{"id":1947,"date":"2015-02-08T21:24:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T01:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.144.41.148\/~msinc\/__production\/website\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2015-02-08T21:24:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T01:24:55","slug":"microsoft-proactive-licensing-audits-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/162.241.140.166\/~msinc\/newsletter\/microsoft-proactive-licensing-audits-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Proactive Licensing Audits – Healthcare ??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past number of months, we have seen an increase in proactive licensing audits initiated by Microsoft.\u00a0 According to CIO.com, “…Microsoft is auditing customers at a 2 to 1 rate over other vendors like Adobe, IBM, and Oracle.”\u00a0 They go further to state, “Microsoft is auditing its customers at a brisk pace, and no company is immune.\u00a0 Five years ago, these types of audits were relatively rare and only encountered under specific situations.\u00a0Today Microsoft absolutely does not discriminate<\/strong>\u2014<\/em>there need be no compelling event or \u201careas of concern\u201d to trigger a compliance check on your Microsoft software.”<\/p>\n

As part of the licensing agreement for use of Microsoft\u00a0products, there is a Verifying Compliance clause which allows Microsoft to request and conduct an audit of licenses in use within any organization.\u00a0 We are advising all\u00a0healthcare practices\u00a0to audit their Microsoft licensing to ensure that they are in compliance.\u00a0 With Microsoft licensing being somewhat complex, we recommend that all ambulatory healthcare practices consult with their Microsoft certified partners to ensure they have what they need.\u00a0 Keep in mind that as you have added associates, their could be a gap where you may need to purchase additional licenses.<\/p>\n

Additionally we have seen a rise in healthcare clients which we have taken over their IT from other providers where they have not record of any licensing and in some cases, paid their IT group for the licensing, however received genuine licenses.\u00a0 As a Microsoft certified partner, Medicus Solutions, abides by all Microsoft licensing guidelines.<\/p>\n

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Over the past number of months, we have seen an increase in proactive licensing audits initiated by Microsoft.\u00a0 According to CIO.com, “…Microsoft is auditing customers at a 2 to 1 rate over other vendors like Adobe, IBM, and Oracle.”\u00a0 They go further to state, “Microsoft is auditing its customers at a brisk pace, and no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMedicus Solutions Healthcare Newsletter - Microsoft Audit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Medicus Solutions Healthcare Newsletter - Microsoft Audit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/162.241.140.166\/~msinc\/newsletter\/microsoft-proactive-licensing-audits-healthcare\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medicus Solutions Healthcare Newsletter - 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