Microsoft Products and Services Agreement
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- Kind
- Volume
- Term
- Non-expiring agreement (MPSA page).
- Aliases
- MPSA
- Definition
- The Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) is a transactional licensing agreement for commercial, government, and academic organizations with 250 or more users/devices. MPSA works best for organizations that want to license Microsoft on-premises software, cloud services, or both as needed—with no organization-wide commitment under a single, non-expiring agreement. Software Assurance is optional.
- Commercial rules
- The MPSA consolidates purchasing of Microsoft cloud services, software, and Microsoft Software Assurance and provides a Purchasing Account structure. Printed Level A maintenance sentence (the rest of the point table is not in the cited source): “You do not need an entry minimum to begin purchasing through the MPSA. However, to maintain purchasing eligibility at Level A, you must purchase a minimum of 500 points or cloud services for at least 250 users within each active product pool by the compliance anniversary date.” “Microsoft Azure cannot be purchased through MPSA.” Existing Software Assurance coverage from another Volume Licensing program is not affected by a new MPSA.
- Applies to
- Microsoft on-premises software, cloud services, and Software Assurance as named. Azure cannot be purchased through MPSA.