Microsoft is set to increase the price of some of its licences by about 15 per cent in the summer.
From 1 July – the start of the vendor’s FY16 – the price of on-premise User Client Access Licences (CALs) will jump 15 per cent when priced per user.
All volume licensing programmes – including academic and government – will be included in the price boost, but those buying CALs on fixed-price contracts such as Enterprise Agreements will not.
In a blog post to customers issued this morning, reseller Softcat said there are ways to avoid the hikes.
It said signing a new fixed-price agreement before 1 July would be one option, as would licensing CALs on a per-device basis instead, as these are not affected. Moving to the cloud would be another way to avoid the extra cost, Softcat said.
In a statement sent to CRN, Microsoft said: “Microsoft is committed to sharing pricing and licensing updates to our customers and partners to ensure they are prepared and able to evaluate their options.
Microsoft prepares for summer price hike – 18 Feb 2015 – CRN UK News.