Microsoft announce the availability of short-term subscriptions in the MPSA from March 2016.
This new option is available for selected Online Services (E1 and EMS among them) and allows customers to subscribe for one to eleven months.
This means that they don’t have to commit to a minimum of 12 months or even align to their Purchasing Account Anniversaries, making it a good choice for short-term projects or to cover seasonal variations.
Read the full Microsoft blog post here where there’s also a complete list of the eligible Online Services: http://bit.ly/1Uq7bOt.