Describe Microsoft 365 pricing, licensing, and billing options Flashcards
Describe cloud solution provider (CSP)
The Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) model is a Microsoft partner program that provides the expertise and services you need through an expert CSP partner.
Your Microsoft 365 subscription is provided through a CSP partner who can manage your entire subscription, provide billing and technical support. The CSP partner will have admin privileges that will allow them to access your tenant. They’ll have the ability to directly support, configure and manage licenses and settings.
Describe Enterprise Agreement
The Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) is designed for organizations that want to license software and cloud services for a minimum three-year period. The Enterprise Agreement offers the best value to organizations with 500 or more users or devices.
Additionally, through Software Assurance, your organization can receive 24x7 technical support, planning services, end-user and technical training.
Describe Direct Billing
Buy and pay for your Microsoft 365 subscription with a credit or debit card, or a bank account. The payment method you use to pay will continue to be charged until the subscription expires or is canceled.
Describe Trial
Sign up for a free trial subscription for Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, or Microsoft 365 Apps for Business and try it out for 30 days.
Describe Billing account options
A billing account is created when you sign up to try or buy Microsoft products. You use your billing account to manage your account settings, invoices, payment methods, and purchases.
Microsoft 365 admin center supports 3 types of billing accounts:
-Microsoft online services program: The billing account is credatet when you sign up for a Microsoft 365 sub online
-Microsoft Products & Services Agreement (MPSA) program: this account is created when your org signs an MPSA Volume Licensing agreement.
-Microsoft Customer Agreement: the account is created when your org works with a representative, or a partner, or purchases independently.
-Consumption-based price: you’re charged for what you use.
-Fixed-price: you provision resources and are charged for those instances.
Describe Microsoft 365 for home
Microsoft 365 for home exists to bring the same great productivity benefits into your personal and family life. Microsoft 365 Home comes in two plans, Microsoft 365 Personal and Microsoft 365 Family. Personal is for a single person with multiple devices and family is for up to six people.
Describe Microsoft 365 Education
Microsoft 365 Education is available for educational institutions to help empower educators to unlock creativity and promote teamwork while providing a safe experience in a single, affordable solution. Academic licenses can be tailored to fit any institution’s needs, including productivity and security solutions for faculty, staff, and students. Microsoft 365 Education has three subscription plans for faculty and students that include different features: A1, A3, and A5.
Describe Microsoft 365 Government
Microsoft 365 Government is available for government institutions to help empower US public sector employees to work together in a secure way. Microsoft 365 Government has two subscription plans that include different features: G3, and G5.
Describe Microsoft 365 for business
Microsoft 365 for business is designed for small to medium-sized organizations that have up to 300 employees. It offers the full set of Office 365 productivity tools and includes security and device management features.
Describe Microsoft 365 Enterprise
Microsoft 365 Enterprise is designed for enterprise-sized organizations. It provides enterprise-class services to organizations that want a productivity solution that includes robust threat protection, security, compliance, and analytics features.
Describe Licenses
A license, or base license allows users to use the features and services included in the subscription plan. When you buy a subscription, you specify the number of licenses you need, based on the number of people you have in your organization.
Microsoft 365 products and services are available as user subscription licenses (USLs) and are licensed on a per-user basis
They can assign the licenses to individual user or guest accounts. The following list describes the options available:
Full USLs are for new customers who haven’t previously purchased Microsoft products and services.
Add-on USLs are for on-premises software customers who want to add Microsoft 365 cloud products and services.
From SA USLs are for on-premises Software Assurance customers that want to transition to the cloud.
Step Up USLs are for customers who want to upgrade the level of their service.
Describe the type of add-ons
Traditional add-ons are linked to a specific subscription. If you cancel the subscription, the linked add-on is also canceled.
Standalone add-ons appear as a separate subscription on the “Your products” page within the Microsoft 365 admin center. They have their own expiration date and are managed the same way you would any other subscription.
