Nervous where your data will end up when you hit “publish” on PowerBI?
Licence sales are not a big part of our business anymore (we focus on database and BI system design and implementation).
The big shock is that Microsoft moved it to Core based licencing, rather than the previous CPU based – more like SQL Server. So expensive!
Contrary to rumour, on-premises SharePoint is not disappearing!
There are 2 things which hit us hard with perpetual ownership licencing…
You may be quite shocked at the high cost of SQL Server these days – better to check out Azure cloud cost instead!
Some key caveats – and squeezing the most out of your SQL Server licencing.
The problem with database advice is… licencing audits and forced selling!
Benefits from your Partner Of Record (POR).
It’s a real shame, but Microsoft are *dropping* the Office 365 Public Website!