Find-What-You-Need (FWYN) document

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Month

CSP Spotlight

January 2022

NCE: the latest ? Extension of legacy incentives ? Incentives: customer adds ? Points to note about promotions ? Cancellation rules from January 2022 ? New options for migrating Subscriptions in Partner Center

NCE: telco offers ? Audio Conferencing and Teams Phone updates ? Purchasing offers with overage in NCE

NCE resources

Did You See...? ? Previous Azure offer availability update ? Microsoft Teams Essentials ? Updated Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide ? Community calls from Business Operations

December 2021

New commerce experience ? Resources ? Migrating from the legacy commerce experience to NCE ? Promotions, incentives and price rises ? scenarios for annual Subscriptions and monthly Subscriptions

Did You See...? ? Community calls from Business Operations ? Licensing Updates call ? December 16, 2021

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Licensing Updates

Dynamics Corner ? Supply Chain Management Cloud and Edge Scale Units: why have them and how they're licensed ? Licensing scenario

Power Apps licensing updates ? Recap of Power Apps licensing: Per User, Per App, Power Apps portals ? Using an Azure Subscription for Pay-As-YouGo billing (PAYG) ? Licensing scenario

Did You See...?

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CSP Spotlight

Licensing Updates

? Microsoft Teams Essentials ? GA of Operator Connect Conferencing ? Teams Phone with Calling Plan ? Power BI app for Microsoft Teams ? SPUR site now live ? Virtual workshops and training ? Intelligent Order Management Guided Tour ? Updated Dynamics 365/Power Platform

Licensing Guides

November 2021

Seat-based offers NCE scenarios: ? Scenario 1: new monthly term licenses ? Scenario 2: new annual term licenses ? Scenario 3: adding monthly term licenses ? Scenario 4: adding annual term licenses ? Scenario 5: reducing monthly term licenses ? Scenario 6: reducing annual term licenses ? Scenario 7: canceling Subscriptions

NCE price lists and MCA purchases

Seat-based offers resources

Did You See...? ? Product Terms partner guide ? Windows Server 2022 ? Server Subscription billing frequency ? Dynamics on-premises software product keys ? Coming soon: GDAP ? Community calls from Business Operations

Dynamics Corner ? Changes to the licensing of Customer Insights ? Changes to the licensing of Customer Service with the introduction of Voice Channel

Microsoft Viva ? Positioning slides: hybrid work, importance of people in a business, what is an EXP? ? Microsoft Viva components and Suite ? Pricing and licensing overview and feature comparison

Did You See...? ? Security updates: name changes, Privacy Management for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender for Business ? SharePoint Server Subscription Edition ? SQL Server 2022: early adopter preview ? Visual Studio 2022 ? Microsoft Cloud: Financial Services, and Nonprofit ? Azure-only SCE customers: Extended Term ? Updated Dynamics 365/Power Platform Licensing Guides

October 2021

Seat-based offers in the new commerce experience Dynamics Corner

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CSP Spotlight

? Training from the Business Operations team ? Latest on technical/general release and

promotions ? Add-ons: purchasing an Add-on and

enforcement ? Upgrades: full and partial upgrades, how the

billing works ? Trials: key facts, automatic and manual

conversions

Did You See...? ? Windows 11 ? Office 2021 ? Windows 365 Interactive Demo ? DAP monitoring/removal ? Redesigned Partner Center experience ? Community calls from Business Operations

Licensing Updates

? Intelligent Order Management: overview and its licensing

Recap of Open closing ? End of life in December 2021, changes made in July 2021 to get ready ? What happens to customers with licenses, licenses with SA, Online Services and Azure when Open closes ? Recommended paths for commercial, government, academic and nonprofit customers

Did You See...? ? Management Groups added as Reservation Scope option ? Managing the Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server at the scope level ? Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise is now an EOLS ? Updated comparison documents ? Updated Dynamics 365/Power Platform Licensing Guides ? Dynamics on-premises Licensing Guides collection

September 2021

Seat-based offers in the new commerce experience ? Offers and billing platforms in CSP ? New Subscription terms ? Pause, cancellation, auto-renew ? Customer scenarios ? Data retention policy, dunning definition ? Key dates, resources

Windows 365 ? Availability in the new commerce experience

Licensing Microsoft's security tools ? Overview of Microsoft security (SCI) solutions and Zero Trust ? Microsoft 365 Defender: components, descriptions, licensing ? EMS: components, descriptions, licensing ? Microsoft 365 E5 Security/Compliance: components, descriptions, licensing ? Microsoft 365 E3/E5

