ANNOUNCEMENT: Microsoft 365 Business Premium & Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation
Microsoft 365 Business Premium & Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation on CSP and Web Direct channels Microsoft announced on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, that the Microsoft 365 Business Premium grant and Office 365 E1 grant on CSP and Web Direct Channels will be discontinued for nonprofit customers upon their next renewal date on or after July 1, 2025. To support nonprofits during this transition, Microsoft continues to offer: Up to 300 granted licenses of Microsoft 365 Business Basic. Discounts up to 75 percent on many Microsoft 365 nonprofit offers, including Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1. Please refer to the following partner resources: Office Hours Presentation Deck | Recording from May 20, 2025. Partner Step-by-step Business Premium and Office 365 E1 guide Plan comparison of Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium, & Office 365 E1 FAQs for Business Premium & Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation Customer email templates | Office 365 E1: Microsoft Office 365 E1-donaties worden stopgezet [Dutch] Partner email template for Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation [English] La subvention Microsoft Office 365 E1 va être supprimée [French] Der Microsoft Office 365 E1-Zuschuss wird eingestellt [German] La subvención de Microsoft Office 365 E1 se dejará de ofrecer [Spanish] Customer email templates | Microsoft 365 Business Premium: Microsoft 365 Business Premium-donaties worden stopgezet [Dutch] Partner email template for Business Premium grant discontinuation [English] La subvention Microsoft 365 Business Premium va être supprimée [French] Der Microsoft 365 Business Premium-Zuschuss wird eingestellt [German] La subvención de Microsoft 365 Empresa Premium se dejará de ofrecer [Spanish] The aforementioned resources can also be found on the Microsoft 365 Business Premium & Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation landing page. Please reach out to the Tech for Social Impact Partner Desk with any questions.
Microsoft Elevate Partner Community
Welcome to a community where Microsoft Elevate Partners lead with purpose and drive meaningful impact across the nonprofit sector. Every day, nonprofits work to protect rainforests, rescue animals, support children, and strengthen communities around the world. Through Microsoft Elevate, you are empowered to help these organizations achieve more—by applying your expertise, solutions, and services where they matter most. With more than 14 million eligible nonprofits globally, this purpose-driven sector represents a powerful opportunity to grow your business while advancing social good. As a Microsoft Elevate partner, you play a critical role in helping nonprofits modernize operations, strengthen security, adopt AI and cloud innovation, and make the most of limited resources. Together, we enable organizations to operate more efficiently, scale their impact, and stay secure in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. This is more than a go-to-market motion. Nonprofits rely on the same enterprise-grade technology as commercial organizations—and they depend on Microsoft and the Elevate partner ecosystem to guide their digital transformation. The work you do today helps transform lives, empower communities, and create lasting global impact. By engaging through Microsoft Elevate, you unlock new growth opportunities while fostering pride, purpose, and fulfillment within your team. Together, we’ve supported over 400,000 nonprofit organizations with modern, secure, and scalable Microsoft cloud solutions. Let’s continue building a connected ecosystem—where Microsoft Elevate partners, technology, and purpose come together to drive real-world change. Let’s make an impact. Together. Resources and Links Subscribe to receive Microsoft Elevate Partner Newsletters to stay up to date. Access the Nonprofit Partner Readiness site to review partner only resources. Visit the Microsoft Elevate Nonprofit Partner Desk to grow your nonprofit business. Follow Microsoft for Nonprofit on LinkedIn.ANNOUNCEMENT: Microsoft Announces Pricing Updates for Teams Phone and Power BI for Nonprofits
Effective July 1, 2025 Microsoft is introducing updated pricing for Microsoft Teams Phone and Power BI starting July 1, 2025. Currently, there are no pricing changes for customers who purchase Teams Phone or Power BI through Microsoft 365 E5 or Office 365 E5 annual term subscriptions with annual billing. TEAMS PHONE Teams Phone is enhancing communication experiences for organizations of all sizes. Over 20 million PSTN enabled users have turned to Teams Phone for its AI-powered features that enhance communication and keep organizations connected with improved management, reliability, and survivability. Starting on July 1, 2025, we're making the following changes to our per user pricing: Teams Phone Standard will be $4.00 per user, per month ($48.00 per user/year) Teams Phone with Calling Plan (country zone 1 - US) will be $12.32 per user, per month ($147.85 per user/year) Teams Phone with