Price and contract changes for Microsoft licences

In the beginning of year 2022, Microsoft made changes to its licensing and partner licensing model. Currently, the licenses follow the new NCE license model, with a continuous 1-month subscription period and a continuous 12-month subscription period. The change in Microsoft's license took place around the world.

The price increase on July 1, 2022, also occured globally and affected all Microsoft partners and resellers.

As of July 1, 2022, prices for Microsoft's 365 licenses for 1-month subscription periods were increased by approximately 20%.

Price changes on July 1, 2022, affected all Microsoft 365 licenses, such as

• Microsoft 365
• Office 365
• Windows 365
• Dynamics 365
• Power Platform

• You can see your license details on your Elisa invoice or as an administrator in the Microsoft 365 admin center (https://admin.microsoft.com) under Admin - Billing - Your Products.

Please contact our sales and we can help you with Microsoft licenses.

Pricing 

• If you have a 1-month subscription period, the price may change during the year. Any price change will be announced at least 1 month in advance.
• If you have a 12-month subscription period, your price will stay the same for 12 months. When licenses are renewed for the next term, prices will be reviewed against Microsoft's current license list.

Billing

• In both subscription periods, billing is monthly.

License changes during the subscription period 

• During the 1-month subscription period, you can change the type and number of licenses each month.
• During the 12-month subscription period, you can acquire new licenses or upgrade your license to a better version in the middle of the year. The licenses covered by the agreement are for a limited period, so they cannot be revoked within 12 months.

Duration of the contract and notice period 

• A 1-month subscription period is a contract valid for the time being with a 1-month notice period.
• The 12-month subscription period is a continuous 12-month subscription that is renewed for 12 months at a time. You can cancel the contract before the renewal date (after 12 months of ordering). If you do not cancel the contract 1 month before the renewal date, the order will be automatically renewed for the following year.

Microsoft 365 licenses are billed monthly from the date of agreement, on a daily basis. The latest invoices now appear to have been invoiced twice for February due to a lack of accurate billing information for the billing period. However, the charges on the invoices are correct.

March invoice: In March, your company received an invoice for the Microsoft 365 license, which shows the billing period from February 1 to February 28, 2022. With this invoice, the license has been invoiced on 1.2. from the date the license is changed to a new billing model. For example, the change to the license was made on February 24, 2022, the billable period is February 1 to February 23, 2022.

April invoice: The invoice for April also shows the period from 1 February to 28 February 2022. However, this no longer means the billing period itself, but the time period from which we collected the billing information. For example, the change to the license was made on February 24, 2022, the billable period is February 24 to March 23, 2022.

We'll be adding the missing billing period information to your invoices in the early summer.