Azure Plan
The Azure plan is Microsoft’s modern commerce model for selling Azure through the CSP program. It replaced the legacy Azure subscription offer and consolidates a customer’s Azure services under one pay-as-you-go agreement, billed on actual consumption.
Key Takeaways
- The modern CSP commerce model for Azure.
- Replaced legacy Azure subscriptions.
- Consolidates Azure under one pay-as-you-go agreement.
- Billed on actual consumption, so reconciliation matters.
Why the Azure plan replaced legacy subscriptions
The Azure plan gives partners a single, consistent way to sell and bill Azure, with clearer usage data and margin control than the older model. New Azure customers in CSP are onboarded on the Azure plan.
What it means for billing
Because the Azure plan bills on consumption, partners reconcile usage against contracts and apply margin before invoicing.
Azure plan vs NCE
They are related parts of Microsoft’s modern commerce. NCE standardizes seat-based subscriptions; the Azure plan is the consumption-based model for Azure.
How Work 365 supports this
Work 365 ingests Azure plan usage and reconciles it to contracts for accurate invoices. See Azure Billing.
Related terms: Azure Billing, Azure CSP Billing, NCE.
FAQ
Is the Azure plan the same as NCE?
They are related. NCE standardizes seat-based subscriptions; the Azure plan is the consumption-based model for Azure.
