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Microsoft 365 E5 Security Suite is Now Available for Microsoft 365 Business Premium customers

As of 7^th March 2025, the Microsoft 365 E5 Security suite is available as an add-on for Microsoft 365 Business Premium customers. This addition provides advanced security features to help businesses address the growing cybersecurity challenges they encounter.

The E5 Security suite includes the following key components:

Microsoft Entra ID Plan 2: Enhanced Identity and Access Controls
Microsoft Defender for Identity: New Extended Detection and Response (XDR) for incident-level visibility across the attack lifecycle
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2: Advanced protection and response for devices
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2: Enhanced Email and Collaboration Security
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: AI-powered SaaS security solution for monitoring and control of cloud-based applications

These tools offer expanded coverage for SMBs, helping them strengthen their overall security posture.

For more information, please reach out to the Synnex CSP Team, csp@au.synnex-grp.com.

By Deepika Gupta|2025-04-07T16:05:10+10:007 April 2025|Comments Off

Pricing updates for Microsoft Teams Phone and Power BI

Starting April 1, 2025, Microsoft will also be updating pricing for the below listed licenses:

Teams Phone Standard
Power BI Pro
Power BI Premium

The full announcement from Microsoft can be viewed here.

For more information, please reach out to the Synnex CSP Team, csp@au.synnex-grp.com.

By Deepika Gupta|2024-11-15T16:06:42+11:0015 November 2024|Comments Off

Changes to annual subscription, monthly billing; changes to trials

As of April 1, 2025, Microsoft will price all new and renewing monthly billing plans for annual subscriptions 5% higher than the annual billing option for annual subscription plans. Note: On your renewal date, you can elect to change your billing plan, from monthly to annual for your annual subscriptions.
As of April 1, 2025, Microsoft will also allow customers on end-of-sale (EOS) and EOS with monthly billing. However, starting April 2025, Microsoft will enable partners to specify values, such as license quantity, term, and billing frequency for paid subscriptions their trials renew into. Partners will also be able to specify if they don’t want their trial to auto-renew.
Microsoft will not allow mid-term billing frequency changes for customers with triennial offers starting April 1, 2025.

By Deepika Gupta|2024-11-15T16:01:42+11:0015 November 2024|Comments Off

Introduction of monthly billing options for annual term subscriptions for Copilot

Starting December 1, 2024, Microsoft is introducing is a new monthly billing plan for annual subscriptions of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales, and Microsoft 365 Copilot for Services. This new monthly billing option is priced 5% higher than the annual billing (upfront payment) option for annual subscription plans for these products.

By Deepika Gupta|2024-11-29T17:01:59+11:0015 November 2024|Comments Off

Microsoft Volume Licensing order deadlines

All Microsoft Volume Licensing order agreements must be signed on or before 20th December 2024.

Agreements that will be signed beyond that date, will be processed in the first week of January 2025.

By Deepika Gupta|2024-11-01T10:47:50+11:001 November 2024|Comments Off

Introduction of Cloud Service Provider (CSP) partner-to-partner (P2P) subscription transfers for new commerce experience (NCE) seat-based subscriptions

Mid-term subscription transfers of NCE licenses from one provider to Synnex are now possible.

Microsoft New Commerce Experience (NCE) mid-term license transfers allow existing licensing to be moved to Synnex during an active subscription period.
This process provides flexibility to address organisational changes and optimise license usage.
You can now start consolidating your customer licenses from different providers to Synnex mid-term.
Please note: License transfer from Microsoft directly to CSP is currently not possible.

For more information, please reach out to the Synnex CSP team, csp@au.synnex-grp.com.

By Deepika Gupta|2024-07-26T10:28:47+10:0026 July 2024|Comments Off

New timeline for NCE migration for nonprofit and education offers

Microsoft-led migration for Public Sector offers in new commerce will now renew no earlier than September 1, 2024. Details of the new timeline are as per below:

Key milestone	Previously announced	Revised date
New subscription purchase must be on new commerce	May 1, 2024	August 1, 2024
Microsoft led migration for Public Sector	July 1, 2024	No earlier than September 1, 2024
End of legacy incentives	December 31, 2024	March 31, 2025

We recommend partners migrate all their nonprofit and education customers to NCE before the Microsoft-led migration from September 1, 2024, to ensure a seamless transition.

