Government Departments: Microsoft
(asked on 28th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Microsoft has recently raised its prices to Government for Office 365.
This question was answered on 5th March 2025
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) known as the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24) with Microsoft, which commenced on 1 November 2024. This arrangement provides enhanced value and discounted pricing for public sector organisations.
A reduction of approximately 6% in Microsoft 365 licence pricing took place in February 2025 as part of a wider price adjustment for Commercial Cloud Services.