Overview of Price Increases
Microsoft is announcing Australian dollar pricelist changes to align its global prices for online services effective January 1, 2019. Microsoft periodically assesses the impact of its local pricing of products and services to ensure there is reasonable alignment across the region and this change is an outcome of this assessment.
Starting January 1, 2019 Australian dollar prices for commercial online services and subscription licenses will receive price increases. Customers across the region buying in Australian dollars will continue to find Microsoft cloud offerings highly competitive. Azure remains competitively priced versus AWS, with opportunities for additional savings with offers like Azure Hybrid Use Benefits (AHUB) and Reserved VM Instances.
Microsoft offers the benefits of AUD pricing and billing to Australian partners and customers. This provides more stable and predictable pricing. Although we are changing prices in January, our last such pricing alignment in AUD was over three years ago.
For business customers, these changes will not affect existing orders under volume licensing agreements for products that are subject to price protection. However, prices for new product additions under such volume licensing agreements and purchases under new contracts will be as defined by the pricelist at the time of order.
Microsoft Cloud Services Price Increases for 2019
All license SKU's across the Microsoft 365, Office 365, Azure and Dynamics offerings will increase by 8% effective in the billing cycle proceeding the anniversary/rollover date of the service plan. Please check with Raines Internet Solutions for service plan anniversary dates for clarification. All service plans receive price protection during their first term which is twelve (12) months from the date of order for the first licensed seat for the given service plan. Additional licensed seats to an existing service plan ordered after January 1, 2019, will be at the previous billing price prior to the increase, which will remain in place for the remainder of the twelve-month term. After the anniversary date for the given service plan rolls over, the new pricing schedule will be applied to all licensed seats for that service plan moving forward.
Microsoft Subscription Licenses (SPLA) Price Increases for 2019
For customers who are leasing software licenses under the service-provider license agreement (SPLA) with Raines Internet Solutions will expect the following pricing increases to take effect in the second billing cycle for 2019. These increases apply to software subscriptions used in our hosted infrastructure services as well as on-premise infrastructure that we manage for clients.
| Solution Area | Part Number | Product SKU | Price Increase |
| Infrastructure | 6WC-00002 | Windows Remote Desktop Services SAL | 15% |
| 9EM-00562 | Windows Server Standard Core | 10% | |
| 9EA-00039 | Windows Server Datacenter Core | 10% | |
| 9GA-00006 | Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard Core | 5% | |
| 9GS-00495 | Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter Core | 7% | |
| N5Y-00020 | Cloud Platform Suite | 10% | |
| P2Y-00001 | Cloud Platform Guest | 10% | |
| Office (Client & Server) products | 9MD-00001 | Exchange Basic SAL | 10% |
| 4MH-00001 | Exchange Enterprise Plus SAL | 10% | |
| 9MC-00001 | Exchange Enterprise SAL | 10% | |
| 9MC-00004 | Exchange Enterprise SAL for Software Assurance | 10% | |
| F08-00025 | Exchange Standard SAL per user | 10% | |
| F08-00027 | Exchange Hosted Standard SAL for Software Assurance | 10% | |
| F09-00018 | Exchange Standard Plus SAL per user | 10% | |
| 79H-00128 | Office Multi Language Pack SAL per user | 10% | |
| 79P-01747 | Office Professional Plus SAL per user | 10% | |
| 021-08183 | Office Standard SAL per user | 10% | |
| 076-04015 | Project Standard Edition SAL per user | 10% | |
| H30-03425 | Project Pro SAL with 1 Project Server SAL | 10% | |
| H22-01677 | Project Server SAL | 10% | |
| 76P-00742 | SharePoint Svr Std Edition SAL per user | 10% | |
| 76P-00840 | SharePoint Svr Ent (Upgrade) Edition SAL per user (76P-00742 must be included) | 10% | |
| 76P-01361 | SharePoint Svr Ent Edition SAL for Software Assurance | 10% | |
| 76M-01134 | SharePoint Standard SAL for Software Assurance | 10% | |
| D87-03215 | Visio Professional Edition SAL per user | 10% | |
| D86-03116 | Visio Std Edition SAL per user | 10% |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Microsoft adjusting prices in Australian dollars now?
Microsoft is announcing Australian dollar price changes to align its global prices for online services effective January 1, 2019. Microsoft periodically assesses the impact of its local pricing of products and services to ensure there is reasonable alignment with the market and this change is an outcome of this assessment.
What are the changes to Australian dollar pricing?
Starting January 1, 2019 online services priced in Australian dollars will increase by up to 8% to realign close to US dollar levels. Customers across the region buying in Australian dollars will continue to find Microsoft cloud offerings highly competitive.
How frequently do you plan to make these changes?
Microsoft periodically assesses the impact of its pricing to ensure there is a reasonable alignment with the needs of its customers, partners, and the marketplace across the region, and may make changes in response to its assessment and feedback.
How frequently do you plan to adjust pricing in Australian dollars?
Microsoft will maintain relatively stable and predictable prices in Australian dollars and other currencies. Periodically Microsoft assesses the impact of its pricing to ensure there is a reasonable alignment with the needs of its customers, partners, and the marketplace across the region, and may make changes in response to its assessment and feedback. Any future changes to pricing will be assessed based on Microsoft’s internal pricing strategy and processes in order to maintain relatively stable prices while ensuring close alignment of prices to US dollar levels.
For any questions regarding the pricing increases mentioned in this post. Please contact our support team using the Contact Us link above.
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
