Microsoft365 - Service Billing Details
Trial Available: No
Internal Use Licenses (IUL): No
Not For Profit Pricing Available (NFP): Yes
Education Pricing Available: Yes
Additional Policies:
- IUL - Manage Protect does not provide free Microsoft 365 internal-use subscriptions. Partners must acquire paid licences for their own tenancy.
- NFP pricing is available with the approval from your Partner Manager based on your customer's eligibility.
- Education pricing is available with the approval from your Partner Manager based on your customer's eligibility.
Annual Subscriptions (Paid Upfront, Microsoft 365 NCE)
Topic | Requirement |
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Payment terms | Full 12-month charge is invoiced on order and must be paid before Manage Protect will provision the subscription. |
Start of term | Term starts on the date the subscription is created. |
Seven-day cooling-off period | Partners may cancel the entire subscription or reduce the seat quantity within the first 7 calendar days (168 hours) after Day 1. A pro-rated refund or credit is issued for unused days. After Day 7, the subscription and seat count are locked for the remainder of the term. |
After Day 7 | • No cancellations or seat reductions until renewal.• The partner is liable for the full remaining term even if the customer stops using the service. |
Seat increases | Additional seats can be added at any time. Each seat-increase order opens its own 7-day adjustment window for the newly added seats only. Added seats are billed pro-rata for the balance of the current term. |
Renewal | Subscription renews automatically for another 12-month term on the anniversary date. A fresh 7-day adjustment window opens at renewal. Partners must submit a scheduled change or cancellation during that window to avoid charges for the new term. |
Early suspension | Partners may suspend service access mid-term, but billing continues until cancellation is actioned within the next available 7-day window. |
Annual Subscriptions (Paid Monthly, Microsoft 365 NCE)
Topic | Requirement |
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Payment terms | Charges for the 12-month commitment are invoiced in 12 equal monthly instalments. |
Commitment | The partner enters a fixed 12-month term. Billing continues every month for the full term regardless of end-customer usage. |
Seven-day cooling-off period | Within the first 7 calendar days (168 hours) after provisioning, the partner may cancel the subscription or reduce the seats from the original order. A pro-rated credit is applied for the unused days. |
After day 7 | Cancellations and seat reductions are blocked for the rest of the term. The partner is liable for all remaining charges, even if the customer stops using the service. |
Seat increases | Additional seats can be added at any time. Each increase opens its own 7-day adjustment window for the newly added seats only; added seats are billed pro-rata for the balance of the term. |
Renewal | Subscription renews automatically on the anniversary date for another 12-month term. A fresh 7-day adjustment window applies at renewal. |
Early suspension | Service can be suspended mid-term, but invoices continue until cancellation is actioned in the next available 7-day window. |
Manage Protect bond (credit security) | A bond equal to three (3) months of the partner’s total Annual-term Paid-Monthly subscription value is required before provisioning. |
Bond review | Manage Protect will review the bond semi-annually and may require an increase if the partner’s commitment grows. |
Bond credit / refund | The full amount is credited only when all annual paid-monthly subscriptions have either ended or been converted to monthly-term plans, the Manage Protect Partner Agreement is completely terminated, and the partner’s account is paid in full. |
Bond utilisation | Manage Protect may apply the bond to any overdue amounts on the partner’s account. |
Right to decline | Manage Protect may refuse requests to provision Annual Paid-Monthly subscriptions at its sole discretion. |
Right to terminate | Manage Protect reserves the right to terminate the Partner Agreement at any time, subject to its standard terms and conditions. |