April 2025 Microsoft Licensing and Cloud Update + Q&A
What's new in the world of Microsoft licenses and Azure services from the FinOps and Cloud Economics point of view of a CIO, CFO, or procurement executive.
2025 brought significant changes to how you procure Microsoft licenses and services:
🟡 Microsoft Enterprise Agreements are being slowly phased out
🟡 Direct markets are seeing a stronger push to MCA-E
🟡 CSP and MCA-E have had another price increase - 5% on monthly billing
🟡 If you rent services from a provider, there's a 10% price increase on SPLA
We invite you to our monthly live Q&A session, where we discuss all of it and more.
🟠 Do you procure Microsoft Cloud and Licenses?
🟠 Do you want to know how the recent changes and trends will affect your budgets?
🟠 Would you like to learn best practices and get unbiased advice from independent consultants?
🟠 Please come and ask any questions you have.
We usually cover
🟡 Optimal Cloud migration strategies
🟡 Effective license and Cloud agreement renewal approaches
🟡 Service Provider licensing
🟡 Unified and Premier Support
🟡 And much more!
Essential reading:
Microsoft is ending Enterprise Agreements: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-enterprise-agreement-discontinuation-mca-e/
Microsoft AI strategy, impact on partners: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-ai-srategy-impact-on-partners/
Windows Server with Azure Arc Pay-As-You-Go: https://samexpert.com/windows-server-azure-arc-pay-as-you-go/
2025 brought significant changes to how you procure Microsoft licenses and services:
🟡 Microsoft Enterprise Agreements are being slowly phased out
🟡 Direct markets are seeing a stronger push to MCA-E
🟡 CSP and MCA-E have had another price increase - 5% on monthly billing
🟡 If you rent services from a provider, there's a 10% price increase on SPLA
We invite you to our monthly live Q&A session, where we discuss all of it and more.
🟠 Do you procure Microsoft Cloud and Licenses?
🟠 Do you want to know how the recent changes and trends will affect your budgets?
🟠 Would you like to learn best practices and get unbiased advice from independent consultants?
🟠 Please come and ask any questions you have.
We usually cover
🟡 Optimal Cloud migration strategies
🟡 Effective license and Cloud agreement renewal approaches
🟡 Service Provider licensing
🟡 Unified and Premier Support
🟡 And much more!
Essential reading:
Microsoft is ending Enterprise Agreements: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-enterprise-agreement-discontinuation-mca-e/
Microsoft AI strategy, impact on partners: https://samexpert.com/microsoft-ai-srategy-impact-on-partners/
Windows Server with Azure Arc Pay-As-You-Go: https://samexpert.com/windows-server-azure-arc-pay-as-you-go/