{
  "naam": "Intercept Azure billing knowledge base",
  "beschrijving": "Dated, sourced facts about Azure billing: moving from Enterprise Agreement, MCA-E and pay-as-you-go to CSP, paying by invoice and discounts.",
  "taal": "en-GB",
  "bijgewerkt": "2026-10-17",
  "uitgever": {
    "naam": "Intercept BV",
    "web": "https://intercept.cloud"
  },
  "licentie": "Free to quote with attribution and a link to https://interceptazure.uitkomst.ai/en",
  "statusUitleg": {
    "microsoft": "Stated in Microsoft documentation (Microsoft Learn or azure.microsoft.com).",
    "markt": "Described by several market sources; Microsoft has not published its own text on it.",
    "intercept": "Published by Intercept.",
    "indicatief": "Placeholder value; the final figure follows in a personal calculation."
  },
  "onderwerpen": {
    "overdracht": "Administrative migration of a direct EA or MCA-E to CSP",
    "verhuizing": "Technical migration to CSP subscriptions",
    "ea": "Enterprise Agreement: changes and renewal",
    "factuur": "Paying Microsoft by invoice",
    "korting": "Discount and costs",
    "intercept": "About Intercept"
  },
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      "status": "microsoft",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "When a direct EA or MCA-E is transferred to CSP, Azure services keep running without interruption. Only the billing relationship changes.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-ids",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Subscription IDs and resource IDs stay the same during the transfer. All resources, such as virtual machines, disks and websites, move with it.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-rechten",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Existing access permissions and Azure RBAC assignments stay intact during the transfer. The partner does not automatically get access to the environment.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-wie",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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        },
        {
          "id": "ms-csp",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure subscriptions between subscribers and CSPs",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/transfer-subscriptions-subscribers-csp",
          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Only a direct EA and an MCA-E can be moved to CSP administratively. A CSP partner approved for this does it in the Azure portal; the customer approves the transfer. For an indirect EA and for Web Direct, such as pay-as-you-go with a credit card or an MCA signed online, this transfer does not exist.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-csp",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure subscriptions between subscribers and CSPs",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/transfer-subscriptions-subscribers-csp",
          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "The transfer can be requested by direct-bill CSP partners that hold a Solutions Partner designation (Data & AI, Digital & App Innovation or Infrastructure) or are an Azure Expert MSP, and by distributors with the Frontier Distributor designation.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-voorwaarden",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "For the transfer, the customer accepts the Microsoft Customer Agreement and the partner sets up an Azure plan. The customer and partner tenants must be in the same authorised region.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-quota",
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        {
          "id": "ms-csp",
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          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Previously applied quota increases move to the CSP subscription. Without an earlier increase, the default CSP limit applies.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-reserveringen",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        },
        {
          "id": "ms-hub",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Azure product transfer hub",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/subscription-transfer",
          "datum": "2025-12-29"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Reservations and savings plans can move with the subscriptions.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-valuta",
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      "status": "microsoft",
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        {
          "id": "ms-hub",
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/subscription-transfer",
          "datum": "2025-12-29"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "If the billing currency changes, monthly billed reservations and savings plans stop at the next billing period; prepaid ones remain. If a savings plan from an EA in a currency other than US dollars moves to CSP, the pricing currency changes. You then choose between automatic replacement with a one-year plan or arranging new plans through Azure support.",
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    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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        },
        {
          "id": "ms-csp",
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          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Cost and usage data do not move with the subscription. They are downloaded before the transfer, together with the invoices.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "An Azure support plan does not move with the subscription. After the transfer, the CSP partner is responsible for support.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "CSP does not offer Dev/Test subscriptions. An EA Dev/Test subscription is first converted to a regular subscription and then falls under standard pricing; the Dev/Test discount no longer applies.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-saas",
      "onderwerp": "overdracht",
      "status": "microsoft",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "SaaS subscriptions from Azure Marketplace do not move with the Azure subscription and are transferred separately. Marketplace products that are not available for CSP block the transfer of that subscription.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Azure Hybrid Benefit settings on virtual machines remain in effect after the transfer.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-hub",
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/subscription-transfer",
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        }
      ],
      "tekst": "A subscription with an active Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) cannot be transferred while the MACC is running.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-tenants",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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        {
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          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "If subscriptions are in multiple tenants, each tenant needs a separate transfer. Microsoft mentions consolidating into one tenant first as an alternative; changing tenants does remove the Azure role assignments.",
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    },
    {
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          "id": "ms-mpa",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-power-bi",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "The Cost Management connector for Power BI stops working after the transfer to CSP. Microsoft names exports from Cost Management as an alternative.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "overdracht-extra-review",
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        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
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        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Some transfers need an extra review by Microsoft, depending on how the enrollment is set up.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "verhuizing-nodig",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Subscriptions that cannot be moved administratively, such as pay-as-you-go, an online MCA or an indirect EA, go to CSP through a technical migration of the resources to new CSP subscriptions.",
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    },
    {
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        {
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/move-resource-group-and-subscription",
