by | Jun 29, 2020 | Microsoft, The SAM Club News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For many IT organisations Microsoft SQL Licensing is a major cost. A recent Directions on Microsoft article cited that one of the biggest savings might be made by consolidating SQL server virtual machines (VMs) into a dedicated...
by Neeley SAM Club | Jun 28, 2019 | Microsoft, The SAM Club News
Do you know which version of Microsoft licenses your organisation owns and is licensed to use? The Microsoft Business Center Portal (BCP) by design displays the original license view in case of licensing model changes. For example, with the licensing model for Windows...
by | Jun 17, 2019 | Microsoft, The SAM Club News
As more organisations start to use Microsoft Azure it is important to review your Azure portal(s) on a regular basis. There are two portals. The original portal, aptly named ‘Classic’ and the newer version Azure Resource Manager (ARM). Moving from Classic to ARM is...
by Neeley SAM Club | Jun 13, 2019 | Azure, Microsoft, The SAM Club News
Azure AI Chatbots was the topic of the 4th SAM Club Azure User group meeting, the meeting was kindly hosted by Gardiner & Theobald at their offices in London. The conversations started with a client who is looking at developing Chatbots in Azure discussing the...
by | Jun 10, 2019 | Microsoft
Recently, The SAM Club has worked on three Microsoft SQL Server licensing projects all with different scenarios and saved our clients significant costs on each occasion. Case 1: Client A had a mixture of SQL Server Standard (licensed with User CALS) and SQL Server...
by | Mar 25, 2019 | Microsoft
Azure DevTest was the topic of the 2nd SAM Club Azure User Group meeting, that was held this month at one of our clients who kindly hosted in a central London location. The number of clients attending increased and all those in attendance agreed that the discussions...
