Skip to content

Buying Azure services through an SCE 

The Server and Cloud Enrollment gives two ways for a customer to pay for the Azure consumption services dependent on whether or not they have already signed an SCE for another product. Regardless of which option the customer chooses, Reservations,…

Read more

Azure Dev/Test Subscriptions

Azure Dev/Test Subscriptions are available in the Enterprise Enrollments and are designated as this type of Azure Subscription when they are created. See the Dev/Test Subscriptions section to learn about the advantages of these Subscriptions.

Read more

Azure Marketplace solutions

The vast majority of Azure Marketplace solutions are charged for on an Enterprise Enrollment customer’s monthly invoice. In March 2018 there were some changes made so that some Linux Support and Linux virtual machines offerings do consume Azure Prepayment funds.…

Read more

Azure Reservations

The full range of Azure Reservations is available in the Enterprise Enrollments. Typically, the term of a Reservation is 1 or 3 years, and customers can choose to pay upfront or monthly, with no penalties for choosing a monthly option…

Read more

Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC)

The Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment is a contractual commitment that a customer makes directly with Microsoft to spend a certain amount on Azure services over a particular term. Azure Prepayment contributes to the MACC target, as do the individual consumption…

Read more

Consumption services: pricing and price protection

There are no price levels for the Azure consumption services in the Enterprise Enrollments, so a price per hour for a Windows Server virtual machine is the same regardless of which price level the customer is entitled to for his…

Read more

Azure Prepayment: changes 

Customers who want to make additional Azure Prepayment orders or change the amount they are due to pay at the next anniversary engage with Microsoft or their reseller to work through the relevant processes.

Read more

Azure Prepayment: Fully Prepaid

The Fully Prepaid option for Azure Prepayment is an alternative for customers who want the Azure Prepayment funds to be available for the full three-year term of the Enterprise Enrollment. In this option the customer’s first Azure Prepayment must be…

Read more

Azure Prepayment: Annually Prepaid

There are two types of Azure Prepayment, and the first one we’ll look at, the Annually Prepaid option, works in the same way as Monetary Commitment used to. Azure Prepayment is sold in multiples of a single SKU costing $100,…

Read more

Consumption services: Azure Prepayment

To buy Azure consumption services in an Enterprise Enrollment, a customer must already have made a commitment to either the Enterprise Products or Enterprise Online Services. An Azure Prepayment payment is made upfront and then, as the consumption services are…

Read more