Microsoft on Monday released a preview of SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, it's newest server product, which likely marks a shift in Microsoft's application server licensing approach.

Microsoft on Tuesday announced that its SharePoint Server Subscription Edition product for deployment in customer-premises environments is now at the "general availability" commercial-release stage.

Last year, Microsoft officials announced the next versions of on-prem Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, Skype for Business Server, and Project Server would be available in the second half of 2021.

Microsoft has announced some big changes to the pricing and licensing of its on-premises server products, which will take effect in July and August 2025. The company says these updates are needed to ...