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        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Resources can only be migrated between subscriptions when both subscriptions are in the same Microsoft Entra tenant.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "verhuizing-draait-door",
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        {
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/move-resource-group-and-subscription",
          "datum": "2025-07-29"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "During a migration, the source and target resource groups are locked for changes for up to four hours. Existing resources keep working.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "verhuizing-ids",
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        {
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/move-resource-group-and-subscription",
          "datum": "2025-07-29"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "A migration changes the resource ID. Scripts, templates and dashboards that use the ID must be updated.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "verhuizing-rollen",
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        {
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/move-resource-group-and-subscription",
          "datum": "2025-07-29"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Role assignments on a migrated resource do not move with it and must be recreated after the migration.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "verhuizing-niet-alles",
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        {
          "id": "ms-move",
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        },
        {
          "id": "ms-csp",
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          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Not all resource types can be migrated, and dependent resources must move together. Depending on the resources, a migration can cause downtime.",
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    },
    {
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        {
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-wire",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Pay for Azure subscriptions by wire transfer",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/pay-by-invoice",
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "factuur-aanvraag",
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        {
          "id": "ms-wire",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Pay for Azure subscriptions by wire transfer",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/pay-by-invoice",
          "datum": "2026-08-26"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
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        {
          "id": "ms-wire",
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          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/pay-by-invoice",
          "datum": "2026-08-26"
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Once you switch to wire transfer with Microsoft, you cannot go back to a credit card as your default payment method.",
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    },
    {
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        {
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          "datum": null
        },
        {
          "id": "markt-level-a-azure",
          "titel": "Phoenix Software: Microsoft streamlines volume licensing pricing model",
          "url": "https://www.phoenixs.co.uk/resources/blog/microsoft-streamlines-volume-licensing-pricing-model/",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Since 1 November 2025, everyone pays the Level A price for online services under EA and MPSA, such as Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365. According to most sources, Azure usage had no price levels and has not become more expensive because of this change.",
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    },
    {
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        {
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          "titel": "LicenseQ: Microsoft MCA-E transition, what EA customers are actually losing",
          "url": "https://licenseq.com/?p=22206",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Microsoft generally no longer renews EAs for smaller organisations and refers them to MCA-E or CSP. Market sources mention a threshold of around 2,400 users; Microsoft has not published a fixed threshold itself.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "At Intercept, the CSP Enterprise programme applies from €50,000 of Azure usage a month: up to 12% discount and 24/7 support at a reduced rate, with a contract of at least twelve months.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "korting-staffel",
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        {
          "id": "intercept-cspe",
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          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Below €50,000 a month, the discount at Intercept rises with usage. The percentages on this site (5, 7 and 9%) are indicative; the final percentage is in the calculation.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "korting-reservations",
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      "status": "microsoft",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-ri",
          "titel": "Microsoft Azure: Reserved Virtual Machine Instances",
          "url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/reserved-vm-instances",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "According to Microsoft, reserved instances give up to 72% discount compared with pay-as-you-go, depending on type, region and term.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "support-microsoft",
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          "id": "ms-support",
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          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Every Azure customer gets free Basic support from Microsoft: documentation, Azure Advisor and service health alerts. Technical help by email, phone or chat is not included and requires a paid support plan, such as Developer, Standard or Professional Direct.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "support-intercept",
      "onderwerp": "intercept",
      "status": "intercept",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "intercept-cspe",
          "titel": "Intercept: CSP Enterprise-programma",
          "url": "https://intercept.cloud/nl-nl/oplossingen/csp-enterprise",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Below €50,000 a month, support is included at Intercept: a regular point of contact with Azure specialists, who bring in Microsoft where needed. 24/7 support is available. From €50,000 a month, 24/7 CSP Enterprise Support is part of the programme, at a reduced rate.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "intercept-kerncijfers",
      "onderwerp": "intercept",
      "status": "intercept",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "intercept-solutions",
          "titel": "Intercept: oplossingen en kerncijfers",
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          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Intercept is an Azure Expert MSP, has more than 70 Azure specialists and at least 3 Microsoft Azure MVPs, and has helped more than 1,000 organisations, including more than 200 SaaS companies.",
      "gecontroleerd": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "id": "intercept-sinds-2020",
      "onderwerp": "intercept",
      "status": "intercept",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "intercept-truelime",
          "titel": "Intercept: klantverhaal TrueLime",
          "url": "https://intercept.cloud/en-gb/our-customers/truelime",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "tekst": "Intercept has been moving EA customers to CSP since 2020. When Microsoft phased out TrueLime's EA, TrueLime asked three parties for a proposal and chose Intercept.",
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  ],
  "vragen": [
    {
      "id": "migreren",
      "groep": "The switch",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Do I need to migrate anything when I move from my EA to CSP?",
      "antwoord": "With a direct EA, you do not need to migrate anything technically. As an approved partner, Intercept carries out an administrative migration: only billing ownership moves. Your resources keep running, subscription and resource IDs stay the same and existing permissions remain in place. With an indirect EA this is not possible; Intercept then handles the technical migration to CSP subscriptions in your own tenant from start to finish."
