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Microsoft Cloud License Prices Are Increasing in September

Tech Soup Blog

Microsoft has announced it will be increasing nonprofit pricing for selected Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses on September 1, 2022. This will apply to new and existing customers.

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Utilization Requirements for Donated Microsoft Cloud Licenses

Tech Soup Blog

A recent policy change that Microsoft put into place will impact nonprofits that have acquired donated Microsoft 365 or Office 365 licenses. In this blog post, we'll outline all the details your nonprofit needs to know and point you toward a helpful resource we've developed in order to help you manage these changes.

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Free Avast License KEY & Activation Code 2020

Find the free stuff

Obviously, Avast Premier doesn’t come for free – the 1-year license for a single PC starts at $69.99 You can select your license length and number of PCs during the checkout. The post Free Avast License KEY & Activation Code 2020 appeared first on PhreeSite.com. or 2-year at $139.99.

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License your photos and more on Facebook

Amy Sample Ward

This blog has a Creative Commons license. Because Creative Commons licenses help creators, sharers, and readers enjoy online content respectfully. So, when I saw that Creative Commons released a version of the licensing and an application for Facebook , I had to check it out! Why Use Creative Commons in Facebook ?

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Nonprofits, Get Your License to Design!

Tech Soup Blog

Get your design driver's license by taking a few of TechSoup's online design courses. Get your design license. Go from zero to 60 — or at least gather enough speed to get on the highway entrance — with our Design for Nondesigner course series. understand and identify brand book elements. Let's face it.

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What is the Best Content Management System For an Association Website?

The MatrixFiles

While we find that implementation costs are largely similar between systems (because the implementation work is quite similar between systems), licensing and hosting costs can vary widely between systems. Does your tech ecosystem require a specific tech stack?

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The Huddle Perpetual License

Tech Soup Blog

What Is a Perpetual License? Huddle Foundation , just this week, made the donation more accessible to charities by switching from a $99 per year admin fee to a $125 "perpetual license" admin fee. " If you already have a Huddle donation from TechSoup, you're now automatically included in the perpetual license.

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Making Sense of Software Licensing

Robert Weiner

Software licenses! Take the complexity of technology and stir in the complexity of the legal system and what do you get?

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What to Expect from the Summer ’21 Release

Cloud 4 Good

There are several new, exciting tools for Salesforce Administrators in the Salesforce Summer ’21 Release , such as Learning Paths and the Active Licenses tab. Easily Track Active Licenses. From the Lightning Usage App, select “Active Licenses” on the left and view a breakdown of the licenses used within the last 30 days.

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Lame spam of the day: Termination of my CPA license

Robert Weiner

I didn't even know I had a CPA license, and now it's being revoked. Subject: Your accountant license can be revoked. Subject: Termination of your accountant license. Subject: Your accountant CPA license termination. I'm crushed. Over and over (19 times in the past 2 days!). Links lead to: [link]. Links lead to: [link].

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A hole in your license = no fly zone

Robert Weiner

I recently renewed my California driver's license. The clerk punched a hole in the license and gave me a paper "temporary license." " I didn ’t recall this procedure from my last renewal 10 years ago and assumed my old license would be valid until the printed expiration date several weeks hence.

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Introducing Cloud Support Services for Microsoft Cloud Subscriptions (Clone)

Tech Soup Blog

Starting on January 4, 2023, all Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 cloud licenses obtained through TechSoup will include Cloud Support Services delivered by TechSoup.

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[FREE WEBINAR] Online Fundraising Compliance: How to Stay Compliant While Building Trust and Increasing Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Learn about charitable solicitation registration and reporting, licensing for special fundraising activities, and the positive impact of compliance. Demonstrating commitment to compliance and responsible governance can help solidify your status as a well-run organization with a mission worthy of support.

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Introducing Cloud Support Services for Microsoft Cloud Subscriptions

Tech Soup Blog

Starting on December 1, 2022, all Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 cloud licenses obtained through TechSoup will include Cloud Support Services delivered by TechSoup.

