“Microsoft should end the arbitrary ‘Listed Provider’ designation and allow customers to run their previously purchased software on any platform without paying as much as 5X more to use non-Azure ...

Here’s the five biggest things to know about Google’s comment against Microsoft, alleging anti-competitive practices that makes it difficult for Microsoft customers to use anything outside of Azure ...

Google LLC today announced that it has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft Corp. with the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm. The move has to do with Windows Server.

Microsoft Corp. has been sued in the U.K. over the way it licenses its software to customers of rival cloud providers. Maria Luisa Stasi, a market regulation expert, filed the complaint today with the ...

Unfortunately, my company is being audited. I thought I would pose the question here. Mods, if this is not the right forum, I apologize. One of the contentions by an office of ours (we have 3 offices) ...

Microsoft’s licensing of its software and services in the cloud is getting it into more hot water in Europe. This time it’s a group of Spanish startups that has called on regulators to investigate ...

Microsoft’s hold on the global cloud infrastructure sector is on the rise, with data released in the wake of its most recent set of financial results revealing that it is gaining share at the expense ...

Aiming to make the licensing terms for its products less complex, Microsoft plans to publish in July a shortened and simplified version of its “Product Use Rights” document. The current licensing ...

With the introduction of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft improved its software licensing options for virtualized servers. Still license fees for virtual servers, as well as support of software running ...

Microsoft has opened discussions with the Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) trade body with a view to resolving concerns about how customers that run the tech giant’s online ...