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Steve_Leach1's avatar
Steve_Leach1
Copper Contributor
Jun 21, 2023

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 contracts currently enforce will be forced to NCE or will clients maintain the option to stay on legacy terms for the upcoming renewal? The  NCE Playbook of course only defines what is current, which is that they can renew on legacy terms

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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

     

     

  • LicensingConcierge1's avatar
    LicensingConcierge1
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    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

     

     

    • Steven_Leach's avatar
      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 

      • Nick_Beacroft's avatar
        Nick_Beacroft
        Steel Contributor
        Jun 23, 2023

        I attend the monthly CSP technical series with Microsoft and I don't recall anything on forcing legacy renewal to NCE yet. I honestly wish Microsoft would enforce this, so I would be delighted if that were the case.

        Perhaps your clients are referring to an older, pre-July 2022, announcement that an enforcement would be in place, which was then rescinded by Microsoft in this partner center announcement.

        https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/announcements/2022-july#8

         

        Since July 2022, all new commercial subscription purchases had to be NCE, with the exception of some legacy Dynamics 365 offers.