If you're a service provider using your Microsoft SPLA licences on Listed Providers (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Alibaba), Microsoft has banned this configuration effective October 1st, 2025.

DM us for an urgent free consultation.

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Before your next renewal, understand which agreement type actually benefits your organisation. Don't automatically accept Microsoft's pitch to switch.

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Large organisations will have to pay more for services like Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 starting November 1st, 2025.

An organisation with 24,000+ users could hypothetically pay $2 million more per year for Microsoft 365 E5 licenses.

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Microsoft is eliminating its tiered discount system, effective November 1, 2025.

For 25 years, larger organisations have paid less per user through Enterprise Agreements with four pricing levels.

Everyone will now pay the full price.

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If you're a service provider using your Microsoft SPLA licences on Listed Providers (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Alibaba), Microsoft has banned this configuration effective October 1st, 2025.

DM us for an urgent free consultation.

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Two service providers wanted to cut SPLA costs. One listened and took action. Months later, “We reduced costs by 30%.” The other wasn't willing to change and saved nothing. If you're not ready to rethink your setup, you're not ready to save.

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2023-2024 saw a massive Microsoft push for Copilot AI. Minimal discounts, even for massive organisations, spoke volumes about their confidence.

The hype was deafening. But the promises… well, they haven't materialised.

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Your 2025 Microsoft budget expectations need to be realistic. Don't underestimate the cost increases coming your way.

The next round of negotiations won't be like your last one, three or five years ago. The game has changed.

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Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (AHUB) is massively misunderstood. Among a hundred cases, we witnessed two extremes: businesses completely ignoring it and others wildly overclaiming.

Are you aware of the savings with AHUB? Your FinOps team?

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You're ready to renew your EA. You email Microsoft. They reply: "Your agreement is on the list of those not being renewed."

Unprepared? Suddenly, you're in a new world. The old rules, the old leverages, they're useless.

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