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nick_Anag
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Aug 21, 2024

Legal Parameters for Indirect Reseller case in CSP Program

Dear community,

 

We are an Indirect Provider in CSP, located in EU (CEMA Region). We would like your precious help to resolve a legal question that bothers us.

 

The case: one of our resellers has numerous subsidiaries with all of them having different legal entities.
The question: does our reseller, as being an indirect reseller in CSP will be able to buy license from us (as his Indirect Provider) and then resell these licenses to the subsidiaries, which in CSP languague will be their end customers (i.e., due to the fact that each one of them has their own legal entity).

Could you please help us understand if there is any confict following the case details? Any link to the appropriate documentation will help us. The one we were reviewing can be found here.

 

Thank you in advance for your significant support and help!

 

Warm regards,
Nick

cc JillArmourMicrosoft JillArmour 

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      nick_Anag
      Iron Contributor

      Dear JillArmourMicrosoft 

       

      Thank you in advance for you assistance to reply on this really critical question for us to win a big project!

      Looking forward to receiving team's update.

       

      Warm regards,
      Nick

      • Nick_Beacroft's avatar
        Nick_Beacroft
        Steel Contributor
        Interesting. Let's see what response Jill receives.

        I believe the Microsoft Customer Agreement covers this, where in this case the Reseller, if they can buy from you, is the customer and therefore the MCA restricts them from distributing or sublicensing.

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