By Deepika Gupta|2024-10-17T12:34:49+11:0024 May 2024|Comments Off

Changes to Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Microsoft Teams licensing

From April 1, 2024, Microsoft introduced a new lineup of Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Microsoft Teams SKUs worldwide to provide commercial customers the option of purchasing Teams separately from Microsoft 365 and Office 365.

The new lineup does the following:

Introduce new suites without Teams, which are named the same as the existing suites plus “(no Teams).” The “no Teams” suites will be in the following offers:
- Microsoft 365 E3/E5, Office 365 E1/E3/E5
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Business Standard, Business Basic
- Microsoft 365 F1/F3, Office 365 F3
Introduce a new standalone Teams SKU for Enterprise: Microsoft Teams Enterprise
End the sale of net-new subscriptions to all existing Enterprise SKUs with Teams (Office 365 E1/E3/E5 and Microsoft 365 E3/E5)
Continue to offer existing SMB and Frontline suites with Teams (Business Basic/Standard/Premium, MF1, MF3, OF1, OF3) alongside the new versions without Teams

Impact on customers

Enterprise

With the introduction of the new commercial lineup, the sale of current Enterprise suites that include Teams to net new subscribers will end. As a result, Office 365 E1, Office 365 E3, Office 365 E5, Microsoft 365 E3, and Microsoft 365 E5 suites with Teams should no longer be sold to net new subscribers.
Net new subscribers to Office/Microsoft 365 Enterprise suites who wish to provide their end users with Teams will need to purchase two SKUs: Microsoft Teams Enterprise, plus either the Microsoft 365 (no Teams) or Office 365 (no Teams) suite.
Existing customers who wish to continue using SKUs to which they have already subscribed can continue to use, renew, upgrade, and add licenses to their current plans. If an existing customer wishes to switch to the new lineup of suites without Teams, they can do so on their contract anniversary or renewal.

Microsoft 365 Business and Frontline

Current Microsoft Business and Frontline suites with Teams included will coexist with the new lineup.
Partners will have the ability to choose between the existing Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft 365 F1, Office 365 F3, and Microsoft 365 F3 suites with Teams included, or the new versions of those suites without Teams.

Next steps

For more information refer to the Partner FAQ and partner guidance deck
If you have any additional questions, please reach out to the Synnex CSP team, csp@au.synnex-grp.com

By Deepika Gupta|2024-05-24T12:01:18+10:0024 May 2024|Comments Off

New Professional Services for Synnex CSP partners

Amplify your cloud capabilities with our suite of professional services tailored specifically for CSP partners.

These services include Azure migration assistance, Azure optimisation, the establishment of Microsoft Sentinel foundations, and the customisation of cloud projects to meet individual partner needs.

Our Microsoft Cloud-certified experts offer a wealth of expertise, insights, and optimal methodologies. By entrusting your projects to us, partners can be assured that they harness the complete capabilities of the Microsoft Cloud platform, and safeguard their investments.

To access these services, book a consultation with us or reach out to our Synnex CSP team, csp@au.synnex-grp.com.

By Deepika Gupta|2024-05-24T12:01:52+10:0011 April 2024|Comments Off

Copilot for Microsoft 365 now generally available through Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs)

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now available to transact through CSP new commerce

Please Note:

To give customers of all sizes access to Copilot, Microsoft has removed the minimum seat purchase requirement and that customers with Office 365 E3 and E5 can now purchase Copilot for Microsoft 365
The product is now available for purchase from the Synnex portal
The AUD pricing for Copilot for Microsoft 365 is also available now
Customers will need one of these prerequisites base SKUs to purchase Copilot for Microsoft 365: Office 365 E3/E5, Microsoft 365 E3/E5, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, and Business Premium

To view the full announcement from Microsoft, click here.

For more information, please reach out to the Synnex CSP team csp@au.synnex-grp.com

By Camila Sanchez|2024-01-18T13:46:14+11:0018 January 2024|Comments Off