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[Free Webinar] Online Fundraising Compliance: How to Stay Compliant While Building Trust and Increasing Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Learn about charitable solicitation registration and reporting, licensing for special fundraising activities, and the positive impact of compliance. Demonstrating commitment to compliance and responsible governance can help solidify your status as a well-run organization with a mission worthy of support.

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How Nonprofits Can Stay Compliant with Online Fundraising Laws in 2022

Nonprofit Tech for Good

These virtual events may require not just prior state charitable registration but also gaming licenses. The webinar will cover the legal requirements for registration and reporting, licensing for special fundraising activities, and the positive impact of compliance. Learn more & register ! ? About the Author. Sharon Cody, J.D.

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License and Registration, Please

NetWits

When I got a new Blackberry a year or so ago, I was excited to see an application on it called Password Keeper, which allowed me to keep all of my website registration information in one convenient place – protected by a password, natch.

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Fiscal Year-End Allotment Limits You Should Know About

Tech Soup Blog

Some technology offers in the TechSoup catalog have limits to the number of licenses a nonprofit can acquire in a single fiscal year. Those limits reset on July 1 of each year. A little advance planning means you can work around those limits to your advantage.

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New Tutorial: How to Get Started with the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center

Tech Soup Blog

Topics covered include taking the first steps toward accessing the Volume Licensing Service Center, what you may need to do before retrieving your donation, and signing up for a Windows Live ID. Check out Microsoft's tutorials on the Microsoft Volume Licensing site. Want more information about using the Microsoft VLSC?

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Understanding Your Options Following the Microsoft Program Changes

Tech Soup Blog

Most donated, on-premises licenses were moved into discounted offers. In April 2022, Microsoft took a major step in the direction of its cloud-first model for nonprofits , an effort to align Microsoft philanthropy efforts with the security and operational capabilities of cloud computing.

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10 Helpful Cloud-Based Tools for Nonprofits in 2022

Tech Soup Blog

You can also add and remove licenses as needed, which helps you to avoid paying for licenses you aren't using. Cloud products typically operate on a subscription basis, meaning that you'll always have the most up-to-date version, and web-based tools can have better accessibility and efficiency than their on-premises counterparts.

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[FREE WEBINAR] Charitable Online Solicitation: Is Your Nonprofit Compliant?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Learn about charitable solicitation registration and reporting, licensing for special fundraising activities, and the positive impact of compliance. Demonstrating commitment to compliance and responsible governance can help solidify your status as a well-run organization with a mission worthy of support.

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What Can Windows Pro Full Operating System Offer Your Nonprofit?

Tech Soup Blog

This offer grants access to Windows Pro licenses at just $16 each and is only available through TechSoup. This license enables access to Windows 11 Pro, but if you do not meet the PC compatibility requirements, it allows you to downgrade to Windows 10 Pro as well.

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Licensing and TechSoup: A Quick Guide

Tech Soup Blog

Even so, I managed to carve out some time to quickly touch on a subject that we get a many questions about on the phones: Licensing. with 5-User License). with 5-User License). Some Examples: Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2 Some Examples: Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2

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Matching Donation and Discount Requests with Cloud Strategy

Tech Soup Blog

In fact, these companies — particularly those that offer cloud subscriptions — measure their impact success on your actual adoption and use of the licenses. We'd like to take a moment to explain this a bit further and provide some guidelines and suggestions to consider when requesting offers and licenses through TechSoup.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The ABC would wrap together efforts such as TIGAR as a sharing portal, capacity building efforts for countries trying to create accessible book services and looking at issues like licensing. So, in the meanwhile, we will need to rely on licenses: permissions agreements. So, the publishers weren’t against all licensing.

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Why the Most Advanced Disaster Relief Software Saves You Time & Money

VisionLink

See the list now: [link] Saving Time and Money Like No Other We license differently — once a user is licensed, they can use any module at any time. You can launch new applications while paying no more in user licenses.

