Dickinson County IT upgrade hits unexpected Microsoft and vSphere licensing costs
IT Director Dustin Parks told commissioners that vendor licensing changes — Broadcom's vSphere subscription model and Microsoft server‑licensing rules for Server 2025 — could add tens of thousands to a planned server migration. Staff will return with final quotes; commissioners authorized keeping the item on an upcoming agenda.
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Dustin Parks, the county's director of IT and GIS, told the Dickinson County Commission that a planned server-replacement and migration project faces higher-than-expected software-licensing costs after recent vendor policy changes.
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