Microsoft is retiring standalone SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business plans due to low demand, unintended usage, and higher operational costs. Access to SharePoint and OneDrive capabilities will continue primarily through Microsoft 365 suites, which offer more secure and integrated experiences.
Key timelines
Next steps
Cloud Ascent is updated by the end of February, providing you with visibility of which customers are impacted by this change.
The enforcement of Extended Service Terms (EST) in CSP has been extended from the previously announced April 1, 2026, to May 4, 2026.
What is Extended Service Term (EST)?
Extended Service Term allows customers to continue using their service after expiration, billed monthly at:
Effective May 4, 2026, Microsoft will retire the free grace period that previously applied when a subscription expired without renewal. Canceling at the end of the term will result in the service stopping immediately upon expiration.
Which subscriptions are affected?
EST applies to license-based services across all channels that meet all of the following criteria:
To better support partners, Microsoft is expanding eligible workloads to create more pathways to qualify for the designation.
Eligible workloads*
Exchange Online, Intune, Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Entra ID P1, SharePoint Online, Teams, Teams Apps, Teams for Frontline Workers, Teams Meetings, Teams Phone, Teams Phone Calling, Teams Phone Enabled Users, Teams Rooms Monthly Active Devices, Viva Connections, Viva Engage, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Windows 365
*Subject to change/availability may vary.
As of February 13, 2026, new benefits are available across each of the three Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP) benefits packages, and for select Solutions Partner designations and specializations.
Starting February 1, 2026, Microsoft is launching the Dragon Copilot Physician Practice offer for CSP‑authorized partners. This new offer is designed specifically for physician practices and enables partners to deliver the full Dragon Copilot experience in a simpler, more cost‑effective way for small and mid-sized healthcare customers.
The offer reduces administrative overhead, includes capped license quantities, and supports single‑tenant deployments, making it easier for partners to manage and scale deployments. It gives partners a clear, competitive path to grow Dragon Copilot adoption within the SMB healthcare segment while maintaining a high‑value end‑user experience.
Key takeaways
Next steps
In September 2023, Microsoft announced that new Azure virtual networks would require explicit outbound connectivity methods by default, instead of falling back on default outbound access. Based on customer feedback, we’re extending the timeline to give you more flexibility
What’s Changing?
Starting after March 31, 2026, this new default behavior will apply only to API versions released after that date.
For more details, please visit this page: Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has built a flexible portfolio of promotional offers to help you meet customers at every stage of their AI journey—making it easier to land and scale Copilot deployments. Each promotion creates a natural entry point to attach your high‑value services—from AI readiness and adoption to governance, managed services, and custom agents built with Copilot Studio. This is how they all fit together:
Up to 35% off 10+ seats of Microsoft 365 Business + Copilot Business bundles to help make AI foundational for every SMB customer. (Available to SMB customers purchasing up to 300 licenses) Dec1, 2025 – June 30, 2026
Advancing Microsoft 365: New capabilities and pricing update | Microsoft 365 Blog
Target upcoming renewals for Microsoft 365 + Copilot bundle
Partner resources have moved to new Partner Hub
Microsoft 365 pricing and packaging updates are coming in 2026.
Microsoft announced expanded availability of security and management capabilities to the commercial Microsoft 365 suites starting in 2026. Along with these added features, there will be a global price update to these suites across all purchasing channels effective July 1, 2026.
Price increases will apply to new and renewing customers starting July 1, 2026. Existing customers on commercial Microsoft 365 subscriptions impacted by the price increase will see the new prices at their next renewal after July 1, 2026.
Start renewal conversations now to lock in current pricing and drive upsells!
For more details, please read this Microsoft Blog :
Advancing Microsoft 365: New capabilities and pricing update | Microsoft 365 Blog
Beginning January 21, 2026 partners can download a report with customers renewing Microsoft 365 Business with upsell recommendations.
Turn Microsoft 365 Business Renewals into Copilot Business Growth. Access Copilot Business Recommendations – now live in Partner Center AI Assistant. CSP partners can quickly identify upcoming Microsoft 365 Business renewals, recommended Copilot Business upsell paths, and eligible promotions to help drive more impactful customer conversations.
