Credit card to invoice
Pay for Azure by invoice instead of credit card
With a credit card, you pay the list price and you are on your own: technical help from Microsoft means paying for a separate support plan. Through Intercept, you get a monthly invoice on account, a discount on your usage and support from specialists who know your environment. The switch is a technical migration to new subscriptions in your own tenant. Intercept handles that from start to finish; for us, it is routine.
How do you move from credit card to invoice?
Through Microsoft
- 01ConditionsYou have been a customer for at least six months, have no outstanding balance and are above the usage threshold for your country.
- 02RequestThrough a support ticket with pay-as-you-go, in the Azure portal with an MCA.
- 03ReviewMicrosoft may run a credit check and ask for annual accounts or a guarantee.
- 04PaymentYou pay by wire transfer, at the list price. After that, you cannot go back to a credit card as your default payment method.
Source: Microsoft, 26 August 2026
Through Intercept, start to finish
- 01Technical checkWe map out which resources need to move and what depends on them.
- 02CSP subscriptionsWe set them up in your own tenant and configure permissions and policies as they are now.
- 03MigrateOne resource group at a time. The resource groups are locked for changes for up to four hours; existing resources keep working. The technical check shows you in advance where downtime can occur.
- 04InvoiceA monthly invoice from Intercept BV on account, with a discount on your usage.
Source: Microsoft, 29 July 2025
With a credit card, you are on your own
Microsoft gives every Azure customer self-help resources. For technical help, you take out a paid support plan. With Intercept, support is included.
By credit card with Microsoft
You get documentation, Azure Advisor and service health alerts. Help from an engineer by email, phone or chat is not included. For that, you take out a paid support plan.
Source: Microsoft
Through Intercept
Support is included. You have a regular point of contact with Azure specialists who know your environment, and we bring in Microsoft when needed. If you want 24/7 support, that is possible too.
Microsoft or Intercept: the differences
| By invoice with Microsoft | CSP via Intercept | |
|---|---|---|
| Conditions | Six months as a customer, no outstanding balance, usage above the country threshold | From the first euro |
| Price | List price | Discount rising with your usage, up to 12% |
| Support | Self-help; technical help only with a paid support plan | Included, from specialists who know your environment; 24/7 available |
| Invoice from | Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd | Intercept BV, the Netherlands |
| Switch | Different payment method | Technical migration within your tenant, by Intercept |
| Questions about your invoice | Through a support ticket | With your regular contact person |
| Cost insight | Cost Management | Cost Management plus the customer portal |
What happens in a technical migration?
There is no administrative migration from pay-as-you-go or an online MCA to CSP, not even for partners. So your resources move technically. This is what Microsoft says about it.
Resources can only be migrated between subscriptions when both subscriptions are in the same Microsoft Entra tenant.
Source: Microsoft, 29 July 2025
During a migration, the source and target resource groups are locked for changes for up to four hours. Existing resources keep working.
Source: Microsoft, 29 July 2025
A migration changes the resource ID. Scripts, templates and dashboards that use the ID must be updated.
Source: Microsoft, 29 July 2025
Role assignments on a migrated resource do not move with it and must be recreated after the migration.
Source: Microsoft, 29 July 2025
Not all resource types can be migrated, and dependent resources must move together. Depending on the resources, a migration can cause downtime.
When you move from an online MCA to CSP, reservations and savings plans do not move automatically.
Source: Microsoft, 29 December 2025
You do not have to do this yourself. For Intercept this is routine work, from start to finish: technical check, a plan per resource group, migration, permissions, quotas and aftercare. You know in advance what it costs.
Questions
Can I pay Microsoft itself by invoice?
Yes, on certain conditions: you have been a customer for at least six months, have no outstanding balance and are above a usage threshold that differs per country. With pay-as-you-go, you request it through a support ticket; with an MCA, in the Azure portal. After that, you cannot go back to a credit card as your default payment method.
Source: Microsoft, 26 August 2026
Can I move from credit card to CSP without a technical migration?
No. There is no administrative migration from pay-as-you-go or an MCA signed online to CSP, not even for partners. Your resources move to new CSP subscriptions in your own tenant. You do not have to do this yourself: Intercept handles the migration from start to finish, from the technical check to aftercare, one resource group at a time and at a moment that suits you.
Source: Microsoft, 21 August 2026, Microsoft, 29 December 2025
Does my support change?
Yes, and for the better. Your support plan with Microsoft does not move with you; after the transfer, Intercept as your CSP partner is responsible for your support. Below €50,000 a month, that support is included: a regular point of contact with specialists who know your environment, 24/7 if you want, and we bring in Microsoft where needed. From €50,000 a month, 24/7 CSP Enterprise Support is part of the programme, at a reduced rate.
Source: Microsoft, 21 August 2026, Microsoft
Is there downtime during the switch?
Not with a transfer from a direct EA or MCA-E: Microsoft only changes the billing relationship and your services keep running. During a migration, the resource groups are temporarily locked for changes, while the resources themselves keep working. Depending on the resources, a migration can cause downtime. The technical check shows you in advance which resources this applies to.
Does an invoice from Intercept make a difference for VAT?
No, not for a VAT-registered business in the EU. Microsoft Ireland and Intercept BV invoice business customers in other EU countries under the reverse charge, so you account for the VAT yourself. Dutch customers pay 21% VAT on Intercept's invoice, which they reclaim as input tax. On balance, it comes to the same. What does differ: you get a monthly invoice from Intercept, and the customer portal shows your costs per subscription, resource group and resource.
How much discount do I get through Intercept?
Indicatively 5 to 12% on all your Azure usage, rising with your monthly usage. From €50,000 a month, the CSP Enterprise programme applies, with up to 12% discount. Your final percentage is in your calculation.
Source: Intercept
Am I tied to Intercept afterwards?
No. Your tenant and subscriptions remain yours, and an Azure plan can move to another CSP partner later. Only the CSP Enterprise programme from €50,000 a month has a minimum term of twelve months.
Source: Intercept
What difference does it make for you?
Send your situation and your latest Azure invoice. Within two working days of sending your invoice, you have a calculation based on your actual usage, with the alternatives alongside.