Microsoft Corp. is finalizing changes to its enterprise volume licensing contracts that are expected to provide the company with more revenues -- and customers with more "incentives" to upgrade.

Microsoft volume-license customers and partners are voicing concerns -- and more -- about the fact the company's Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) has been down for a few days with little ...

For years, Microsoft licensing programs have confounded even the tiny group of Earth's residents who've made a career out of studying and explaining them to Microsoft customers. Now Microsoft says ...

Microsoft Corp. continues to tweak its volume licensing programs to make it easier for business customers to purchase the company’s software in bulk. This week Microsoft said it was reducing the ...

"There has never been a better time to negotiate volume licensing deals with Microsoft," said Rob Horwitz, research chair at Directions On Microsoft, the research firm that published the report. "And ...

The new cold-server backup coverage boosts benefits of the company's Software Assurance program, which has been criticized for offering too little to justify its cost. During her years at CNET News, ...

Microsoft plans to roll out a new volume licensing offering next month. The "Microsoft Products and Services Agreement" (MPSA) will arrive on Dec. 1, 2013 for organizations. Microsoft is promising a ...

Microsoft added volume licensing and Software Assurance options to some of its Windows Embedded 8 products on Monday. As of July 1, it's now possible for organizations to upgrade a Windows Embedded ...

Microsoft Corp. continues to tweak its volume-licensing programs to make it easier for business customers to purchase the company’s software in bulk. In a related move, last week Microsoft said it is ...