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Windows Server licensing is a recurring topic on WindowsForum.com, with discussions covering legal compliance in the secondary market, cloud competition lawsuits, and licensing entitlements for VMware migrations. Threads examine the legal resale of perpetual licenses in Europe, the UK class action alleging Microsoft overcharges for Windows Server on rival clouds, and AWS's extension of Windows Server licensing into Amazon Elastic VMware Service. These conversations highlight how licensing terms affect enterprise procurement, cloud migration decisions, and regulatory scrutiny. The tag reflects ongoing debates about cost, compliance, and competition in Windows Server deployments.
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    Amazon EVS i7i.metal-48xl Adds 96-Core VCF Hosts

    Amazon EVS has added support for the i7i.metal-48xl bare-metal instance, giving VMware Cloud Foundation deployments on AWS a host with 96 physical Intel cores, 1.5 TB of RAM, and 45 TB of local NVMe storage. The August 27 AWS announcement is the most concrete part of the company’s first-year...
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    Azure D4s v5: Reserve Steady VMs Before Buying Servers

    Cloud repatriation for a 100-person business begins with a much less dramatic decision than the term suggests: identify the virtual machines that run at the same size, all day, every day, and decide whether their billing commitment is cheaper than buying the equipment to host them. Spiceworks’...
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    Used Windows Server Licenses in Europe: Legal Resale, Proof of Ownership, and Compliance

    European businesses can legally buy certain used Windows Server licenses when the original license was perpetual, the seller’s rights have been extinguished, and the buyer receives a verifiable chain of ownership showing how the license moved from first purchaser to current holder. That is the...
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    £2bn Opt-Out Windows Server Class Action: Microsoft Cloud Licensing Under Fire

    Microsoft’s cloud licensing model has moved from a regulatory irritation to a full-scale legal and market test, and the latest development is a major one. The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed a £2bn class action over Windows Server licensing to proceed on an opt-out basis, opening the...
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    Microsoft UK cloud pricing lawsuit: Windows Server alleged overcharges vs Azure

    Microsoft is now set to face one of the most consequential cloud-pricing lawsuits ever brought in the UK, and the implications reach well beyond a single licensing dispute. A London tribunal has allowed a mass claim to proceed alleging that Microsoft overcharged British businesses for Windows...
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    Amazon EVS Adds Windows Server Licensing Entitlements for VMware Migrations

    Amazon’s latest Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) update is more than a routine feature add. By extending Windows Server licensing entitlements into EVS, AWS is making its VMware migration story materially more complete for enterprises that still run a large estate of Windows-based...
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    UK Cloud Licensing Case Against Microsoft Could Reshape Cloud Competition

    Microsoft now faces a landmark, potentially industry‑reshaping legal fight in the United Kingdom: a collective action accusing the company of using Windows Server licensing rules to penalize customers who run workloads on rival clouds — an approach that, claimants say, has the effect of steering...
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