Microsoft is changing some of its licensing rules, which are already complex. Here’s what small businesses should know.

So, my client and their subcontractor(s) have found themselves in a bit of a pickle, as no one bothered to spec or price a DB for a software implementation, so now I've been handed the bag. The client ...

Microsoft's new SQL Server 2012 licensing can come with some costly pitfalls, according to a licensing expert. The details were reviewed by Paul DeGroot, a founder of Pica Communications and a senior ...

Microsoft rolled out a description of its SQL Server 2012 licensing model on Thursday. Microsoft's up-and-coming relational database management system (formerly code-named "Denali") promises ...

Microsoft has released some details on SQL Server 2012 licensing prior to the product's release April 1, with pricing for some Enterprise editions expected to be higher. Final pricing calculations ...

Need to clear up some confusion with regards to the licensing of Windows 2003 and SQL Server, especially in this situation.<BR><BR>My company makes and sells 'knowledge management' software. Kinda ...

Brien M. Posey is a freelance technical writer who has contributed to dozens of books and is a six-time Microsoft MVP award winner. SQL Server 2005 reaches its end-of-life milestone on April 12, the ...

As of August 1, Microsoft will raise the prices of a number of its User client-access licenses (CALs) by 13 percent. The affected CALs are for on-premises, not cloud, products. The prices of Device ...

Microsoft announced this week that it is making a change to its Core CAL (Client Access License) bundle-- something of interest to its business customers who purchase enterprise products. Microsoft ...