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Microsoft is shifting away from traditional Enterprise Agreements. This guide compares EA vs. MCA‑E, highlights risks, and outlines strategic actions for 2025 and beyond.

Microsoft has effectively created a situation where organisations feel almost captive to their offerings. Alternatives are diminishing, and suppliers have little incentive to offer compelling discounts unless there’s a strong business case or a significant alternative presented.

Regardless of your organisation’s size or location, now is the time to begin preparations for the end of the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. It may not happen to your organisation in 2025, but considering current developments, it could happen sooner than expected.

Microsoft licensing projects face tight deadlines, vendor pressure, and multiple stakeholders. A dedicated PM ensures structure, scope control, and timely delivery—turning risk into savings.

Microsoft moves from licensing human users to licensing digital agents, with Entra Agent ID, Copilot orchestration, and embedded knowledge creating a new revenue model where ARPAA joins ARPU in EA negotiations.

Microsoft is retiring Power BI Premium P SKUs, requiring enterprises to migrate to Microsoft Fabric. A structured migration strategy minimises disruption, controls costs, and unlocks new analytics capabilities.

UK regulators confirm what many suspected: Microsoft’s licensing model distorts the cloud market, inflates costs, and traps customers in artificial dependencies.

Microsoft turned AI from a product into a platform: Copilot triggers broad enterprise purchases, drives 15–20% spending increases, but only 20% of buyers deploy it at scale.

EA is being phased out—fast. Here’s what mid-sized and enterprise customers need to know about MCA-E, CSP, and how to avoid 15–30% cost increases during the transition.

SPLA, CSP-Hosting, and SQL with Azure Arc can all drive growth—if used strategically. This article explains how to combine them profitably while avoiding audit risks.

In 2025, enterprise IT splits into two camps: those embracing Microsoft’s integrated platform and those chasing flexibility through best-of-breed strategies. The winning path? It depends entirely on your organisation’s capabilities.

Walk into any Microsoft EA renewal meeting, and the conversation doesn’t start with Word and Excel anymore. It begins with Copilot, Azure commitments, and your ‘digital transformation journey.’ Without understanding these dynamics, you’re negotiating in the dark, and it rarely ends well.