Microsoft has made a significant move by adjusting its licensing policy to allow Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers to run Office applications on its cloud infrastructure.
This decision follows Europe’s competition regulators launching an official probe into Microsoft’s business policies. The licensing tweak, first identified by analyst Directions on Microsoft, partially reverses a 2019 change that required customers with perpetual licenses to purchase new licenses to run Microsoft applications on non-Azure cloud providers, resulting in higher costs.
The latest update benefits AWS cloud customers with specific licenses, allowing them to run Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise/business, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Visio on Amazon WorkSpaces. The move has drawn attention from regulatory authorities and industry observers, amidst ongoing scrutiny of Microsoft’s software and cloud policies.
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