domestic calling (country zone 1 - UK/Canada) $5.10 per user, per month ($61.20 per user/year) This update marks the first price increase since Teams Phone launched in 2017. It is reflective of the increased value we have delivered to our customers to enable flexible, smart, and reliable calling natively in Teams. For more information on updates for Microsoft Teams Phone, please refer to the Pricing updates for Teams Phone and Power BI for nonprofit for: Microsoft Teams Phone FAQs on pricing updates Microsoft Teams Phone customer email template for pricing updates POWER BI Power BI is transforming how organizations share data-driven insights and enable business users to analyze and visualize their data. Today with over 375,000 customers and 30 million monthly active users, Power BI is recognized as a leader in the business intelligence space. Starting on July 1, 2025, we're making the following changes to our per user pricing: Power BI Pro will be $4.20 per user, per month ($50.40 per user/year) Power BI Premium Per User will be $9.60 per user, per month ($115.20 per user/year) This represents the first price increase since the launch of Power BI in 2015 and is reflective of all the investment in the innovation we have delivered over the years. For more information on updates for Microsoft Power BI, please refer to the Pricing updates for Teams Phone and Power BI for nonprofit for: Microsoft Power BI FAQs on pricing updates Microsoft Power BI customer email template for pricing updates NEXT STEPS These updated prices apply to new and renewing nonprofit customers, offering continued access to powerful tools that support mission-driven initiatives. To learn more about how these updates can impact your nonprofit, visit the Microsoft Tech for Social Impact Partner Desk or contact your Microsoft representative.Libraries and Museums Eligibility Clarification
Partners- In October 2022, Microsoft Technology for Social Impact (TSI) announced that Libraries and Museums were eligible for Microsoft’s nonprofit offers. This communication was primarily targeted at new customers expected to purchase at nonprofit pricing. Note: The eligibility change and re-segmentation only applies to public libraries and public museums. We are providing this follow-up for any questions regarding customers who purchase through the Academic Segment. Download the FAQs and Partner documentation Libraries and Museums (microsoft.com)
Power Apps per app End of Sale
Hi Microsoft Elevate team Firstly, Happy New Year to you all! I wanted to reach out regarding an important update in the January 2026 Power Platform Licensing Guide. It appears that Power Apps per app licenses have been marked as “End of Sale,” which represents a significant change for nonprofits. Could you please provide clarity on the following points regarding the 10 free/grant Power Apps per app licenses? Until when will nonprofits be able to purchase these licenses? How long will existing licenses remain usable? (Ideally, at least 12 months if not longer.) Once the grant for per app licenses is discontinued, will there be a comparable offering? e.g. grants for Power Apps Premium licenses? This is a significant part of Microsoft's nonprofit offer and a key reason many organisations choose the Power Platform over competing solutions. Nearly all of our nonprofit customers have leveraged this benefit and subsequently invested in additional Microsoft products, including Copilot. Discontinuing this could have a significant impact on both nonprofits and partners who serve them. I appreciate any guidance you can provide on this matter. Thank you, MattEVENT: Microsoft Partner FY26 GTM Kickoff Event | Jul 22
REGISTER NOW | Free online event We are excited to announce the Microsoft Partner FY26 GTM Kickoff Event on July 22, 2025. This free digital event is your chance to dive into the go-to-market (GTM) priorities and initiatives for FY26 across Microsoft Business Applications and Modern Work. With AI-powered technologies like Microsoft 365 Copilot revolutionizing the workplace, partners can play a crucial role in boosting productivity, reshaping work, and sparking innovation. Learn about our investments to help you grow your business and deliver impactful customer engagements. At this year's event, you can choose from sessions focused on: Business Applications System Integrator FY26 GTM For partners providing Dynamics 365 and Power Platform services to Enterprise and Corporate customers. Overview of FY26 opportunities and co-sell engagement with Microsoft. Focus on Low Code, Sales, Service, ERP, Role-based Copilot, and Copilot Studio. Leveraging CRM and ERP data for AI insights with Copilot. Modern Work System Integrator FY26 GTM For partners selling Microsoft 365 and Copilot-related solutions with Microsoft sales teams. Top FY26 growth opportunities. Key areas: Microsoft 365 Copilot, E3 and E5 suites, Teams Phone, Teams Rooms, Teams Premium, Windows 365, Frontline Worker, and MicrosoftViva. Partner-Led CSP FY26 GTM For CSP partners to build Modern Work and Business Applications Copilot practice. Use Microsoft GTM programs and cloud portfolio for customer lifecycle support. Accelerate Copilot practice with Microsoft. Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future with Microsoft WHAT: Microsoft Partner FY26 GTM Kickoff Event WHEN: July 22, 2025 WHERE: REGISTER TODAY | Online REMINDER to Register: Microsoft Catalyst Partner Training next session is 8/28/23 – 10/27/23