When you have customers whose Microsoft 365 Business subscriptions are up of renewal in the next 60 days, the AI assistant can help you:
For more details on how to use this feature, please visit this web page : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/announcements/2026-january
As a Microsoft Partner, you can now upsell Entra ID P2 and Defender for Endpoint P2 to existing Microsoft 365 E3 customers through CSP.
This motion is intentionally guided and targeted. It’s designed for Microsoft 365 E3 customers who aren’t yet ready for Security Suites or Microsoft 365 E5 but have a clear need to strengthen identity protection and endpoint security today. It also preserves a natural growth path to broader security suites as customer needs evolve.
Immersion Briefings provide a top-of-funnel event engine to help attract new customers and accelerate growth. These one-to-many sessions empower you to demonstrate Microsoft 365 Copilot + Agents and Secure AI Productivity in real-world scenarios that showcase AI-driven business value.
Microsoft is co-investing in your success by helping offset delivery costs. Immersion Briefings are a proven way to drive demand and deliver measurable growth opportunities.
For more information, please contact your ITCloud representative.
In December Microsoft migrated their Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Microsoft 365 partner portals from Transform to a new, unified AI Business Solutions (ABS) Partner Hub. Built on Power Pages, this new web site offers:
Explore and update your bookmarks to key assets and pages on the new AI Business Solutions and CSP partner sites
(CSP) partners on new commerce can strengthen renewal and upsell efforts with extended Microsoft 365 suite promotions through June 30, 2026.
On February 1, 2025, Microsoft introduced a new promotional offer designed to help customers more easily secure and govern Microsoft 365 Copilot. By reducing price sensitivity and addressing data security barriers, the offer aims to accelerate Copilot purchasing and deployment. Originally set to expire in February 2026, the promotion is extended to June 30, 2026.
This promotion enables eligible customers to purchase Microsoft Purview Suite (formally E5 Compliance) licenses at a 50% discount for accounts with existing or new Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.
Ignite Book of News: aka.ms/BookofNews
Ignite Session Catalog: https://aka.ms/IgniteSessions
Nicole Dezen’s Ignite Blog: Partners leading the AI transformation: Microsoft Ignite 2025 recap
News and announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025
Microsoft Ignite 2025 Book of News
Ignite- AI Workforce Session catalog
Microsoft Ignite 2025: Copilot and agents built to power the Frontier Firm | Microsoft 365 Blog
Ignite Keynote [on-demand]: Innovation Session: Security in the Agentic Era – the Core Primitive
Microsoft Ignite: Ambient and autonomous security for the agentic era | Microsoft Security Blog
Agents built into your workflow: Get Security Copilot with Microsoft 365 E5 | Microsoft Security Blog
Agent 365 capabilities will be available via the Frontier program. Aka.ms/frontierprogram
Strategic Themes
Key Partner Announcements
New M365 Copilot SKU & Bundles
New Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Launch – GA Dec 1st
Agents
Microsoft Agent 365
Work IQ
Microsoft Agent Factory
Agents
Introducing Sales Development Agent
Copilot Studio & Power Platform
Power Platform empower makers to more easily build and govern app Visit for details
Copilot Studio new enhancements to give makers/admins flexibility & control when building/managing agents.
Copilot Studio in Microsoft 365 adds file creation, context access Visit for details
Securing Agentic AI
News across Defender, Purview
Entra/Agent 365
Migration & Infrastructure
Data & Analytics
Microsoft recently announced the retirement of several Azure virtual machine Series. The affected series are: F, Fs, Fsv2, Lsv2, G, Gs, Av2, Amv2, and B.
Ref: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/updates/?id=500682
Note :
Only Intel-type Series are affected by this announcement. AMD- type Series are not affected. You are receiving this email because one or more of your customers are impacted by this notice.
The implications:
Your customers will need to upgrade their Series. This is a minor operation that requires planning: Shutdown + Change + Reboot. And don’t forget, the Reserved Instances.
The goal of our intervention:
To avoid any service interruptions or price surprises, it is essential to anticipate this transition.
