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Microsoft Product Terms: November 2025


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Some Azure AI terms added around “the use of First-Party Consumption services and the use of Web Knowledge Sources while using Grounding with Bing services”.

Microsoft 365 E3 added as the prerequisite for Microsoft eDiscovery Graph API Standard

Terms added following the recent updates around Teams:

“This Notice applies to customers in the European Economic Area (EEA) who purchase through Microsoft’s commercial licensing programs with a billing account that is in the EEA.

Such customers have the right to purchase (no Teams) Suites (and those in multi-year agreements may switch to (no Teams) Suites at their next annual order) at a price below the price of the corresponding Covered Suites. Customers are also eligible to receive the same percentage discount (whether negotiated or offered as a promotion and whether implemented as a price reduction or as a rebate) on the (no Teams) Suites that is offered on the corresponding Covered Suites. These (no Teams) Suites may be used with competitors to Teams if the customer purchases a competing solution.

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Microsoft Product Terms: May 2025


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Microsoft have made a few changes this month:

Added “hidden offer products” to MCA Availability tables – these seem to include:

  1. M365 Cross-tenant User Data Migration
  2. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Add-on to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Servers
  3. Viva Glint
  4. VDA Add-on for M365 E3/E5 USL
  5. M365 Apps for Enterprise
  6. Workplace Analytics

Numbers 2, 4, and 7 may not be available “in all sales channels and geos” and may also require “engaging with a Microsoft representative to place an order“.

A new Remote Network Bandwidth SKU has been added to the M365 section (this relates to Global Secure Access via Entra).

Microsoft Dragon Copilot has been added – this is a healthcare focused product from their Nuance acquisition.

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Microsoft Product Terms: April 2025


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Frontline Worker Use Rights have moved to the Universal Terms for Online Services from product specific pages

A new definition for “Frontline Worker License” has been introduced in the Glossary

“Frontline Worker License means a license for a Microsoft Product designated with an “F”, “FLW”, or “Frontline” as identified in the Product Conditions table of product specific terms, which are subject to the Eligibility to Assign Frontline Worker Licenses terms in the Universal License Terms for all Online Services.”

Added Windows 10 ESU Cloud Managed SKUs

Removed Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection and Fraud Protection Additional Capacity from Availability tables

Updated Windows 365 Frontline terms and grant Windows 365 access rights for Windows Cloud PC OS

Added Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus Add-on to Availability Table

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Microsoft Product Terms: March 2025


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Removed “without Microsoft’s prior written approval” from the clause preventing using MS service to mine crypto…I guess they realised they were never going to give anyone permission for this!

Changed the Use Rights for Azure Local software from:

“Customer may use the Azure Local software only (i) on servers dedicated to Customer’s internal use“

to

“Customer may use the Azure Local software only (i) on devices dedicated to Customer’s internal use“

Microsoft say this represents a move to “include smaller, more affordable devices than traditional servers“

They also removed the following clause “Any customer support for Azure Local that may be available from Microsoft requires that Azure Local runs on server hardware that is pre-validated and listed in the Azure Local catalog or any successor.”

Added Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to the list of EU Data Boundary Services

March 5th

You can now add the Microsoft 365 E5 Security add-on to the Business Premium SKU.

March 12th

Added a section on Data Handling of Query Data with M365 Copilot & M365 Copilot Chat:

  • Microsoft has no rights in Query Data other than as needed to provide the services,
  • Query Data is not used to improve Bing,
  • Query Data is not used to create advertising profiles or track user behavior,
  • Query Data is not shared with advertisers or otherwise beyond Microsoft and its contracted suppliers who are subject to terms no less protective than these provisions,
  • Query Data is not used to train generative AI foundation models, and
  • Query Data is treated as Customer confidential information and protected by appropriate technical and organizational measures.

Clarification that certain concurrent use rights for Defender on up to 5 devices does not include Server OSEs:

  • Eligible Licensed Users may use Microsoft Defender for Business on up to five concurrent devices. Customer may not use a Microsoft Defender for Business User SL with server OSEs.
  • Eligible Licensed Users may use Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management or Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Add-on on up to five concurrent devices. Customer may not use Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management or Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Add-On User SLs with server OSEs.
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Microsoft Product Terms: January 2025


As is always the case in January, it was a quiet Product Terms with mainly just re-arranging and updating:

Various Privacy & Security terms were consolidated and a new Software Products table to the “Exceptions to the DPA” section was added.

The Microsoft 365 Cross-tenant User Data Migration option was made available for certain pre-requisite A SKUs.

Microsoft Copilot re-branding

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Microsoft Product Terms: December 2024


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Not surprisingly, December was a quiet month.

On the 1st, Microsoft made some Azure updates:

  • Added language clarifying ACS is used for business purposes only. 
  • Added Workload Hub specific terms to the Microsoft Fabric terms. 
  • Updated pricing terms. 
  • Added Azure AI Speech custom text to speech avatar to Limited Access Services

and then on the 5th:

  • Updated “Azure Stack HCI” to “Azure Local”
  • Added Defender for Endpoint F1 and F2 to MCA Availability table
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Microsoft Product Terms: October 2024


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The October 2024 Microsoft Product Terms are fairly quiet:

Self-Hosting & Disaster Recovery rights have been added to Windows Server & SQL Server subscription licenses under MCA.

Project is now “Planner & Project Plan 3/5”

GitHub Copilot Enterprise added

LTSC versions of Windows Enterprise and Office 2024 are added

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Microsoft Product Terms: September 2024


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We’ve got some new M365 licenses added to EA, EAS, and MCA (CSP) – first up, a bunch more Frontline Worker SKUS:

  • 10-Year Audit Log Retention
  • Defender Vulnerability Management
  • Entra Internet Access
  • Entra Private Access
  • Secure Access Essentials Frontline Worker

Also “Python in Excel” is now available as an add-on license for:

M365 Apps for Business/Enterprise
M365 Business Standard/Premium
O365 E3/E5

One would assume it can also be added to M365 E3/E5, as that includes Apps for Enterprise…but then why are Business Std/Prem listed separately?

It’s to be noted that “Python in Excel” has been in public preview since August 2023 with the features freely available for Excel within Microsoft 365 subscriptions. However, the intention has always been to move some of the features behind a paid license:

“While in Preview, Python in Excel will be included with your Microsoft 365 subscription. After the Preview, some functionality will be restricted without a paid license. More details will be available before General Availability.”

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/introducing-python-in-excel-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-data/ba-p/3905482

Microsoft have added a section clarifying that Extended Security Updates (ESUs) don’t include support. Sounds like there’s been some confusion!

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Microsoft Product Terms: August 2024


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It’s the Microsoft Product Terms for August 2024 – the first of the new FY so not much going on but let’s take a look.

O365/M365 A1 added as a base license for Copilot for M365

The base licenses for Copilot for Sales & Services have been expanded, although not to the extent of Copilot for M365. You can now add these to:
Microsoft 365 Business Basic/Standard/Premium/F1/F3/E3/A1/A3/E5/A5
Office 365 F3/E1/E3/A1/A3/E5/A5

Intune Frontline Worker SKUs added to MCA

Changes to (seemingly) tighten the wording around using Open AI content for training purposes.

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Microsoft Product Terms: July 2024


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  • Entra Suite, Private Access, Internet Access, and Secure Access Essentials added to M365 Availability and Prerequisite Tables
  • Dynamics 365 Contact Center added
  • Dynamics 365 Operations Additional Database Capacity minimums added
  • Additional Dataverse Database Capacity minimums added
  • Windows 365 Cross Region Disaster Recovery (DR) Add-On added

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