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Steve_Leach1
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Jun 21, 2023
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Legacy contract terms going away at renewal?

I am hearing that a customer currently on the old legacy CSP terms will be now forced into NCE terms at the renewal if that happens on or after July 1 2023. Can you provide guidance on and if legacy...
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  • LicensingConcierge1's avatar
    LicensingConcierge1
    Jun 22, 2023

    Hi Steve_Leach1 

     

    Without having the website link or document that you're referring to, I'm not sure of which announcement you're referring to. 

     

    I've checked the partner center announcements and I do not see term changes applicable to your post. The only announcements that I'm guessing you could be referring to are:

    • Microsoft has decided to continue supporting the legacy autorenewal functionality beyond July 11, 2022. I did not find documentation that this has changed.  Note: new orders of legacy CSP subscriptions are not allowed since those orders should be placed in the NCE/new commerce experience.  It’s best practice is to proactively migrate all subscriptions prior to their renewal date from Legacy to new commerce.
    • There is an announcement to an update to the MCA agreement that is required for CSP, but the effective date is March '23...not July '23:

       

    If neither are what you're asking about, please provide a link or file of the announcement/statements mentioned in your post.:smile:

     

     

    If this (or someone else's) reply answers your question, please Accept as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. Otherwise, please let me know if you need further assistance on this topic.


    Regards,

    Microsoft CSP Licensing Concierge

     

     

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Steven_Leach
Copper Contributor
Jun 22, 2023

LicensingConcierge1 

I could not find anything in partner center either.

I had two clients today tell me this, so wanted to try and check the validity via microsoft vs what another csp may be telling potential clients.

thank you 

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LicensingConcierge1
Silver Contributor
Jun 23, 2023

Steven_Leach 

 

What legacy licenses were purchased under CSP?

 

Regards,

Microsoft CSP Licensing Concierge

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    Steve_Leach1
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 23, 2023
    Various 365 SKUs such as 365 business and enterprise SKUs.
    • Nick_Beacroft's avatar
      Nick_Beacroft
      Iron Contributor
      Jun 26, 2023

      Hi Steve_Leach1 

       

      Important new Partner Center announcement that confirms deprecation of legacy licenses from July 2023.

      June 2023 announcements - Partner Center announcements | Microsoft Learn

       

      In the announcement it states, "Partners that already have customer subscriptions for these deprecated offers aren't impacted and can keep those subscriptions until the end of their terms." which I understand to mean at next renewal after 1st July 2023, customers would need to migrate subscriptions to NCE.

       

      LicensingConcierge1 do I understand this correctly?

       

      A question to Microsoft is, how do customers know or have some kind of insight about this before partners?

      • LicensingConcierge1's avatar
        LicensingConcierge1
        Silver Contributor
        Jul 13, 2023
        correct...I have the same understanding.

        Regards,

        Microsoft CSP Licensing Concierge

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