Microsoft is continuing to reposition, repackage and modify its licensing for pieces of its five-year-old Dynamics 365 and related Power Platform families of products. This week marks the fifth anniversary of Microsoft Dynamics 365’s launch. Dynamics has evolved considerably over that time via a long branding, pricing, and packaging road to become the expanding set … Read more
Microsoft and Google are engaged in a pitched battle to win over your business with suites of cloud-based productivity software and services. Here’s a look at the many different editions of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, along with what you can expect to pay for each one. Both Microsoft and Google would like to be … Read more
A recent job posting by Microsoft indicates the company may be crafting a new device-as-a-service subscription offer for Microsoft 365 customers that won’t actually include the device. Microsoft may be crafting a new subscription offer for Microsoft 365 customers that will be, for all intents and purposes, a device-as-a-service minus the, well, devices. According to … Read more
Microsoft has decided to run a digital-only event after announcing it would not be at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco. On 29 January, as part of its second-quarter 2020 earnings call, Microsoft said quarterly revenue guidance for its More Personal Computing business was between $10.75bn and $11.15bn. At the time, it said the … Read more
The move would echo the Microsoft 365 plans now aimed at enterprise users and would further the company’s effort to push subscriptions. Microsoft may unveil Windows 10-Office 365 subscriptions for consumers that resemble the Microsoft 365 plans now pitched at enterprises. Hints of a product tagged “Microsoft 365 Consumer” surfaced in a pair of help-wanted … Read more
