LEARNING PATH · MICROSOFT LICENSING
Understand Microsoft licensing from the ground up.
A modern learning path that starts with the foundations and progresses step by step to compliance and a defensible licence position.
The learning path
Ten modules. One clear sequence.
Ten connected modules explain Microsoft licensing, from the foundations through Microsoft 365, Windows Server, SQL Server, and Azure to licence reconciliation.
Every article includes clear explanations, practical examples, official Microsoft sources, and an update date.Microsoft licensing foundations
Build a shared understanding of products, editions, versions, usage rights, licensing models, agreements, and dates.
How can Microsoft software be purchased?
Understand direct and partner channels, purchasing programmes, subscriptions, and volume licensing.
Microsoft 365 & Office
Understand plans, specialist applications, communication, analytics, security, AI, and tenant-wide capabilities systematically.
Microsoft 365 foundations and plans
Distinguish Microsoft 365, Office 365, Office LTSC, and Business, Enterprise, and Frontline plans.
Visio, Project, and Planner
Understand specialist applications, feature sets, user roles, and required add-on licences.
Teams, Teams Premium, Teams Phone, and Teams Rooms
Understand meetings, telephony, meeting-room systems, and their licensing prerequisites.
Power BI and Microsoft Fabric
Distinguish Power BI Free, Pro, and Premium Per User, report creation, sharing, and Fabric capacities.
Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and Purview
Assess identity, device management, security, and compliance, including base licences and add-ons.
Copilot and AI licences
Distinguish Copilot Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot, agents, and user- or consumption-based costs.
Tenant-wide capabilities
Assess centrally enabled features, benefiting users, and the licence rights that are actually required.
Windows Client
Understand Windows Pro, Enterprise, Microsoft 365 E3/E5/F3, and user-, device-, and virtual-desktop scenarios.
Windows Server
Understand Standard, Datacenter, physical and virtual cores, and User or Device CALs simply.
SQL Server
Understand Standard, Enterprise, Server/CAL, physical and virtual cores, and passive instances simply.
Microsoft Azure
Understand Azure Hybrid Benefit, reservations, and savings plans and use them cost-effectively.
Visual Studio & Dev/Test
Clearly distinguish named-user assignment, development, testing, production, and Azure credits.
Server products & access licences
Understand User and Device CALs, RDS, External Connectors, existing Microsoft 365 rights, and server products.
Compliance, reconciliation & licence position
Connect purchased rights, installed software, and actual use into a clear Microsoft licence reconciliation and position.