![]() A separate clause in the Product Terms allows Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and E5 to continue to be used on Azure. Another option would be to license components individually rather than licensing the suite. ![]() According to Microsoft, the step-up SKU from Windows to VDA for Microsoft 365 is not valid for use on listed providers. Organizations that license Microsoft 365, would need to add ‘VDA per user’, even though they already pay for Windows 10 in the Microsoft 365 license. Windows 10 Enterprise – to license Windows 10 Enterprise for use on listed providers, organizations will need to license ‘VDA per user’ after their next renewal.While Microsoft actually includes itself as a listed provider, the licensing materials include clauses that exclude Azure from some of the new rules. The announcement affects how Windows 10, traditional Office, and Office 365 must be licensed for running VDI or DaaS on Alibaba, Amazon, and Google clouds (referred to by Microsoft as “Listed Providers” ). The changes could present significant challenges for organizations committed to Office 365 and want to run VDI or DaaS in the cloud. ![]() Gartner wrote about the server licensing implications in G00391683, but the implications on client software, and more specifically VDI and DaaS, are more difficult to understand. ![]() Office 365 and Windows changes took/take effect the next time the organization renews their Microsoft agreement after October 2019 and Office 2019 changes took effect on 1 October 2019. ![]() In August 2019 Microsoft announced new rules for licensing its software for use on “dedicated cloud hosts”, including Amazon’s AWS, Google’s GCP, and Alibaba ( ). The following is a guest blog by my excellent colleague Michael Silver ![]()
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