Azure Migrate now supports negotiated agreements, enabling you to visualize accurate costs and make smarter migration decisions with confidence.
Cost plays the most important part in cloud migration accelerating the decisions. Organizations often hesitate because retail pricing doesn’t reflect their reality. That’s where Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) comes in, offering discounts of up to 60% off retail prices, based on your negotiated contract. Now, with Azure Migrate’s support for MCA pricing, you can bring those negotiated rates directly into your assessments. The result? Accurate cost projections, faster decision-making, and a clear path to the cloud.
What is MCA?
The Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) is a modern, flexible purchasing agreement designed to simplify how organizations buy and manage Microsoft services. It replaces older, complex agreements like the Enterprise Agreement (EA) for many customers, offering:
- Simplified Terms: A single, digital agreement that covers all Microsoft services.
- Flexible Purchasing: Pay-as-you-go or commit to specific services based on your needs.
- Negotiated Discounts: Depending on your contract, MCA can offer up to 60% off retail pricing, making Azure more cost-effective.
- Centralized Billing: Consolidated invoices and transparent cost tracking across subscriptions.
With MCA, customers gain predictability, transparency, and control over their cloud spend—critical for planning large-scale migrations.
Why MCA Integration in Azure Migrate Matters
Previously, Azure Migrate assessments used standard retail pricing, which often didn’t reflect your negotiated terms. This created uncertainty and slowed decision-making. Now, by integrating MCA pricing:
- No More Guesswork: Assessments reflect your actual negotiated rates.
- True Cost Visibility: Understand the real financial impact of your migration strategy.
- Better Planning: Prioritize workloads and optimize budgets with confidence.
How It Works?
It is very simple to create assessments with negotiated agreement. Just start from the overview click on Create Assessment, add all the required workloads to the assessment scope. Once you move ahead in general settings select Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) as Offer/License program and in the Subscription Id field select the appropriate subscription id. After the assessments are created visualize and compare the costs with retail pricing and MCA cost to compare.
Key benefits
- Accuracy: Realistic cost projections based on your MCA.
- Flexibility: Model multiple migration scenarios with confidence.
- Speed: Eliminate manual adjustments and accelerate planning.
Ready to Get Started?
Don’t let cost ambiguity slow down your cloud journey. Start leveraging MCA-powered assessments in Azure Migrate today and move forward with confidence.
👉 Learn more and get started: Assessment Properties - Azure Migrate | Microsoft Learn
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