While the EA may work well when you have a growing need for resources, cutting back is problematic since you can’t recover those costs if you don’t use the estimated Azure consumption or if the number of subscription licenses you own was greater than the number of employees. And this once a year renewal time is the only time in the agreement year that you can “True Down” any licensing for the cloud that are no longer needed. Then once a year you can “True Up” and add user subscriptions or software licenses without having to place individual purchase orders. At anytime in the agreement you reserve new cloud licensing or utilize new copies of the software that you are licensing. At the onset of the agreement, Microsoft and your organization will work to estimate your needs based on number of users and/or an expected dollar amount of Azure consumption each year for those 3 years. EA pricing is based on a scaled volume discount, so in general, the larger the size of your organization, the less you’ll pay for each license. EAs allow you to buy Cloud services and software licenses under one agreement for a 3-year commitment. CSPįor years, many larger organizations chose to engage with Microsoft through an Enterprise Agreement (EA).
Which direction should you choose? After looking at the alternatives, more and more clients are choosing the one that offers the most economic flexibility and cost savings - is to engage with a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP). You’ve already decided to build your next great idea in the Microsoft Azure Cloud or to take advantage of a new feature with Microsoft 365, but a big decision still looms: What is the best way to procure these Cloud offerings? You have several options, such as EA, CSP, MPSA, Pay-as–you-Go, and they all come with implications in service and cost.
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