The Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) is an enrollment under the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement that allows committed customers to standardize broadly on one or more key Server and Cloud technologies from Microsoft.
What is Microsoft ECI?
ECI is a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) enrollment for customers who want to simplify licensing, help reduce costs, and manage their core infrastructure more efficiently.
How does Azure monetary commitment?
Azure Monetary Commitment is the upfront payment an Enterprise Agreement customer makes for use of the Azure consumption services, which is then decremented on a monthly basis as the services are used. This is now renamed to Azure prepayment but there are no other changes in terms of how it works.Jul 29, 2020
What is core infrastructure suite?
The Core Infrastructure Server Suites help you easily acquire the foundation for a protected, well-managed IT infrastructure. These suites offers a cost-efficient way to license the Windows® Server. operating system, Microsoft® System Center server management, and Microsoft ForefrontTM Client.
What does core infrastructure include?
Core Infrastructure means municipal roads, bridges, public transit vehicles and facilities, water and wastewater systems and facilities, storm drainage systems and facilities, emergency service vehicles and facilities and infrastructure management systems.
What is ACR Azure?
Azure Container Registry (ACR) is an Azure-based, private registry, for Docker container images. This tutorial, walks through deploying an Azure Container Registry instance, and pushing a container image to it. Check it out Azure Registry costs here.
What is Azure MACC?
The Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) is a contractual commitment that your organization may have made to Microsoft Azure spend over time.Mar 2, 2022
What is a subscription in Azure?
An Azure subscription links to an Azure account, which in turn is an identity in Azure Active Directory (AD). Hence, a subscription is an agreement between an organization and Microsoft to use resources, for which charges are either paid on a per-license basis or a cloud-based, resource-consumption basis.Feb 24, 2021
So, what's different?
Customers will now have the option to consume via the new Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) or the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Program.
What's the best option for my organisation?
The below table compares the new MCA offering against the CSP option that exist today, and the outgoing EA:
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