IMPORTANT: Microsoft Local pricing update for Cloud services and software services

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Dear Partners,  

Starting September 1, 2023, Microsoft will adjust Commercial Cloud Prices for the Australian dollar (AUD) and New Zealand dollar (NZD) for local currency fluctuations and move towards more consistent global pricing. On-premises software pricing for AUD will also be adjusted.

The percentage adjustments announced are as follows:

• Australian Dollar (AUD) prices: Cloud + 9% and OnPrem + 9%
• New Zealand Dollar (NZD) prices: Cloud + 7% (no OnPrem adjustments for NZD)

New or renewing Microsoft Cloud and on-premises software services will adjust to the new prices starting September 1, 2023. You can preview the actual AUD/NZD price changes by SKU from August 2nd, 2023 in Rescue portal. Percentage changes on individual SKUs may vary slightly from the above percentages due to pricing calculations and rounding rules.

For seat-based offerings in CSP:

• Pricing for existing subscriptions for seat-based cloud services in legacy CSP and new commerce CSP are protected during the term of the subscription at the original billing price.
• Expiring or New subscriptions (purchased on or after Sep 1, 2023) will be subject to the revised price list.
• Adding seats to a subscription purchased before Sep 1, 2023 will be at the previous billing price throughout the subscription term.
• If a customer upgrades to a more premium product during the term of an existing subscription and if the customer does not have an existing subscription for the more premium product, it is a new addition and therefore at the revised price.

For Azure in CSP:

• Azure in New Commerce will not be affected due to US dollar pricing with monthly updated billing FX rates.
• Azure Reserved Instance (RI) prices will be adjusted on Sep 1, 2023 for all new or additional orders. The price changes will have no impact on individual RIs that have already been purchased.
• Azure consumption covered by new and existing Savings Plans will adjust to the new revised prices, starting Sep 1, 2023.
• There is no price preview for Azure in CSP.

Microsoft have taken a unified approach to the price adjustment which will be equal for all categories of commercial and public sector customers, including government, education/academic and non-profit organizations.

For more information, please refer Microsoft’s FAQs and brief at Local currency pricing updates for Microsoft Commercial Business Collection.

Kind regards, 

The team at Res-Q