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“Azure AI Foundry” renamed to “Microsoft Foundry” – a common move
Microsoft Security Copilot SCU included in M365 E5 – read more here:
Microsoft Defender Experts Suites P1 & P2 added. Minimum purchase of 1,500 and can be added to:
Microsoft 365 E5
Microsoft Defender + Purview Suite FLW
Microsoft Defender Suite
Microsoft Defender Suite FLW
More name changes to keep us all busy!
Rebranded Microsoft 365 E5 Security (and all relevant offers) to Microsoft Defender Suite
Rebranded Microsoft E5 Compliance (and all relevant offers) to Microsoft Purview Suite
M365 E5 Security = Microsoft Defender Suite
M365 E5 Compliance = Microsoft Purview Suite
M365 F5 Security = Microsoft Defender Suite FLW
M365 F5 Compliance = Microsoft Purview Suite FLW
There is also a “Defender + Purview Suite FLW” SKU
FLW = FrontLine Worker
As always, there’s going to be a period of time where the names differ between pages, sites, documents etc. so be prepared…especially for renewals.
2) Removed Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence from Availability and Prerequisite Tables
3) Azure Firmware Analysis and Azure IoT Operations connectors added
It’s the Microsoft Product Terms for June 2025 and, as you’d expect in the last month of the FY, not too much has changed.
Clarification that it’s Cloud Add-ons to SA that must be acquired on the same agreement as the base license…rather than all SLs that have a pre-requisite license.
Azure App Service plan added to MCA.
Clarification that Entra ID Governance for External Identities may be used only for External Users. <– This seems like it’s closing a loophole that customers may have been using.
Copilot Studio added as a “covered product” to the Customer Copyright Commitment.
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
Not surprisingly, December was a quiet month.
On the 1st, Microsoft made some Azure updates:
and then on the 5th:
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
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.
Copilot for M365 prerequisites updated to include new SKUs as eligible base licenses. The line-up is now:
Microsoft 365 Business Basic/Standard/Premium/F1/F3/E3/A3/E5/A5
Office 365 F3/E1/E3/A3/E5/A5
Entra ID Governance F SKU added
Entra ID Governance can be added to M365 Business Premium
Microsoft Viva Pulse added
Azure AI Studio added, although it’s still in public preview
No changes to Dynamics 365 for the first time in about 9 decades!
Teams has been “consciously decoupled*” from Microsoft 365 on a global basis, so they’re now only available separately to new users. Existing users can continue to renew but if you need to buy both, it equals more cash more Microsoft.
Teams Enterprise is now listed, which appears to be the standalone version of Teams. From a naming perspective, “that “Enterprise” sounds “bigger” than “Premium” (which is a paid add-on) so I’d expect a rebrand at some point soon🤔
Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Premium has been added…plus another error as “Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management” is listed as having a minimum purchase quantity of both 10 and 20…clearly one should say “Premium” at the end (the one with 10 I believe).
They’ve still not corrected the D364 error from last month either 🤣
*Shout out to Gwyneth Paltrow
It’s the Microsoft Product Terms for March 2024…and it’s mainly just tidying up and new F SKUs:
Graduation benefit removed for Education
Clarification that you CAN use the M365 F1 mailbox for Bookings but nothing else
D365 Finance Premium minimum purchase reduced from 20 to 10
Also proof that MS make the same typos we all do as they talk about “Dynamics 364”
Teams Phone Std for Frontline Workers added
The F SKU portfolio continues to grow…there’s been a steady increase in Frontline worker licenses being added over the last 6 months or so.
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