I’m not talking about insurance, although I guess in a way it’s a kinda of insurance.  I’m referring to protecting your organisations IP that so often gets buried in the code we write.  One of the dilemmas often faced by .NET developers is how to protect their IP, how to manage licenses and activation, and how to track product usage.  Introducing the Microsoft Software Licensing and Protecting Service. 

This was announced last year and there really hasn’t been much fanfare around the extent of the functionality around this service.  If you are still trying to work out how best to security your product I would recommend watching the introductory video that walks you through the core functionality of both the online portal (also available as the SLPS Server 2008) and the Code Protector application.