Microsoft Licensing Guides
How Microsoft licensing actually works: cores, CALs, OEM against volume, and what you must buy.
45 articlesMicrosoft 365 Apps for Business vs Enterprise: Which Office Install?
Both install the desktop Office apps, but device limits, shared computer activation and management differ. Learn which Apps plan your…
Exchange Server SE or Exchange Online: Should You Keep Mail On-Prem?
Control, compliance and hardware costs weighed against a hosted service. A structured comparison for organisations deciding the future of their…
Microsoft 365 F1 vs F3: Licensing Frontline Staff Who Share Devices
What the frontline plans include, the mailbox and app limits that apply, and how to licence shift workers who share…
E3 Plus Add-Ons or Straight to E5? Building the Cheaper Security Stack
How to weigh a targeted stack of E3 add-ons against a full E5 upgrade, including which add-ons overlap and where…
Intune Plan 1 vs Plan 2: What You Already Own and What Costs Extra
Intune is already bundled with several Microsoft 365 plans. Learn what Plan 1 covers, what Plan 2 and the Suite…
Azure Hybrid Benefit vs Buying New Server Licences for the Cloud
How existing Windows Server and SQL licences with Software Assurance can be reused in Azure, and when buying fresh cloud…
External Connector or CALs? Licensing People Outside Your Organisation
When external users need CALs and when an External Connector licence is the cleaner answer, with the definitions that decide…
Counting Cores Correctly: Server Licence Minimums That Catch People Out
Core packs, per-processor and per-server minimums, and how to count a dual-socket host correctly before you order Windows Server or…
Software Assurance: What It Actually Buys and When to Skip It
Version upgrade rights, licence mobility and support benefits explained, plus the situations where Software Assurance is money you do not…
Per User or Per Device? Choosing a Microsoft 365 Assignment Model
Shared desks, shift work and hot-desking change the maths. Learn where device-based Microsoft licences exist and where per user is…
Running Office on a Terminal Server: Which Licences Are Even Allowed?
Consumer and OEM Office cannot legally run on shared session hosts. Learn which Office licences permit RDS use and how…
Visio and Project: Perpetual Licence or Subscription Plan in 2026?
Occasional users, shared machines and cloud co-authoring pull this decision in different directions. Compare buying Visio and Project outright with…