{"id":24399,"date":"2026-01-09T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/?p=24399"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:06:53","slug":"microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"

LinkedIn – January 9, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive<\/span><\/h1>\n
\n
\n

In his\u00a0 previous article, The $100 Billion Blind Spot<\/em><\/a>, Kevin Kieller highlighted a pervasive issue facing modern enterprises: the staggering amount of capital potentially wasted on mismanaged and improperly assigned software licenses. He argued that most organizations are bleeding money simply because license management is too far removed from the actual needs of the user. If you thought that blind spot was costly before, the stakes are about to get significantly higher and potentially more complicated.<\/p>\n

Read now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMicrosoft license changes get more complicated<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive - Kevin Kieller explains how to maximize your investment.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft license changes get more complicated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive - Kevin Kieller explains how to maximize your investment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VOSS Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/voss.solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-09T13:03:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-12T13:06:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1279\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rachel Chicken\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@voss_solutions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@voss_solutions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rachel Chicken\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rachel Chicken\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#\/schema\/person\/863258634c2bb03d9460e624dbbce02b\"},\"headline\":\"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-09T13:03:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-12T13:06:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft license changes get more complicated\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-09T13:03:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-12T13:06:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive - Kevin Kieller explains how to maximize your investment.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1\",\"width\":1279,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/\",\"name\":\"VOSS Solutions\",\"description\":\"Digital Workplace Management\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"VOSS Solutions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VOSS-Logos-With-Strapline-1-copy.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VOSS-Logos-With-Strapline-1-copy.png\",\"width\":1803,\"height\":754,\"caption\":\"VOSS Solutions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/voss.solutions\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/voss_solutions\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/voss\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/VOSSucManagement\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/VOSS_Solutions\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#\/schema\/person\/863258634c2bb03d9460e624dbbce02b\",\"name\":\"Rachel Chicken\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb241f762a327a8f9b6eba0bd8ff30007fc517fd0a14b22533a86e30ae307204?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb241f762a327a8f9b6eba0bd8ff30007fc517fd0a14b22533a86e30ae307204?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb241f762a327a8f9b6eba0bd8ff30007fc517fd0a14b22533a86e30ae307204?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rachel Chicken\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/author\/rachel\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Microsoft license changes get more complicated","description":"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive - Kevin Kieller explains how to maximize your investment.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Microsoft license changes get more complicated","og_description":"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive - Kevin Kieller explains how to maximize your investment.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/","og_site_name":"VOSS Solutions","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/voss.solutions","article_published_time":"2026-01-09T13:03:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-12T13:06:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1279,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Rachel Chicken","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@voss_solutions","twitter_site":"@voss_solutions","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rachel Chicken","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/"},"author":{"name":"Rachel Chicken","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#\/schema\/person\/863258634c2bb03d9460e624dbbce02b"},"headline":"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive","datePublished":"2026-01-09T13:03:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-12T13:06:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/"},"wordCount":339,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/","url":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/","name":"Microsoft license changes get more complicated","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1","datePublished":"2026-01-09T13:03:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-12T13:06:53+00:00","description":"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive - Kevin Kieller explains how to maximize your investment.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/01\/1767970939895.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1","width":1279,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/news\/2026\/microsoft-license-changes-more-complicated-and-more-expensive\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Microsoft License Changes: More Complicated and More Expensive"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/","name":"VOSS Solutions","description":"Digital Workplace Management","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#organization","name":"VOSS Solutions","url":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VOSS-Logos-With-Strapline-1-copy.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VOSS-Logos-With-Strapline-1-copy.png","width":1803,"height":754,"caption":"VOSS Solutions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/voss.solutions","https:\/\/x.com\/voss_solutions","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/voss\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/VOSSucManagement","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/VOSS_Solutions"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/#\/schema\/person\/863258634c2bb03d9460e624dbbce02b","name":"Rachel Chicken","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb241f762a327a8f9b6eba0bd8ff30007fc517fd0a14b22533a86e30ae307204?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb241f762a327a8f9b6eba0bd8ff30007fc517fd0a14b22533a86e30ae307204?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb241f762a327a8f9b6eba0bd8ff30007fc517fd0a14b22533a86e30ae307204?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rachel Chicken"},"url":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/author\/rachel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}