Dates:
Starting…
November 15, 2025
3-year Reserved Instances will no longer be available
November 15, 2027
1-year Reserved Instances will no longer be available
November 15, 2028
These VMs can no longer be used or purchased
Information:
Your account representative is aware of this situation; you can contact them at any time.
You can schedule an appointment with one of our Azure specialists ( Booking ).
We can assist you in your alternative Azure virtual machine Series replacement choices.
Individuals or organizations who elect to continue using Windows 10 after support ends on October 14, 2025, will have the option of enrolling their PCs into a paid ESU subscription. This enables them to continue receiving critical and important security updates through an annual subscription service after support ends.
To learn more:
Effective April 1, 2026, the free grace period for accessing services on non-renewed subscriptions will be discontinued. Customers and partners will have three choices after expiration:
About the extended service term:
Be aware that beginning April 1, 2026, subscriptions that meet all three of the following conditions will automatically be moved into EST at expiration: purchased on or after April 1, 2025; expires on or after April 1, 2026; and auto-renew is set to off.
More information on how this will be implemented on your ITCloud partner portal will be communicated to you very soon.
Beginning on October 1, 2025, Microsoft will be renaming its Microsoft 365 E5 mini-suites.
Microsoft 365 E5 Security becomes the Microsoft Defender Suite
Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance becomes the Microsoft Purview Suite
M365 Copilot – ScaleUp CSP Offer (October 1st to December 31st)
Windows 365 20% off Promotion (Extended to April 30th)
New Targeted Microsoft 365 E3 Annual CSP Promotion- 20% off
(October 13 to December 31st)
Help your customers take advantage of the Microsoft 365 Copilot promotion while it’s still available to new and existing customers. From October 1st, the offer is only for new customers, so it’s time to act.
Promotion Details:
Launched January 1, 2025, the Microsoft 365 E5 15% off promotion helped CSP partners drive upsell conversation with new-to-M365 E5 customers.
To help CSP Partners continue building momentum, Microsoft is extending this promotion through December 31, 2025, to provide a powerful, best-in-class cloud productivity solution with advanced security and compliance capabilities.
Starting November 1, 2025, Microsoft will implement changes to pricing, packaging, and discounting for Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Teams in compliance with its Commitments to the European Commission.
Microsoft will implement the following changes to commercial Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Microsoft Teams packaging and pricing worldwide, effective November 1, 2025
No pricing or packaging changes are currently planned for Teams Essentials or for Microsoft 365 F1 or Office 365 F3 with or without Teams.
(*): Prices are in US dollars – The pricing changes and reintroduction of the Microsoft 365/Office 365 Enterprise suites with Teams will be reflected in CAD on November 1, 2025, CSP price list preview (available October 1, 2025) and on the November 1 CSP price list.
New customers: new customers will have more options than before. They will once again be able to purchase the M365/O365 Enterprise suites that include Teams across all channels where those suites are sold.
Existing customers : Existing customers who wish to create new subscriptions of the M365/O365 Enterprise suites that include Teams will be able to do so. Customers will also be able to transition subscriptions from suites without Teams to the suites with Teams.
Next steps for partners: Review and familiarize yourself with the pricing and discounting changes, and the reintroduction of the Microsoft 365/Office 365 Ent suites with Teams. –Review the Partner FAQ to learn all the details and better understand how to talk to inquiring customers about this change.
On May 6, Microsoft announced an update to their commercial pricing for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the first update in more than five years. To allow partners more time to communicate prices to customers in local currencies, Microsoft is pushing back the price adjustment to Dynamics 365 Business Central from October 1, 2025 to November 1, 2025.
Here is the list of online products for which prices are being updated, and the increased storage allocation, with effect from November 1, 2025:
The updated prices apply to new cloud subscriptions and to existing cloud subscriptions upon their first renewal on or after November 1, 2025.
