Effective February 4, 2021, Microsoft Viva Topics replaces Microsoft Project Cortex. Microsoft Viva Topics is part of Microsoft’s newly launched Employee Experience Platform (EXP) branded as Microsoft Viva. Viva Topics is available in the Enterprise Agreement (EA), Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES), and Cloud
Effective January 6, 2021, the integration of Kofax ReadSoft Online, Kofax’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for invoice data extraction and accounts payable automation, with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 platforms is available. The integrated solutions allow organizations to transform their procure-to-pay workflows and automate mission-critical processes.
Effective immediately, Cygna Labs’ Cygna Auditor offers organizations that adopt Microsoft 365 and continue to have on-premises infrastructure an audit and compliance reporting solution that can monitor all activity and changes in a single console. The solution provides comprehensive change auditing and alerts on
Since July 1, 2020, a new Microsoft Product Terms site is available with the aim of ultimately replacing the Product Terms (PT) and Online Services Terms (OST) documents. The new site allows customers to filter content and review only the use rights and conditions
Effective February 1, 2021, a Security, Compliance and Identity (SCI) add-on is available with a prerequisite of Microsoft 365 E5 that enables customers to hold their data for 10 years. Advanced Audit in Microsoft 365 provides one-year retention of audit logs for user and
Effective December 2, 2020, the Oracle MySQL Database Service with integrated MySQL Analytics Engine, optimized for and exclusively available in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), is available. The MySQL Database Service is a fully managed database cloud service that enables customers to provision MySQL databases
Effective January 2021, Microsoft users will need a Work or School Account (WSA) to sign in to Volume License Service Center (VLSC). If you still use a Microsoft Account (MSA) (previously called “Live ID”) to login in to VLSC, please follow these three scenarios
Effective January 1, 2022, commercial, government, education, and nonprofit organizations will not be able to buy new or renew software licenses, Software Assurance, or online services through the Open License program anymore. Until then, all customers can continue to purchase products through the Open
Effective January 1, 2021, Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) can sell perpetual software licenses (without Software Assurance) to commercial organizations. Furthermore, by July 1, 2021, Microsoft CSP will be able to sell perpetual software licenses (without Software Assurance) also to government, education, and nonprofit