The Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program is on a journey to provide unique service offerings for managed service providers. Regardless of how you buy Microsoft products and solutions, this new program will continue enabling you to digitally transform.
New Commerce Experience (NCE) explained
The New Commerce Experience (NCE) for the Microsoft CSP program is based on the ideas that made CSP the go-to for partners that provide value-add cloud solutions in the first place. The NCE provides us with new tools to manage subscriptions more easily. The rollout for the latest NCE offerings will start in Q4 2021, bringing seat-based cloud offers to the forefront of this new platform—also for Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Windows 365. This launch provides partners in the CSP program with new sales capabilities, delivers operational efficiencies and drives long-term customer commitment with multiple term options.
What does this mean for you as a customer?
Microsoft’s NCE has a few important implications that customers should take note of:
Selected Product Price Adjustment explained
In additional to NCE, Microsoft has also announced that the list pricing for the following commercial products of annual commitment will be globally updated from March 2022 onwards:
Considering the upcoming changes, significant impact to customers’ budget in IT expenditure could be caused without professional advice and planning in licensing and subscription management!
For better planning in protecting your best price in view of the upcoming term commitment and price change, contact us now to get free consultation for taking the right action at the right time.
Reference Sites from Microsoft:
“New Commerce Experience (NCE) for CSP” announcement
“New Pricing for Microsoft 365 Selected 6 Projects” announcement