Today’s small and medium-sized business (SMB) leaders face mounting pressure to protect sensitive data, maintain compliance requirements, and address oversharing risks compounded by the advancement of AI. To address these challenges, Microsoft is launching three new SMB Security Suite SKUs as add-ons for Microsoft 365 Business Premium:
To learn more about the three new SMB Security SKUs, visit the product webpage and read the latest Tech Community blog post, which outlines the benefits and features.
Microsoft announced in July an increase in its investments in supporting CSP partners. This led to a restructuring of incentives as well as a change in rates.
Microsoft introduced a refined CSP model consisting of three key levers:
For more information
Review the guide: FY26 incentives policy guide.
Download this one pager CSP incentives one-pager.
To maintain compliance and avoid disruption of service, you must:
Transactions will be blocked by Microsoft if the indirect reseller is out of compliance.
To help indirect resellers strengthen their security posture and meet the new CSP authorization requirements, Microsoft is introducing the Security workspace in Partner Center.
Launching on September 15, 2025, this workspace will provide actionable insights and guide partners on how to maintain compliance with Microsoft security requirements. With the Security workspace, you can:
By taking a proactive approach through the Security workspace, you can stay ahead of cyberthreats, avoid business disruption, and build lasting trust with customers. Ahead of the launch, learn more about security score requirements and best practices.
Starting October 1, 2025:
Microsoft announced in July an increase in its investments in supporting CSP partners. This led to a restructuring as well as a change in rates.
For more information, please follow the webinars we have scheduled for you in September.
This event took place on July 15, 2025, and provided Microsoft partners with the opportunity to learn more about Microsoft’s strategic priorities, investments, enhancements to the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, and new business opportunities for fiscal year 2026.
If you were unable to attend, here is our article that gathers announcements, resources and information from this event.
ITCloud Blog : Microsoft MCAPS Start Recap
If you would like to follow the sessions on-demand, you can do so by going to this site:
We will have the opportunity to give you more details in one of our upcoming webinars. Stay tuned.
With transformative AI-powered technologies like Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents revolutionizing the modern workplace, partners have the opportunity to play a critical role — as trusted advisors and solution providers — in empowering organizations of all sizes to boost productivity, reshape work, and spark innovation. Discover the investments Microsoft is making to help you grow your business and deliver customer engagements that demonstrate the quantifiable added value of AI.
Whether your focus is Business Applications or Modern Work, you’ll find practical guidance and strategic direction to help you plan for the year ahead.
The live event took place on July 22, 2025, but all content is now available on demand — including core sessions, supplemental deep dives, and downloadable decks.
| Offre | Rabais | Date début | Date fin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge to the Cloud 2 promotion | 40% | Feb1 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| M365 E5 Compliance promo offer for M365 Copilot | 50% | Feb1 | Feb 1, 2026 |
| Getting started with new 20% offer: Save on Windows 365 | 20% | May 1 | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Updated: M365 E5 Compliance promo offer for M365 Copilot | 50% | Feb1 | Feb 1, 2026 |
| New: Accelerate with Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 3-year subscriptions | 10% | Jun 9 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| New: Accelerate with Microsoft 365 E3 promotional offer | 15% | Jul 1 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Accelerate with Microsoft 365 E5 annual term (one-year) 15% offer, FY26 Q1 | 15% | Jul 1 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Extended: Getting started with Microsoft 365 Copilot 15% offer extension | 15% | Jul 1 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| CSP-EP to online Business Central (CSP2BC)—special offer | 40% | Nov 1 | Mar 31, 2025 |
For more details, you can consult this link: Global Promo Readiness Guide collection
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central price increase starting October 2025
Below is the table of online products with updated prices, as well as the increased storage allocation. Updated prices apply to new and existing subscriptions when they first renew on or after October 1, 2025.
| Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central price increase | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product | Price (USD) and storage before October 1, 2025 | Price (USD) and storage as of October 1, 2025 |
| Dynamics 365 Business Central Essentials | $70/month with 2 GB of storage | $80/month with 3 GB of storage |
| Dynamics 365 Business Central Premium | $100/month with 3 GB of storage | $110/month with 5 GB of storage |
| Dynamics 365 Business Central Device | $40/month with 1 GB of storage | $45/month with 1.5 GB of storage |
