Customers can’t purchase Azure Prepayment credits through an Open License agreement after 31 December, 2021, so what should businesses who have purchased their Azure consumption services through an Open License agreement do after this date? Well, it’s all good news…
Azure Dev/Test Subscriptions are not available through the Open programs.
Only Bring-Your-Own-License Azure Marketplace offers are available for customers buying through the Open programs. The underlying Azure consumption services are charged against the Azure Subscription that is chosen when the offer is transacted.
In the Open programs Azure Prepayment credits are purchased to pay for the Azure consumption services. A customer pays upfront for $100 worth of credit which must be used within a 12-month term – it cannot roll over from one…
In the Open programs, licenses for the Azure User plans are available and transacted in the same way as the Online Services such as Office 365, covered on in detail here. Customers can purchase the Azure consumption services and can…
The Azure services are transacted in the same way in the Open Value and Open Value Subscription agreements, as well as in the (now retired) Open License program. There’s information on how customers transition out of the Open agreement here.
None of the Azure components are available through a Select Plus agreement.
Azure components availability Only the Azure User plans are available through the MPSA, and they are transacted in the same way as Online Services such as Office 365 which are covered in detail here.
Alternatively, a customer can sign a Server and Cloud Enrollment by making a commitment to Azure via an Azure Prepayment. This works in exactly the same way as in the section on Enterprise Enrollments with just a difference in the…
When a customer signs an SCE for SQL Server, the Core Infrastructure or the developer tools they are automatically provisioned for Azure. This means that technically they’re ready to use any of the Azure services and they’re just invoiced monthly…