Steve R Jones
June 28th, 2006, 06:26 PM
Microsoft To Enforce Volume License Key Compliance For Vista, Longhorn (http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=189601573&cid=CRNBreakingNews)
Enterprise customers can forget about the honor system Microsoft has in place for reporting Windows licenses they consume.
Starting with the release of Vista and "Longhorn" Windows server next year, customers will be required to register their volume license keys (VLK) with Microsoft within 30 days of acquisition and report their license usage on a monthly basis, executives said.
Enterprise customers can forget about the honor system Microsoft has in place for reporting Windows licenses they consume.
Starting with the release of Vista and "Longhorn" Windows server next year, customers will be required to register their volume license keys (VLK) with Microsoft within 30 days of acquisition and report their license usage on a monthly basis, executives said.