D365 License Minimums - Attach Licenses

[mkirby1067]

Hi!

I’ve been trying to confirm a rumor about EA license purchases: we’re told per-workload Attach licenses must meet minimum purchase requirement. This is contrary to license T&Cs and License Guides.

Ex: purchase 20 Finance, only need 5 SCM attach. We’re told customer is required to purchase Qty 20 SCM attach to meet 20 minimum per workload. I’ve yet to see any such update.

Any chance you can confirm?

I also had a call this morning with a MSFT Biz Apps resource who is working with a team to gain clarity on the above.  Sent this question above prior to my call.  I thought I'd try here as well. 

[#2]

@mkirby1067 

I’ve been trying to confirm a rumor about EA license purchases: we’re told per-workload Attach licenses must meet minimum purchase requirement. This is contrary to license T&Cs and License Guides.

The only change that I'm aware of is the ability for EA customers to mix-n-match their D365 F&O licenses to meet the minimum purchase requirements that was removed on 8/1/2023 (it was never an option for CSP). Existing customers will not be required to meet the new min. purchase requirement until their agreement renewal.  We’ll be making updates to the GLR materials shortly.

As Licensing Concierge, I do not have knowledge of anticipated changes, so I cannot speak to "rumors".  Some partner announcements are sent outside of Partner Center, so unfortunately, I do not have visibility to every announcement sent to partners, which is best to provide the link to your source when posting about announcements here on the partner community's. 

As far as the attach licenses, I have the current LG to adhere to and per the current D365 LG (found in Partner Center), you may buy as many attach licenses as are available for that base license.

The D365 LG outlines how they're purchased beginning on pg.4:

If this 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

[#3]

@LicensingConcierge 

Don't think this really answers the question here. It's clear that the mix & match option for EAs is not possible anymore. Meaning if a customer needed 10 finance and 10 SCM, they can't purchase 10+10 Base licenses anymore to meet the minimum purchase requirement (by mix & matching both workloads). But this only applies on Base licenses. 

The question stated is regarding Attach licenses. The T&C states that there's no minimum purchase requirement for Attach licenses. Or has this been changed as well? 

I believe the customer can still purchase 20 finance Base + 5 SCM Attach to meet the minimum purchase requirement, as the T&C states.