Microsoft partners and customers who've been complaining for months about challenges accessing their software as a result of difficulties with Microsoft;s Volume Licensing Company Middle (VLSC), get heart. Microsoft is getting ready to roll out a “version 3.5″ of the site, incorporating new fixes and updates,
Windows 7 Product Key, before the end of April.(I saw the news about the VLSC update via Richard Gibbons; “Rich from Bechtle” blog. Gibbons has been keeping close tabs on the VLSC issues for the past few months.)Eric Ligman, Global Partner Experience Lead with Microsoft;s Worldwide Partner Group, blogged about the coming changes at the end of March. From his post:“I am happy to announce that an update to VLSC with ‘Add Open License; will be coming in April, 2010, which includes several of the suggested improvements (visual,
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Cheap Office 2007 Key, and experience) that you (partners) have provided to us.”Among the 3.5 features on tap: A new navigation bar,
Windows Product Key, designed to make it easier to find where to download software program, access product keys and administer permissions/settingsNew product-key management functionality, including reformatting of keys so they don;t wrap when displayed; a link to download all keys to a local file directly from VLSC (for offline access); and a new view allowing customers/partners to see which product keys are associated with particular license IDsAdd an open license feature,
Cheap Windows 7 Enterprise, which is the ability to ‘manage on behalf of; for Microsoft partners. This feature will allow partners (with buyers; permission) to directly get keys, download software and manage Software Assurance contracts for consumers. The Register reported VLSC access troubles back in December, 2009. On January 11, Microsoft officials publicly acknowledged and apologized for the troubles via the company’s SMB Community blog, attributing the difficulties to a new registration system. VLSC access difficulties continued for months for a number of Microsoft partners and customers.