CSP Spotlight and Licensing Updates call combined resources

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CSP Spotlight

? Resources

Did You See...? ? New pricing for Microsoft 365 ? Audio Conferencing ? Skype for Business Online is retired ? Updated comparison documents ? Update on Windows Server 2022 ? Update on Windows 11 ? Update on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint ? Community calls from Business Operations

Licensing Updates

? Frontline Worker Security and Compliance Add-ons

? Using the comparison documents ? Licensing guidance for tenant-level services ? Microsoft Defender for Endpoint ? Azure Defender, Azure Security Center, Azure

Sentinel

Dynamics Corner (lent to Power Platform) ? Changes to Power Apps licensing and pricing ? Power BI and Excel

Did You See...? ? Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide ? Intelligent Order Management event ? GLR updates ? D365 Marketing module

August 2021

Windows 365 ? Overview and difference between Business and Enterprise editions ? Choosing the right Cloud PC and pricing ? Licensing requirements and Windows Hybrid Benefit ? Signature SKUs, trials, interactive demo ? Resizing, network usage costs, end-user experience ? Windows 365 or Azure Virtual Desktop? ? Resources

Dynamics 365 Cloud Migration Promo ? Key facts, retiring and promo SKUs ? Resources

Dynamics Corner ? Dynamics 365 Marketing ? customer journey orchestration ? Licensing ? contacts and interactions ? Changes to Standalone and Attach capacity, new Additional Interactions Packs

Licensing Microsoft developer tools ? The components: tools for developers and the dev team ? Visual Studio IDE, subscriber benefits ? Visual Studio Standard and Cloud subscriptions ? Licensing Azure DevOps Server 2020 and the Azure DevOps services

Did You See...? ? Updated Azure transition tools ? New software offers: Windows GGWA, Visual Studio Professional 2019

Did You See...? ? Windows Server 2022 ? SharePoint Server Subscription Edition ? Windows 365 resources

CSP Spotlight and Licensing Updates call combined resources

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July 2021

CSP Spotlight

? Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide ? FWYN document and website ? Community Calls from Business Operations

CSP Spotlight and Licensing Updates call combined resources

Licensing Updates

? Renaming of VL price list SKU resources update

? Finding the right Microsoft 365 plan website

Inspire roundup ? Inspire Book of News ? Windows 11: free upgrade, changes to servicing and support schedule ? Windows 365 Cloud PC: per user pricing, editions, availability, resources ? Dynamics 365 record access for Teams licensed users ? Marketplace margin for CSP partners

Volume Licensing updates ? Renaming of Volume Licensing price list SKUs ? Update on ESUs: 1 more free year for SQL/Windows Server 2008 running in Azure; availability and costs of ESUs for 2012 versions

CSP updates ? Previous Azure offer availability update: Phase 2 dates confirmed ? Perpetual software in CSP: customer eligibility, which SKUs to use for which customer

Dynamics Corner ? Fraud Protection consumption now available on a Pay-As-You-Go basis ? Changes to Business Central Database capacity ? Updated Licensing Guide

Did You See...? ? Visio in Microsoft 365 ? Changes to Power Apps licensing and pricing ? Related Resources added to Product Terms site + Licensing Resources site

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CSP Spotlight

Licensing Updates

? Price changes for EMS ? Customer purchasing guidance from Microsoft ? Azure Stack Hub Licensing Guide ? Updated comparison documents

June 2021

Azure Marketplace ? Overview of the public Azure Marketplace ? ISV publishers and CSP ? Contract and support relationships ? ISV offers available through CSP ? SaaS offers: pricing, incentives, transacting, managing ? Usage-based offers: pricing, transacting, incentives ? Where to do what ? Enabling resellers and customers

Did You See...? ? Azure Virtual Desktop ? Dynamics 365 Licensing Guides ? Updated comparison documents ? Reminder of: new commerce platform changes for EU/EFTA + UK, perpetual software in CSP for new segments, previous Azure offer availability in CSP ? Community Calls from Business Operations ? CSP Spotlight and Licensing Updates calls: FY22

Dynamics Corner: dual-write ? Understanding dual-write and when licenses are required ? Licensing scenarios

Licensing Office in VDI and RDS scenarios ? Office as part of a virtual desktop: VDI ? Office running on a server: RDS and SCA ? Deployment options for Office ? Office license availability ? Summary tables for licensing Office in RDS/VDI scenarios via device and user licenses ? Azure Virtual Desktop including new per User licensing option, and sample pricing scenarios

