Last December, Microsoft unveiled a plan to make its software licensing simpler for customers to work with and understand. The first step in this plan -- known officially as "Next General Volume ...

Microsoft is starting to roll out a new volume-licensing plan that unifies its myriad existing business licensing agreements into a single new type of contract. Currently, Microsoft offers a variety ...

Frustrated customers and partners continue to experience confusion and delays after Microsoft revamped its Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) and associated Web sites in December. Users have ...

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 ...

To activate a retail version of Microsoft Windows, a user must enter the product key into Windows and then connect to the Internet or call Microsoft to validate the key. But that’s too cumbersome for ...

I've always wondered this ... OEM licensing for Microsoft software is often cheaper than volume licensing. So why do people use volume licensing for Office or Windows? The reasons I can think of are: ...