Magazine · 66 articles
Long-form licensing analysis — what changes and what to do about it.
Deep-dives on Microsoft licensing moves, edition swaps, channel shifts and the procurement playbooks that actually hold up at audit time.
Editorial cadence
New analysis published automatically every day at 05:30 UTC.
Articles published
66
Every one independent, every one against the current Product Terms.
Publishing cadence
Daily
Auto-generated long-form analysis every morning.
Edition
EN
Full English edition alongside the original Persian magazine.
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No paid placements, no affiliate priority, no advertorials.
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Topics
Most-covered themes in the archive
#BitLocker deployment and key escrow with Intune · 1#Azure Backup licensing for on-prem servers explained · 1#Right-sizing Microsoft 365 licences: a quarterly review process · 1#Microsoft licensing for MSPs: CSP Tier 1 vs Tier 2 practicalities · 1#Project Plan 1 vs Plan 3 vs Plan 5 vs Project 2024 · 1#Myths about Microsoft OEM licences and why they matter for buyers · 1#GitHub Copilot Business vs Enterprise licensing · 1#How NCE (New Commerce Experience) changed CSP renewals · 1#Copilot Studio licensing: message packs, capacity, and add-ons · 1#Common mistakes when buying Microsoft licences for a growing team · 1#BYOD and licence exposure: what most companies miss · 1#Downgrade rights explained for Windows and Office · 1#Common Microsoft audit findings and how to prevent them · 1#MAK activation limits and how to request a reset · 1#Consolidating tenants: licensing pitfalls to plan for · 1#When downgrade rights save real money: worked examples · 1#Visual Studio 2022 vs 2019: is upgrading worth it? · 1#Reassigning licences: how often you can actually move them · 1
Reading paths
Three ways to use the magazine
Pick the entry point that matches what you're trying to decide.
For procurement leads
Start with comparisonsEdition-vs-edition deep-dives, channel economics and SA value analysis — built to be pasted straight into a procurement memo.
For IT architects
Start with mechanicsPer-core mathematics, VM density rules, CAL sizing, hybrid use benefits — the underlying mechanics, with worked examples.
For executives
Start with shiftsWhat changed in the last release wave, what Microsoft signalled at Ignite, how the channel is repricing — twelve-minute reads at most.
Editorial
Principles every article is held to
- Cite the source. Every claim about Product Terms links the official document and the date it was last published.
- Show the math. Per-core counts, CAL totals and SA renewal arithmetic appear in the article, not in a hidden spreadsheet.
- No affiliate weighting. Channel and reseller mentions are functional, never paid placements.
- Date everything. Microsoft licensing moves every quarter — every article carries a publish date and a "checked against" version.
- OEM stays out. We never frame standalone OEM keys as a real purchase option. Read the constraint, not the marketplace listing.
- Audit-safe defaults. When two readings are possible, the article picks the one a Microsoft SAM auditor would accept.
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