
BSA mounts campaign vs unlicensed engineering, design software
It’s being launched amid reports of rampant use of unlicensed engineering and design software by practitioners in these industries.
It isn’t very hard to be confused about the upcoming changes to Microsoft’s CSP program or even not be informed. With explanations seemingly targeted mostly at Partner-Level or being a little too complex, I thought I’d do what I do best and crunch the data for you:
CSP ultimately replaced the MPSA model (which replaced the Select Plus). The CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) agreement however was Partner fronted and initially very limited, but quickly became a popular agreement choice because of its affordability and flexibility. Allowing customers to adjust their commitments on a monthly basis and ensuring they weren’t under or over committing where possible.
This is essentially the evolution/transformation/replacement of the traditional CSP model. The NCE (New Commerce Experience) is intended to allow partners to provide better support and more diversified solutions. Allowing customers to:
Whilst some people might be untrusting of the new seemingly forced introduction of the commitment terms that CSP customers were avoiding, the NCE does boast:
Essentially, current CSP customers have the below main options:
According to the last data I received (*please note this might have been updated when you are reading this):
1 March 2022 – all new subscriptions need to go through NCE
1 February 2023 – all subscriptions need to be migrated to NCE
This means that most of you have a little time to get your houses in order.
Don’t forget that EasySAM offers a free health check of your Office 365 estate. So if you aren’t sure whether you have a problem or not ,although anonymised, this will certainly flag any issues for you.
As always, I hope this helps navigate the maze that is licensing. Stay safe!
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It will help the company diversify away from its core business of designing and selling semiconductors into enterprise software, which can have larger margins.