Microsoft Catalyst Partner Training: Registration opens 8/24; future workshop dates on site) Microsoft Catalyst is a customer engagement journey that partners can use to help businesses conceive and realize business transformation. Using this journey, partners take customers through a series of curated phases: Inspire, Design, Empower, and Achieve. Catalyst Certified Partners have access to presales and post sales funding through the Business Applications Partner Activities Program to cover the costs of prescriptive business value focused sales activities. Given funding is based on deal size, a “TSI Multiplier” continues to be in effect so that you can access the same funding for your opportunity that you would if it did not have a nonprofit discount. At this time, the course is open to all Business Applications partners as well as any partner with an MPN ID. In order to access the course, you need to provide a Microsoft Account, please sign in with a Microsoft Account (ex: @outlook.com or @hotmail.com) Additionally, we require a MPN ID to associate the individual with their partner organization. This is used to accredit the partner upon the individual’s successful completion of the Catalyst training. Those who enter an invalid MPN ID will not be able to complete their registration and will receive an error message. Without a valid MPN ID, you will not be able to access the training, and therefor will be unable to become Catalyst accredited for your organization.Announcing new AI capabilities in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7063890855887073281 May 15, 2023 Announcing new AI capabilities in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit By Justin Spelhaug Vice President, Tech for Social Impact, Microsoft Philanthropies Today we’re excited to announce powerful new AI tools and capabilities in Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit that will help nonprofit organizations accelerate their missions. While AI could be used across many parts of a nonprofit organization, putting AI to work to amplify fundraising and marketing efforts allows nonprofit professionals to spend more time working with the communities they serve. It’s a practical place to start our AI journey together and solves issues common to almost every nonprofit on the planet. For demos and more information, click here: Microsoft Cloud For NonprofitANNOUNCEMENT: Microsoft 365 Copilot Business - Dec 1
We’re excited to announce Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, launched December 1, 2025. Designed specifically for small and mid-sized organizations, this new SKU delivers the full power of Microsoft 365 Copilot at an accessible, SMB-friendly price point—just $21 per user per month. To drive SMB Nonprofit AI adoption, we’re also introducing a limited-time, introductory offer. From December 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026, Microsoft 365 Copilot Business is available for 15% off for up to 300 licenses ($18 pu/pm). Note: At this point, nonprofit pricing is not available for M365 Copilot Business and Business Bundles. Microsoft 365 Copilot Business can be added to nonprofit priced Business SKUs through authorized CSP partners as well as via Admin Center. Call to action CSP Partner sales training Attend the time zone that works best for you to learn more about, "FY26 Q2 Maximize Microsoft 365 Renewals: Upsell with AI and Security value" Register | Session 1: December 4, 9:00 AM PT | Americas/EMEA Register | Session 2: December 4, 6:00 PM PT | ANZ/Asia Level Up with the CSP bootcamp Register to attend the CSP bootcamp and get hands-on learning from sales and technical experts on December 9 and 10, 2025. Use the customizable email template to invite your sellers. Inform your customers Use the customizable email template to reach out to your customers by December 12, 2025, and inform them of the limited time special discounts and bundles, especially relevant in your renewal conversations!ALERT: CPOR Now Available for Business Applications in CSP
We are excited to announce that on April 7th, the CPOR (Claiming Partner of Record) Revenue Recognition experience was expanded to include Business Applications CSP subscriptions. This expansion will allow you as a Business Applications partners to receive credit for your work, which contributes to your Solution Partner Designation. What does this mean for you? BA partners will now receive recognition for their role in customer acquisition and deployment, alongside MW CSP partners. This dual recognition model ensures BA partners gain revenue recognition while MW partners continue to earn transactional recognition and incentives. Next Steps Read the blog announcement and learn more with our CPOR for CSP Overview. Thank you for your continued partnership and commitment to driving success together. We look forward to seeing the positive impact of these changes on your business.
