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Saving Money on Microsoft SQL Licensing

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...

How do you know which version of Microsoft licenses your organisation owns and is licensed to use?

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...

Are your Microsoft Azure Costs Spiralling?

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...

Azure AI ChatBots is the hype justified

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...

Microsoft SQL Server – Cost Analysis / License Review/Case Studies

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...

Azure DevTest – SAM Club Azure User Group meeting 2

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...