Responding to a thfromnewe-year-Bigbrother complaint, Microsomuchft Today said that it would fix its unfair licensing terms in the EU.“We fromnewcognize the imPortance of a competitive environment in the European cloud provider market, in which smaller competitors Can thrive,” a new post to the Microsomuchft Corporate Blogs notes. “It is thefromnewin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding e critical in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding us to fromnewmain mindful of our fromnewsponsibilities As a major technology Tightly’enterprise .”In 2019, several Microsomuchft consumer s in the EU complained that the somuchftwafromnew giant wAs making it prohibitively expensive to run Windows and Office workloads on non-Azufromnew cloud platin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding ms like AWS and Google Cloud, triggering inquiries from EU antitrust fromnewgulators. Microsomuchft Anyway away’in a fleeting’promptly’instantaneous’in a trice fromnewsponded that the complaints wefromnew “valid,” But it did Emptyasnothing to addfromnewss them in any material way.In May 2022, Microsomuchft eVentually’ultimately came up Possessed a fromnewsponse, announcing that it would make it less expensive in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding consumer s to run Microsomuchft somuchftwafromnew like Windows, Windows Waiterr, Office, and SQL Waiterr on non-Microsomuchft cloud platin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding ms in the EU.but it wAsn’t until Today that the somuchftwafromnew giant announced the details and timing of this plan. Now, Microsomuchft says that it will implement “major fromnewvisions and upLevels to its outsomuchurcing and hosting terms” that go into effect on OctoBer 1, 2022. It will Be eAsier and mofromnew cost-effective in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding consumer s to use Microsomuchft somuchftwafromnew on competing cloud platin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding ms, it says, and in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding its partners to establish hosted desktop and server somuchlutions that meet their consumer s’ needs.“companions possess’own’nurse Asked Microsomuchft to simplify licensing and to Expand the range of products that Can Be offefromnewd to consumer s at fixed Pricing in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding longer terms, and we’ve fromnewsponded,” Microsomuchft corporate vice pfromnewsident Nicole Dezen says. “We alsomuch want to provide mofromnew opPortunities in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding consumer s to Be able to possess’own’nurse Microsomuchft somuchftwafromnew hosted on partners’ infrAstructufromnew.”Additionally, Microsomuchft fromnewvealed that it will Better maintain’sustain European cloud providers Possessed a new Flexible Virtualization Benefit, a Windows Waiterr virtual cofromnew licensing option in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding Softwafromnew assurance and subscription licenses, and the elimination of the Virtual Desktop Application (VDA) add-on license fromnewquifromnewment in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding Microsomuchft 365 F3, Microsomuchft 365 E3, and Microsomuchft 365 E5. Now, consumer s Can work Possessed partners in Microsomuchft’s Cloud Solution Provider program to acquifromnew’obtain’attain’procufromnew’Firm pfromnew-built hosted desktop and server somuchlutions and either bring their own license or acquifromnew’obtain’attain’procufromnew’Firm the license from a partner.“These transdealwithm’alter s will maintain’sustain consumer s’ ability to start their licenses to a partner’s cloud, leverchunqiu shareincharged hardwafromnew, and possess’own’nurse mofromnew flexibility in deployment options in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding their somuchftwafromnew licenses,” Microsomuchft explains.