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Choose the Best Magento Agency for your Business

Byte Technology

Furthermore, your eCommerce business should determine the numbers needed for hosting and licensing costs. To plan appropriately, ensure that you are spending approximately 5% of your total proceeds to create a tremendous eCommerce store. This is because they are inclusive of the Magento web development services.

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Best Practices Using Creatives Commons License

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Cambodia4kids Creative Commons License. This post titled " To My Readers: Avoiding Plagiarism, Understanding the Creative Commons License " made some great points about giving attribution in blog posts beyond a link. More about Open Content and Creative Commons licenses here.

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Navigating Microsoft's Latest Changes and Their Impact on Your 2022 Planning

Tech Soup Blog

These changes can be confusing, since many of them require you to have detailed knowledge about administrative systems, licensing, and deployment. Over the last few months, you may have heard about various changes within TechSoup's Microsoft program. We feel it's our job to help you make the decisions that are best for your organization.

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What happens when you set your content free with creative commons licensing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use the " BY Attribution " creative commons license. I've used this license. I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. No, but is more likely to happen is that people will use the work, use the license honestly, and improve the work.

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Creative Commons Licensed Music for Your Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He mentioned using Creative Commons licensed music. Depending on the CC license, you should be able to use them without too much trouble. Depending on the CC license, you should be able to use them without too much trouble. Here are some resources I've found for music. Some of those are public domain, some are free, some are CC.

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Free/Open Source licenses upheld in court

GroundWire

The specific license at issue was the Artistic License.) In non-technical terms, the Court has held that free licenses such as the CC licenses set conditions (rather than covenants) on the use of copyrighted work. When you violate the condition, the license disappears, meaning you’re simply a copyright infringer.

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Five Questions To Ask Vendors Before Purchasing New Tech

Media Cause

How many licenses are offered? Make sure there is no restriction on the number of licenses you can have on the account. If you need more, you’ll need to consider the overall tech budget and how much each additional user license costs. Depending on the vendor, they may only offer limited seats.

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Information Technology Lead in the USA or Canada

Cloud 4 Good

Analyze IT infrastructure and systems performance to assess operating costs, productivity levels, upgrade requirements, and other metrics and needs Identify gaps and technology needs and make recommendations to support CFG’s growth As business analyst, recommend information technology strategies, policies, and procedures based on findings (..)

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Creative Commons Licensing Teachable Moment and An Apology!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

of the power of the "by" license and had just turned my default to it. I put that photo under that license because that was the default licensing available in flickr. At the time, I was pretty darn clueless about creative commons licensing and the why it is important. I've now become convinced.

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How to License Hyper-V on Windows 2008

Tech Soup Blog

Petri IT Knowledge Base, an excellent IT resource from Microsoft MVP in Israel, posted a plain-English post on Windows 2008 licensing concerns when using Hyper-V technology. Definitely bookmark-worthy if you are planning on virtualizing in the near future using this technology.

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3 Key Compliance Reminders for 2021 and Beyond

Bloomerang

Alcohol licenses. If you’re going to serve alcohol at your event, you might need a separate state liquor license. . Right now, 41 states and the District of Columbia require licenses for games of chance like these. Game of chance compliance. Some jurisdictions even ban them outright.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available Through Volume Licensing; Office 2003 Discontinued

Tech Soup Blog

This is still true, but we have more good news for TechSoup users who received donations of Microsoft Office 2007 or 2003 in the past two years, and therefore have current Software Assurance benefits: you can now upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010 for free directly from Microsoft through the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC).

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Integrating WordPress with Salesforce

Saleforce Nonprofit

Pricing and level of effort: No licensing costs; included with Salesforce . Pricing and level of effort: Low annual licensing costs ranging from $50 to $300 depending on the package. Pricing and level of effort: Higher annual per-user licensing costs ranging from $1K to $8K depending on the package.

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