The MPSA is a volume licensing agreement between an organization and Microsoft. It does not expire and does not require the whole organization to be licensed. Purchases are made as needed: server licenses, Office licenses or subscriptions for online services such as Microsoft 365. Microsoft names organizations with 250 or more users or devices as the target group.
How does the MPSA work?
- One agreement, several purchasing accounts: The MPSA is signed once. Individual companies or departments buy through registered purchasing accounts, without a new agreement.
- Points and price levels: Purchases earn points per product pool. The annual point total determines a price level from A to D. The higher the level, the lower the price. To keep level A, each active product pool must reach at least 500 points by the annual compliance date. That date is the anniversary of the month in which the MPSA was signed.
- No organization-wide commitment: Unlike the Enterprise Agreement, there is no multi-year commitment for all workplaces.
For a long time, this made the MPSA the right agreement for mid-sized organizations that wanted discounts without committing for three years.
What changed on 1 November 2025?
Microsoft harmonized prices for online services in the MPSA and the Enterprise Agreement. At renewal or for new purchases, all online services have a single price across price levels A to D, aligned with the prices on microsoft.com. Nothing changes for software installed on premises, such as server licenses.
For Microsoft 365 and other cloud subscriptions, the MPSA therefore no longer brings a volume discount. When buying through Microsoft CSP, Microsoft list prices are also the basis. In addition, the terms and cancellation rules of the New Commerce Experience apply.
Is the MPSA being retired?
Microsoft has not published an official end date for the MPSA (as of 2 November 2026). Existing agreements can still be used. Anyone who continues to buy on-premises software, such as server licenses, can keep those purchases in the MPSA for now. For cloud services, two successor routes are available:
- Microsoft CSP: buying through a partner who orders, bills and supports the licenses.
- Microsoft Customer Agreement for Enterprise (MCA-E): a direct agreement with Microsoft that Microsoft offers mainly to large organizations.
Planning the successor
- Take stock: which products run through the MPSA, which of them are online services and which are on-premises software?
- Collect the renewal dates of the online services, because the single price applies from then on.
- Review license packages for each user group, for example whether Microsoft 365 Business Premium or Microsoft 365 E5 fits.
- Assess on-premises licenses and Software Assurance separately, because price levels still apply there.
MPSA successor with TOMORIS
The guide MPSA successor describes the options for the transition. Licensing advice and provisioning through CSP are covered under Microsoft licensing.