microsoft vlsc – Cloudy with a chance of Licensing

It’s been a while since there’s been much to say about the good old VLSC (Volume Licensing Service Center) – it’s been ticking along for years – but there is an update now. Many of its volume licensing features are being moved to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MAC), this includes:

Downloads and keys
License Summary
Relationship Summary

Note the latter two will both be found under “Contracts” in the M365 Admin Center.

This means customers will have one place to manage their VL and Subscription licenses…will the MPSA Business Center be merged too?

You can see more info from Microsoft here.

Microsoft’s VLSC (Volume Licensing Service Center) is the central portal for volume licensing customers to manage and download licence keys and media.

Microsoft’s Volume Licences all include “Downgrade Rights” which let you run previous version of the software, for instance:

Buy Windows 7, install XP or Buy Office 2010, install 2007

However, Microsoft have only ever provided the media for 1 previous version AKA N-1 so:

Windows 7 = Vista

Office 2010 = Office 2007

Exchange 2010 = Exchange 2003

If you needed to downgrade further than that, you were required to provide your own media…usually from a previous install.

That being said, Microsoft are now changing that!

From July 2010, VLSC users have been able to access:

Windows XP
Windows Server 2003 R2

and from September 2010, the following N-2 downloads will be made available:

Office 2003
SQL Server 2005
Exchange Server 2003

This will make it easier for organizations who still need to run these older versions.

(via Eric Ligman)

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That being said, Microsoft are now changing that!

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