Hello again. As promised I want to pick up this blog from the ‘Activation’ path we’re already going down. In a sense, activation is almost the middle of the software delivery chain in my view of the world. Incidentally my view of the world is shaped...

We’re just finishing up our SP1 push and it should be out soon. I do have ton of activity to catch you all up on since I last blogged. You could probably figure this out from the silence. This particular blog will have an external focus – because it’s...

We shipped three days early. Not a record here at Microsoft, but somewhat of a rarity in the world of software. It takes just a tad bit more effort beyond declaring code complete, test run completion and final signoff. When there's a service involved...

We got the server bits shipped. This is good news for those customers out there that want to run a licensing service using our unique technologies. Think about it... you can make a business providing the licensing services that software developers can...

It's been cooking for the better part of two days now. (Stress tests) Just got an e-mail from our ever optimistic default release manager. Dilip Pai. Last week about this time we had some memory leaks and some other hard to debug issues that were preventing...

Very few events in my work life match the euphoria leading up to the RTM stamp. I know very well why this is. It's got something to do with being a valued member of team that values its members. Not shipping a software product for over a year is probably...

Software Development should be a rewarding experience... We've been heads down working on the 1.0 version of the Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection Platform. Small team, lots of work, incredible opportunity and the chance to help the 'rock...

Welcome to the Software Licensing and Protection Services Team Blog! In the coming posts you will be able to learn more about the Software Licensing and Protection Services Team and the cool products that we are working on. Our goal is to...