Microsoft Customer Agreement
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Why the Microsoft Customer Agreement?
Microsoft is improving the purchase experience to better support all customers, whether you’re beginning a digital transformation or securing your place in a competitive market.
The Microsoft Customer Agreement delivers:
- Streamlined purchasing through a fully digital agreement
- A short, simple agreement that doesn’t expire
- Automatic updates to your agreement as you add products
Learn about the benefits of buying Azure from a Microsoft sales representative through the Microsoft Customer Agreement.
Getting started with the Microsoft Customer Agreement
Are you a new or renewing Azure customer working with a Microsoft sales representative to purchase through the Microsoft Customer Agreement?
- Check out the top customer actions you can take to start using Azure under your new agreement
- Please visit Microsoft Customer Agreement documentation for information about billing, cost management, and other topics relevant to your new agreement
Microsoft Customer Agreement FAQ
The Microsoft Customer Agreement is currently available through your Microsoft seller in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay.
The Microsoft Customer Agreement is also available through Cloud Solution Providers (CSP) around the world. You can find a CSP partner here.
You’ll receive the Microsoft Customer Agreement from your Microsoft representative or your Microsoft partner. You can view the terms during the transaction checkout process.
- Azure services: Once you accept the Microsoft Customer Agreement, you can transition your Azure services right away—without any service interruption—and start getting a monthly bill. Then take advantage of new invoice and cost management capabilities to help you understand and optimize your Azure costs, all in the same portal where you manage your Azure services.
- All Microsoft cloud products and services, if you’re working with a CSP partner: All Microsoft cloud products and services available for purchase under the Microsoft Cloud Agreement in the CSP program are covered by the Microsoft Customer Agreement.
With the Microsoft Customer Agreement, if you’re buying directly from your Microsoft sales representative, you'll receive your invoices from Microsoft. If you’re purchasing through a partner under the Microsoft Customer Agreement, you’ll receive your invoice from the partner.
You can review the Microsoft Customer Agreement here.
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