Microsoft Corp. is finalizing changes to its enterprise volume licensing contracts that are expected to provide the company with more revenues -- and customers with more "incentives" to upgrade.

Last December, Microsoft unveiled a plan to make its software licensing simpler for customers to work with and understand. The first step in this plan -- known officially as "Next General Volume ...

For years, Microsoft licensing programs have confounded even the tiny group of Earth's residents who've made a career out of studying and explaining them to Microsoft customers. Now Microsoft says ...

The Nano Server edition of Windows Server 2016 will only be available to customers with Microsoft's Software Assurance plan, offered with certain volume license agreements. Organizations will have to ...