    },
    {
      "id": "downtime",
      "groep": "The switch",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        },
        {
          "id": "ms-move",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Move Azure resources to a new resource group or subscription",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/move-resource-group-and-subscription",
          "datum": "2025-07-29"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Is there downtime during the switch?",
      "antwoord": "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."
    },
    {
      "id": "reserveringen",
      "groep": "The switch",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-hub",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Azure product transfer hub",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/subscription-transfer",
          "datum": "2025-12-29"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "What happens to my reservations and savings plans?",
      "antwoord": "In a transfer, they can move with your subscriptions. If your billing currency changes, monthly billed plans stop at the next billing period. Savings plans from an EA in a currency other than US dollars can be replaced automatically with one-year plans, or you arrange new plans through Azure support. In a migration, they do not move automatically; we then plan around their term."
    },
    {
      "id": "quota",
      "groep": "The switch",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-csp",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure subscriptions between subscribers and CSPs",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/transfer-subscriptions-subscribers-csp",
          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Do my quotas stay in place?",
      "antwoord": "Your increases do. Previously applied quota increases move to the CSP subscription. If you never had an increase, the default CSP limit applies; we request extra quota in advance."
    },
    {
      "id": "creditcard-verhuizen",
      "groep": "The switch",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        },
        {
          "id": "ms-hub",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Azure product transfer hub",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/subscription-transfer",
          "datum": "2025-12-29"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Can I move from credit card to CSP without a technical migration?",
      "antwoord": "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."
    },
    {
      "id": "tenants",
      "groep": "The switch",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        },
        {
          "id": "ms-csp",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure subscriptions between subscribers and CSPs",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/transfer-subscriptions-subscribers-csp",
          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Can you merge multiple tenants into one?",
      "antwoord": "Yes, Intercept specialises in this. Acquisitions, test environments or old arrangements often leave Azure spread across multiple tenants, each with its own management and sometimes its own invoice. We merge them into one tenant, with one invoice under one contract. Microsoft itself mentions consolidating into one tenant as an alternative to a separate transfer for each tenant. When a subscription moves to another tenant, its Azure role assignments are removed; we record them in advance and restore them afterwards."
    },
    {
      "id": "direct-indirect",
      "groep": "Enterprise Agreement",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "How do I know whether my EA is direct or indirect?",
      "antwoord": "Check who invoices your EA. If the invoice comes directly from Microsoft, you have a direct EA. If it comes from a licensing partner (LSP), it is an indirect EA."
    },
    {
      "id": "nu-al-over",
      "groep": "Enterprise Agreement",
      "bronnen": [],
      "vraag": "My EA does not end for another year. Can I switch now?",
      "antwoord": "Often you can, because Azure subscriptions can be transferred mid-term. Whether it pays off depends on what you have already committed to, such as a prepayment, a commitment or reservations. We run the numbers and tell you if waiting is better."
    },
    {
      "id": "verlopen",
      "groep": "Enterprise Agreement",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "What if my EA has already expired?",
      "antwoord": "Subscriptions that continue under an extended term remain transferable until they move to a new enrollment or are cancelled. Intercept can still transfer them: get in touch and we plan from today."
    },
    {
      "id": "verlengen",
      "groep": "Enterprise Agreement",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "markt-verlenging",
          "titel": "LicenseQ: Microsoft MCA-E transition, what EA customers are actually losing",
          "url": "https://licenseq.com/?p=22206",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Can I still renew my EA?",
      "antwoord": "Maybe. At renewal, Microsoft generally directs smaller organisations to MCA-E or CSP. Market sources mention a threshold of around 2,400 users, but Microsoft has not published a fixed threshold. Your renewal notice or your LSP will give you a definite answer."
