New Commerce Experience

Microsoft’s new order, provision, and billing platform for seat-based licenses in CSP. Includes Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Windows 365.

No, only Corporate. Government, Academic and Non-profit License Agreement Types are not currently available in NCE.

There are a few dates to keep in mind. Any new subscriptions will have to be made on NCE after March 9, 2022 . However, the ability to renew existing subscriptions on the legacy CSP platform will continue through June 30th 2022, ending on July 1st 2022. Legacy subscriptions will remain in effect until each of the subscription terms end. After June, you will have to renew subscriptions in the New Commerce Experience before each subscription expires to ensure the services continue.

Annual commitment will be aligned to current pricing in legacy, with monthly commitment being priced at a 20% premium. It’s worth noting that, separately from the introduction of NCE, Microsoft is increasing the prices of the following M365 SKUs from March 1st 2022: Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Office 365 E1, Office 365 E3, Office 365 E5, and Microsoft 365 E3. The increases are applicable for new customers and customer renewals.

You can receive a prorated refund of the initial subscription payment only within the first seven calendar days after the order is placed or renewed. After seven calendar days of the term, the subscription cannot be canceled and payment for the remainder of the term must be made.

The new monthly term subscriptions in NCE are billed by Microsoft at a 20% higher price than annual-term offers of the same type because they give Sikich the ability to cancel on behalf of the customer within seven calendar days of the monthly term renewal date. The premium pricing is in line with standard practice in the Microsoft Web Direct program.

This is only possible within the first seven calendar days of placing an order for an Annual commitment offer. You can then place the order for the Monthly commitment offer. You cannot switch from an Annual commitment offer to a Monthly commitment offer outside of the initial seven calendar days.

Transitioning to NCE is the time to assess your needs and develop a holistic transformation strategy, including an opportunity to increase seat counts, plan for upgrades, and upsell other solutions and value-added services.

For example

If you have a stable or expanding workforce you may be attracted to annual term offers due to price predictability. Even with the enforcement of the new cancellation policy in the NCE, you will be able to cancel a subscription within the first seven calendar days of each annual term.

or

If you have variability in the workforce due to seasonality or business uncertainty will likely prefer monthly term offers that allow cancellation or seat reduction in any month.

Yes, your subscription can be changed from monthly term to annual term in NCE at the monthly term renewal.

The number of seats in an annual subscription can be increased at any time. Costs for the additional seats added during the subscription will be prorated. However, Microsoft requires any reduction in seat count within seven calendar days of purchase, but once this time has elapsed the seat count is locked for the term with only additions allowed. If you make additions during the annual commitment, you won’t be able to reverse the changes until the end of the term. At the renewal of the term, the seven calendar days period for cancelations/seat reductions will come back into effect and you can make any changes.