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Microsoft will provide advance notice of these changes each November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you seen our Exchange Rate Price Plotter? Our subscriber-exclusive tool helps you track future and historical exchange rate changes, all in one place: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ExchangeRatePlotter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/ExchangeRatePlotter<\/a>. Read the details of the announcement here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4gxoDlB\">https:\/\/bit<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4gxoDlB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">.ly\/4gxoDlB<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announce that local currency price updates will now occur once a year, rather than twice. These exchange rate fluctuations against the US dollar affect all Microsoft Online Services apart from Azure, and will now take place every January, starting in 2027. 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