Microsoft announced the following price changes, effective January 1, 2022.

WS: 10% price increase for both Windows Server Standard and Datacenter Edition
CIS: 5% price increase for CIS Standard and 7% for CIS Datacenter.
Windows Rights Management Services CAL: 10%
RDS: 10% price increase for RDS SALs
Office: 10% price increase for Office Professional Plus and Office Standard

Below is the full list of price changes to Microsoft technologies related to Windows Server 2022 and Office LTSC as available in SPLA.

NOTE: These changes are applicable worldwide, across commercial corporate and academic prices.

For RDS, this is the 3rd increase in as many years, which compounded is around 40% over that period.

What actions can SPLA partners take to reduce their costs?:

First, make sure you are paying list pricing for the SPLA SKUs you report. Many resellers mark up the cost of SPLA and often do it again when there is a price change. Book a quick call with us and we can tell you in 5 minutes if you are paying more than you should.

Second, make sure you’re not over reporting. Altaris’ SPLA License Assessment not only discovers under reporting but identifies areas of over reporting. Particularly with RDS and Office, we have found that many Service Providers don’t put access controls in place and as a result report a far higher quantity than they need to.

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From your Microsoft Licensing Experts at Altaris Cloud