REMINDER: Microsoft Consistent Global Pricing Announcement

On 5th January 2023, Microsoft announced that they are taking several steps to ensure greater price harmonisation for cloud products across the globe. This will ensure that all customers worldwide have more closely aligned pricing compared to the USD rate.

Starting 1st April 2023 Microsoft Cloud prices will be adjusted in EUR, GBP, SEK, NOK, DKK to allow for local currency fluctuations and move towards more consistent global pricing.

How much will prices change?
 

  • British Pound (GBP): +9%
  • Danish Krone (DKK), Euro (EUR) and Norwegian Krone (NOK): +11%
  • Swedish Krona (SEK): +15%

Read our blog post for further information.

Microsoft 365 E3 PROMO for CSP customers

A 15 percent discount on the net partner price is available for customers new to Microsoft 365 E3, that is, customers who haven’t previously purchased Microsoft 365 E3 on any platform (legacy or new commerce) or channel (direct, CSP, or Enterprise Agreement). Customers are subject to the first purchase constraint.

This offer is valid from February 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023. Upon the annual subscription’s renewal date, standard pricing will apply.

Microsoft Power Automate Hosted RPA

Power Automate has 2 new Robotic Process Automation offerings.

 

  • Individual hosted machines
  • Hosted Machine Groups

 

These will enable customers to run Power Automate RPA in Azure to quickly test, scale and deploy.

 

The prerequisites for either of these hosted options are:

 

  • Power Automate per user plan with attended RPA add-on

or

  • Power Automate per flow plan

 

as a base license. You can then purchase the Hosted RPA add-on.

 

Read the full announcement here.

New Teams Premium is now available

Teams Premium is now available to help you do more with less and increase productivity with new AI-powered meeting capabilities, including Large Language Models powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5.

 

What is Teams Premium?

Teams Premium, which is built on the familiar, all-in-one collaborative experience of Microsoft Teams, unlocks new experiences for customers looking to make meetings more intelligent, personalised, and protected—whether it’s one-on-one, large meetings, virtual appointments, or webinars.

 

Teams Premium makes meetings more:

 

  • Intelligent - Focus on what matters with AI-powered meetings, including Large Language Models powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5.
  • Personalised - Customers can easily create meetings that fit their customised needs and embody their brand.
  • Protected - Help keep confidential meetings confidential with advanced meeting protection.
  • And Teams Premium enables organisations to use one, integrated meeting solution to also:
  • Host high-quality webinars using advanced functionality to drive deeper engagement and generate new leads.
  • Facilitate personalised Virtual Appointments with advanced capabilities to track business performance, manage queues, and help reduce no-shows.