Did You See...? ? Open Value changes: nonprofit customers added to OV agreement, new OV agreement for education ? Pricing alignment for government customers in the Open License program ? Launch of Scheduler with licensing and pricing ? Retirement of Cloudyn on June 30, 2021 ? Resources for Visual Studio administrators ? GLR updates: new Power Virtual Agents module, Power BI module updated for Power BI Premium per User licensing, new Online Services for education in CSP module ? Dynamics 365 partner readiness survey

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CSP Spotlight

Licensing Updates

? CSP Spotlight and Licensing Updates calls: FY22

May 2021

Azure Cost Management ? Reminder of Azure Subscriptions ? ACM for different customers today ? ACM for partners site ? Viewing costs for all or single customers ? Giving access to ACM and enabling in the customer tenant ? Viewing Partner Earned Credit ? Understanding Billing Scopes with examples

Buying licenses for software: a comparison ? Comparison tables showing the differences between Server Subscriptions, perpetual licenses in CSP, and Open Value licenses with Software Assurance ? Customer scenarios ? Changes to CSP software cancellations/download links

Did You See...? ? Global Promo Readiness Guide and Launch Guide ? Reminder of previous Azure offer availability ? Azure plan on-demand training modules updated ? Dynamics 365 Licensing Guides and VL Brief ? Updated comparison documents ? Community Calls from Business Operations ? Preview of Licensing Updates call

Dynamics Corner ? Overview of Business Central capability ? Essentials, Premium, Team Members, and choosing the right licenses ? Device licenses, and Base and Attach licenses ? Licensing external users and External Accountants ? Business Central capacity and availability

Windows 10 virtual desktops ? Deployment options ? Windows 10 Enterprise and VDA license availability ? Device licenses: qualifying operating systems and rights ? User licenses: qualifying operating systems and inclusion of Windows in Microsoft 365 ? Windows Virtual Desktop: overview and sample scenarios ? Summary tables for licensing Windows 10 virtual desktops through CSP/Open and the Enterprise Agreement

Did You See...? ? Windows Virtual Desktop updates ? May 2021 Product Terms site updates ? Useful documents: Dynamics 365 Operations on-premises Licensing Guide and BizTalk Server 2020 Licensing Datasheet

April 2021

Azure Transitions ? Reminder of Azure Subscriptions ? New commerce experience customer options

Dynamics Corner ? Updates to Dynamics 365 Commerce licensing ? Availability of B2B capability

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CSP Spotlight

? Timelines for transitioning to the new commerce experience

? Azure Subscription transition tools o EA to NCE: enterprise o EA to NCE: breadth o Previous Azure offer to Azure plan in CSP o Between partners with Azure plan in CSP

? Resources

Software licenses in CSP ? Comparison tables showing the differences between Server Subscriptions and perpetual licenses for Windows Server and SQL Server

Did You See...? ? July changes to the Open License program ? Career Coach ? New "Cost optimization in Azure" module in GLR ? Updated Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Business Central Licensing Guides ? Updated Multiplexing Volume Licensing Brief ? Microsoft Cloud App Security Licensing Datasheet ? Updated Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents ? Community Calls from Business Operations

Licensing Updates

? Change of minimums for Volume Licensing agreements

? Introduction of AOV bands for eCommerce Tiers

? Commerce Scale Unit changes ? Introduction of Dynamics 365 Electronic

Invoicing

Licensing Chat, Meetings, Calling ? Moving from Skype for Business Online ? Worldwide availability varies greatly ? Licensing Teams, Audio Conferencing, and Calling ? Communications Credits

Did You See...? ? Expansion of Self-Service offerings ? Software Assurance: VLSC Guide + reminder of last days to create Planning Services and Training Vouchers ? MOET orders moving to POET ? Licensing Resources site: Step-up Licenses VL Brief ? Updates to GLR: new "Azure: comparing the ways to buy" module

March 2021

Admin On Behalf Of (AOBO) ? Customer/partner scenarios to show removing AOBO and effect on management, support, and Partner Earned Credit ? Recap on Subscriptions, Resource Groups, Resources, and RBAC

Dynamics Corner ? Device licenses in CRM apps: equivalent functionality to User SLs and shared logins ? Device licenses in ERP apps: reduced functionality and individual logins

CSP Spotlight and Licensing Updates call combined resources

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