{"id":20562,"date":"2019-08-09T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=20562"},"modified":"2019-08-09T15:46:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:46:19","slug":"aws-and-google-cloud-heavily-criticise-microsoft-for-raising-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/aws-and-google-cloud-heavily-criticise-microsoft-for-raising-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS and Google Cloud heavily criticise Microsoft for raising prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global computer firm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\">Microsoft<\/a> has been condemned by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and senior executives from Google Cloud on its decision to raise prices for customers using its cloud and software services.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft declared the verdict earlier this month, saying: \u201cWe\u2019re updating the outsourcing terms for Microsoft on-premises licenses to clarify the distinction between on-premises\/traditional outsourcing and cloud services and create more consistent licensing terms across multitenant and dedicated hosted cloud services. Beginning October 1, 2019, on-premises licenses purchased without Software Assurance and mobility rights cannot be deployed with dedicated hosted cloud services offered by the following public cloud providers: Microsoft, Alibaba, Amazon (including VMware Cloud on AWS), and Google. They will be referred to as \u201cListed Providers.\u201d \u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the company also announced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/aqua-security-launches-microsoft-azure-marketplace\/\">Azure<\/a> Dedicated Host service.<\/p>\n<h4>Disapproval from other businesses<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/\">Google Cloud<\/a> President, Robert Enslin, slated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/microsoft-to-invest-1-billion-into-cloud-computing\/\">Microsoft\u2019s<\/a> decision on Twitter by commenting, \u201cShelf-ware. Complex pricing. And now vendor lock-in. Microsoft is taking its greatest hits from the &#8217;90s to the cloud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whilst <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/\">Amazon Web Services<\/a> Chief Technology Officer, Werner Vogels, also stated on the social media site that he did not agree with the choice. He says, \u201cYet another bait+switch by $MSFT, eliminating license benefits to force MS use. 1st, MS took away BYOL SQL Server on RDS, now no Windows upgrades w\/BYOL\u00a0on#AWS. Hard to trust a co. who raises\u00a0prices, eliminates benefits, + restricts freedom of choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Being forced to move?<\/h4>\n<p>On LinkedIn, AWO\u2019s Vice President, Sandy Carter, also wrote a condemning blog on the subject which she titled, \u201cWhy AWS is the best place for your Windows workloads, and how Microsoft is changing their licensing to try to awkwardly force you into Azure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the report, Carter hints the computer company is making a power play. &#8220;Microsoft wants you to believe that this is just &#8220;removal of outsourcing rights&#8221;, but Microsoft is looking to restrict what computer you can use. 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