Tag Archives: Licensing

Citrix "Experience": The new licensing model starting April 15, 2026

Posted on 2025-09-09 by guenni

[German]Citrix has announced to replace its old, file-based (legacy) licenses with a new cloud-based "License Experience." It comes with telemetry-driven improvements, renders the old license servers obsolete, and will be mandatory for customers starting April 15, 2026.

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Next VMWare by Broadcom license hammer: At least 72 cores required

Posted on 2025-03-30 by guenni

[German]New change for users of VMWare by Broadcom who use products such as VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus, VMware vSphere Standard (VVS), VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). In two weeks, licenses for at least "72 cores per … Continue reading →

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VMware sues Siemens for lack of licenses

Posted on 2025-03-29 by guenni

[German]A dispute between VMware by Broadcom and Siemens AG. The two parties are at loggerheads over licensing. VMware has now sued Siemens for unlicensed products.

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Windows Server 2022: Microsoft eases licensing rules a bit

Posted on 2023-04-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft slightly relaxed the licensing rules for Windows Server 2022 in early April to correct some annoyances and better keep up with the competition. For example, the requirement that VMs with 20 cores require a total of 24 licenses was … Continue reading →

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