Microsoft Takes Issue With OnLive Desktop

Microsoft has taken issue with OnLive's Desktop app that provides access to a cloud based PC for Microsoft Office.

According to a post on their Volume Licensing blog, Microsoft says:

Microsoft partners who host under the Services Provider License Agreement ("SPLA") may bring some desktop-like functionality as a service by using Windows Server and Remote Desktop Services. Under this solution, the partner is free to offer this service to any customer they choose, whether or not they have a direct licensing agreement with Microsoft. However, it is important to note that SPLA does not support delivery of Windows 7 as a hosted client or provide the ability to access Office as a service through Windows 7. Office may only be provided as a service if it is hosted on Windows Server and Remote Desktop Services.


Notably, the company is communicating with OnLive in regards to the issue.

"Some inquiries about these scenarios have been raised as a result of recent media coverage related to OnLive's Desktop and Desktop Plus services. Additionally, the analyst firm Gartner raised questions regarding the compliance of these services last week. We are actively engaged with OnLive with the hope of bringing them into a properly licensed scenario, and we are committed to seeing this issue is resolved. "

OnLive has yet to comment...

You can download OnLive Desktop from the App Store for free.


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