After protests
Microsoft revises controversial IUR abolition
A 180-degree turnaround: Microsoft partners will continue to receive preferential licenses for personal use as part of subscriptions next year. Microsoft overturned the deletion of the IUR, which would have cost partners several thousand euros.
The software group Microsoft is backing away from its plans to abolish Internal User Rights (IUR) next year for a whole range of licenses that partners purchase for their own use at discounted prices as part of a subscription. The changes will not come, everything will remain as it is.
"Based on your feedback, we have decided to withdraw all planned changes to internal usage rights and competency schedules that were announced earlier this month. This means that you will not see any significant changes in the coming financial year and that you will not face reduced IUR licenses or increased costs next July as announced," announced channel head Gavriella Schuster in a blog post to partners.
If the change had taken effect, partners would have been burdened with high costs. Even smaller companies would have had to reckon with additional costs of up to 20,000 euros if they had wanted to purchase the licenses for their own use, as Microsoft had recommended. Microsoft is one of the few, if not the only manufacturer in the ICT channel that asks partners to pay an annual fee if they want to have official status with the software manufacturer. For many partners, the IUR program is an important added value; without the discounted purchase of licenses for internal use, a partnership with Microsoft might not have been worthwhile.
This is Microsoft's response to a wave of indignation. More than 6,000 people have recently signed a petition on Change.org to call on Microsoft to withdraw its controversial plans. The manufacturer has taken this criticism to heart.
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