{"id":119566,"date":"2020-10-01T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T08:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/?p=119566"},"modified":"2020-10-01T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T08:29:57","slug":"open-soon-to-be-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/2020\/10\/01\/open-soon-to-be-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Open soon to be Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft announce that customers won&#8217;t be able to make new purchases through an Open agreement after 31 December, 2021. So, what does that mean for existing customers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Licences with no Software Assurance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Licences purchased through an Open agreement are perpetual and customers can continue to use these licences with no changes. New licences without SA can now be purchased through partners via the Cloud Solution Provider program<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Licenses with Software Assurance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Existing SA benefits continue to be available until the end of existing agreements with no changes, and then SA can be renewed into a new or existing Open Value agreement<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscriptions for Online Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Existing subscriptions for services such as Office 365 can be renewed into a new or existing Open Value agreement or through CSP. If customers have purchased subscriptions in an Open agreement and not activated them, then they can still be activated without the need for any active agreements<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Azure services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pre-paid tokens are used to pay for Azure consumption services in the Open and Open Value agreements. A new Open Value non-Company Wide agreement can be signed by customers to purchase more tokens to power their existing Azure deployments without the need for any technical migrations<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the announcement article for customers here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jlRNDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jlRNDL<\/a> and, if you\u2019re a partner, find more useful information for you here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jlVx8h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jlVx8h<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announce that customers won&#8217;t be able to make new purchases through an Open agreement after 31 December, 2021. So, what does that mean for existing customers? Licences with no Software Assurance Licences purchased through an Open agreement are perpetual and customers can continue to use these licences with no changes. 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