you can refer to if you need the confirmation at contract level. Here’s what it's going to look like going forward;

Everything You Need to Know; Dynamics 365 and SPLA

By Imran Malik

 Microsoft Dynamics 365 is the next generation of intelligent business applications in the cloud, which enables organisations to grow, evolve, and transform. These applications provide CRM capabilities to help engage customers, empower employees, and reinvent products and business models. Microsoft Dynamics 365 helps customers to accelerate their digital transformation to meet the changing needs of their customers and capture the new business opportunities of tomorrow.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 released in SPLA on the 1st of February 2017. It replaced the previous Dynamics CRM SKUs.

Important volume licensing pricing update

By Dave Jennings

Microsoft have announced some planned price increases to all open licensing programmes, coming into effect from January 1st 2017. This is designed to bring the UK pricing in line with the rest of EU/EFTA. Even after this price adjustment, the pricing will still remain highly competitive.

SPLA Update: Windows Server and System Centre 2016 moving to Core based licensing

By Imran Malik

Microsoft has changed the licensing model of Windows Server and System Centre from Processors to Cores on the 2016 versions – these were released on the 1st October 2016.

Here’s what you need to know

• The per core licence model replaces the processor licence model on the October SPUR
• Each physical processor needs a minimum of 8 core licences
• The price for 1 processor licence = price for 8 core licenses
• The media was available on VLSC from the 12th of October 2016 
• Both Windows Server Standard & Datacenter Editions provide support for unlimited Windows Server containers
• Windows Server Standard Edition requires all physical cores to be licensed in order to run one Windows Hyper-V container (or Virtual Machine)
• Windows Server Datacenter Edition requires all physical cores to be licensed in order to run unlimited Windows Hyper-V containers (or Virtual Machines)