October 1 Price Increase

Microsoft has announced that from the 1st of October 2026 there will be a 5% price uplift for annual term CSP Software Subscriptions billed monthly.

The CSP Software Subscription products affected by this announcement include:

• SQL Server
• Windows Server
• System Center

What does this mean?

• New annual term Software Subscriptions billed monthly purchased from 1 October 2026 will include the 5% uplift.
• For Existing annual term Software Subscriptions billed monthly the 5% uplift will take effect at their first renewal on or after 1 October 2026.
• There is no change to annual upfront billing.

We recommend reviewing any upcoming renewals and discussing the pricing change with affected customers ahead of their renewal date.

Read the full announcement here: August 2026 announcements - Partner Center announcements | Microsoft Learn

***Please note this announcement does not relate to any NCE seat-based products such as M365***

We’re Here To Help

If you’d like support identifying impacted customers or quoting ahead of the change, please reach out to the Dicker Data Microsoft team.