Azure Cost Management
A Microsoft offering that enables tracking of cloud usage and expenditures for Azure and other cloud providers.
No more Azure grants for non profit?
GlobAdm AICDP
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I'm the sysadmin for a very small non profit for which I built the whole MS based infrastructure. This was only possible thanks to grants: we couldn't have afforded it with our very limited resources. Today, I got another email from Microsoft (the first one about our 365 licenses), informing us that in 2 weeks our grants would be no more. Is this the end of an era? Is MS diverting resources from allowing non profit entities to survive using their services to investing in AI that many have no interest for? Isn't the humongous price increase users had to swallow enough??? I am extremely upset and disappointed.
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Rahul Jorrigala 4,320 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator2025-08-28T17:20:37.5766667+00:00 Hello GlobAdm AICDP
Microsoft is discontinuing its free grant-based licenses for nonprofits, specifically:
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Office 365 E1
These grants will not renew for free after your next renewal date post–July 1, 2025.
Microsoft will continue offering:
Microsoft 365 Business Basic (up to 300 users)
Web and mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive
Email hosting
No desktop Office apps
If your nonprofit needs more than Business Basic offers, Microsoft is providing discounted licenses:
Microsoft 365 Business Premium: ~$5.50/user/month
Office 365 E1: ~$2.50/user/month
Other enterprise plans (E3, E5) also available at nonprofit discounts
Reference Links:
https://blog.teknologize.com/microsoft-is-ending-free-licensing-for-nonprofits
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/announcements/2025-may
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