Seat pricing, SKU consolidations, and procurement-relevant licensing changes for IT-managed SaaS.
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Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access
Details Starting November 2, 2026, you can offer Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access, a unified offering that combines Microsoft Entra Internet Access and Microsoft Entra Private Access. It gives you a simpler way to position Microsoft Security Service Edge (SSE) capabilities for customers looking to secure access to both internet and private resources through one solution. What's changing As of November 2, the…
New Business Central + Copilot bundled offers available January 1, 2027
Details Two new, permanent Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) bundles pair Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Essentials or Premium with Microsoft 365 Copilot Business for customers with up to 300 seats. The bundles appear in the CSP price list preview on December 1, 2026, and become available on January 1, 2027. You can purchase the bundles without a qualifying Microsoft 365 base subscription. Copilot experiences…
Details This promotion is designed to help drive customer adoption of Microsoft 365 Business Basic and Business Standard in Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Ukraine (excluding Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk). Customers can improve productivity and streamline workflows with Microsoft 365 features. Offer summary: Duration : November 5, 2026, through May 4, 2027 Market availability : Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria,…
Copilot Chat: limits for users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license
Microsoft uses fair use limits for some Copilot features, such as image generation, for users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Starting November 2, 2026, for organizations with 2,000 or fewer Microsoft 365 seats, and beginning November 9, 2026, for larger organizations, Microsoft is introducing fair use limits for additional Copilot Chat features and capabilities. Copilot Chat remains included in Microsoft…
At GitHub Universe, we announced several exciting updates to GitHub that strengthen the foundation, evolve how developers build, and help teams act before cyberattackers do. As part of these updates, GitHub Enterprise now includes GitHub Copilot usage rights at no extra cost to customers. You get access with the Enterprise seat, and AI usage is billed through AI Credits. This update makes AI-powered development…
Availability update: Updates to usage-based billing for new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business licenses and Partner Center sandbox environments
Update as of November 3, 2026 We heard your feedback and are adjusting the effective dates to give you extra time to prepare for these upcoming changes and support your customers. Usage-based billing is now enabled by default for new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business subscriptions purchased in Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) during Microsoft's FY27 Q3 (January-March 2027), instead of December 1, 2026, as previously…
The redesigned Security workspace is now available as an opt-in preview in Partner Center. The new experience equips you for more timely and effective security management through a unified set of actionable Tasks, so your security team can prioritize remediation efforts, track ownership, and monitor progress from a single location. Tasks include due dates, lifecycle states, occurrence details, activity history, and…
Azure consumption promotions are now available in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) offering. Use this new lever to win price-sensitive customers, unlock new workloads, and accelerate deals. Each promotion targets net-new consumption in a defined workload and customer segment, starting with data and AI scenarios such as database modernization, Microsoft Fabric, and AI application services, so you have a ready-made…
Turn CSP promotions and incentives into Frontier Transformation opportunities
Customers are moving from AI experimentation to practical adoption across people, processes, security, data, and technology. You can turn that shift into a broader customer relationship by starting with an immediate priority, matching it to an eligible promotion, and extending the engagement through deployment, adoption, modernization, security, and managed services. Use the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) promotions…
Introducing a 30% promotional offer on Microsoft 365 E3
We're excited to announce the new Microsoft 365 E3 30% off one-year offer (300+), available from October 27, 2026, through June 30, 2027. For a limited time, eligible CSP customers purchasing at least 300 new Microsoft 365 E3 licenses in CSP can receive 30% off the net partner price, with annual commitment and annual or monthly billing. This offer creates an opportunity for partners to support upgrade conversations…