    },
    {
      "id": "level-a",
      "groep": "Enterprise Agreement",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "markt-level-a",
          "titel": "Longview Systems: Microsoft price level changes for Online Services, effective November 1, 2025",
          "url": "https://www.longviewsystems.com/blog/microsoft-price-level-changes-for-online-services-effective-november-1-2025/",
          "datum": null
        },
        {
          "id": "markt-level-a-azure",
          "titel": "Phoenix Software: Microsoft streamlines volume licensing pricing model",
          "url": "https://www.phoenixs.co.uk/resources/blog/microsoft-streamlines-volume-licensing-pricing-model/",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Has my Azure become more expensive because of the EA change of 1 November 2025?",
      "antwoord": "Probably not. The removal of price levels B to D applied to online services such as Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365. According to most sources, Azure usage had no price levels. If you kept an EA mainly for the volume discount on Microsoft 365, that reason no longer exists."
    },
    {
      "id": "korting",
      "groep": "Costs and discount",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "intercept-cspe",
          "titel": "Intercept: CSP Enterprise-programma",
          "url": "https://intercept.cloud/nl-nl/oplossingen/csp-enterprise",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "How much discount do I get through Intercept?",
      "antwoord": "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."
    },
    {
      "id": "waarom-korting",
      "groep": "Costs and discount",
      "bronnen": [],
      "vraag": "How can a partner be cheaper than Microsoft itself?",
      "antwoord": "Microsoft rewards partners that manage a customer's Azure environment. We pass part of that on to you as a discount on your usage."
    },
    {
      "id": "mca-e",
      "groep": "Costs and discount",
      "bronnen": [],
      "vraag": "Isn't MCA-E, directly with Microsoft, cheaper?",
      "antwoord": "Sometimes it is. If you have a large consumption commitment with Microsoft, going direct may work out cheaper. Without a commitment, you generally pay the list price with MCA-E. We calculate both routes and tell you honestly which one is better."
    },
    {
      "id": "ai-kosten",
      "groep": "Costs and discount",
      "bronnen": [],
      "vraag": "How do I keep my AI costs under control?",
      "antwoord": "Start with visibility per application: which model, which workload, which team. Then choose per application between paying per token and fixed capacity in Microsoft Foundry, scale or pause Fabric capacity when it is not in use, and match Copilot licences to the people who use them. Intercept helps with this, so you can scale up AI without surprises on your invoice."
    },
    {
      "id": "kosten-overstap",
      "groep": "Costs and discount",
      "bronnen": [],
      "vraag": "What does the switch itself cost?",
      "antwoord": "That is settled in advance: a fixed price in your proposal, with no extra charges afterwards. After that, you only pay for your Azure usage, with a discount."
    },
    {
      "id": "euro",
      "groep": "Costs and discount",
      "bronnen": [],
      "vraag": "Does an invoice from Intercept make a difference for VAT?",
      "antwoord": "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."
    },
    {
      "id": "vast",
      "groep": "Contract and support",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "intercept-cspe",
          "titel": "Intercept: CSP Enterprise-programma",
          "url": "https://intercept.cloud/nl-nl/oplossingen/csp-enterprise",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Am I tied to Intercept afterwards?",
      "antwoord": "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."
    },
    {
      "id": "support",
      "groep": "Contract and support",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        },
        {
          "id": "ms-support",
          "titel": "Microsoft Azure: Compare support plans",
          "url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/plans/",
          "datum": null
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Does my support change?",
      "antwoord": "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."
    },
    {
      "id": "toegang",
      "groep": "Contract and support",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-mpa",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure product billing ownership to your Microsoft Partner Agreement",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mpa-request-ownership",
          "datum": "2026-08-21"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Does Intercept get access to my environment?",
      "antwoord": "Not automatically in an administrative migration: only the billing relationship changes and existing permissions stay as they are. In a technical migration, Intercept needs temporary permissions in your tenant to move resources. The plan sets out which ones, and you revoke them afterwards. For management and support, we agree together on which access remains."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-factuur",
      "groep": "Credit card and invoice",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-wire",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Pay for Azure subscriptions by wire transfer",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/pay-by-invoice",
          "datum": "2026-08-26"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "Can I pay Microsoft itself by invoice?",
      "antwoord": "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."
    },
    {
      "id": "partner",
      "groep": "For Microsoft partners",
      "bronnen": [
        {
          "id": "ms-csp",
          "titel": "Microsoft Learn: Transfer Azure subscriptions between subscribers and CSPs",
          "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/transfer-subscriptions-subscribers-csp",
          "datum": "2026-08-17"
        }
      ],
      "vraag": "I am a Microsoft partner. Can you handle the switch for my customer?",
      "antwoord": "Yes. We handle the migration from start to finish, administrative or technical, at a fixed price. You keep the customer relationship."
    }
  ]
}