Microsoft licensing, the flexible way
Zation is your Cloud Solution Provider for Europe and beyond. Buy, scale and manage your Microsoft 365 and Azure licences through one partner, with flexible annual terms, co-termed and aligned, billed in your currency.
Zation · your CSPProvisioning, billing, support & optimization One modern channel for all your Microsoft cloud
CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) is Microsoft's modern licensing model, the New Commerce Experience (NCE). Instead of a rigid, multi-year Enterprise Agreement, you license Microsoft 365, Azure, Dynamics 365 and more through an authorised partner like Zation.
You get one agreement (Microsoft Customer Agreement), one partner and one invoice, with the freedom to add, change or scale subscriptions whenever your business changes.
One renewal date, scheduled orders
Your Microsoft licences are transacted through CSP and co-termed to one renewal date. Buy, change or schedule orders, all handled professionally.
Add something new mid-term, like Copilot, and we provision it in minutes and co-term it directly to your common date. A professional transaction, no scattered renewals.
Azure, on a pay-as-you-go plan
Your Azure consumption runs on the Azure plan through CSP, so you pay only for what you use, billed monthly in your currency, with no upfront commitment required.
As your CSP, we order and manage Reserved Instances, Savings Plans and Azure Hybrid Benefit for you, the commitments that bring your rate down. Continuous optimisation runs through FinOps, as a separate service.
Why license through Zation
A partner that does more than resell: flexible, transparent and optimised from day one.
Access to the Zation Platform
Every CSP customer gets the Zation Platform: audit-ready visibility across M365, Azure and GreenOps, included.
Flexible through co‑terming
We standardise on annual terms for the best price and co-term every subscription to one aligned end date. Add or change seats anytime, without fragmenting your renewals.
No minimum volume
No minimum seat count and no big upfront commitment. Start at a single licence and grow from there.
Everything from one partner
Licensing, FinOps, optimization and first-level support: one agreement, one invoice, one team.
CSP and FinOps, all from one partner
Most providers just move licences. With Zation, your CSP licensing comes combined with FinOps, optimization and our platform: one partner for the whole lifecycle, so your spend is right from the start and stays right.
Optimization Service
Right-size before you buy. Demand-based procurement of Microsoft licences, on average around 30% software savings.
Explore→FinOps
Keep it optimised. Continuous management of your Microsoft spend across M365 and Azure, combined with your CSP licensing.
Explore→Zation Platform
See everything. Audit-ready data across M365, Azure and GreenOps in one source of truth.
Explore→EA vs MCA-E vs CSP
In short: an EA suits very large, stable estates but is losing its discount edge and locks you into a 3-year term. MCA-E is Microsoft's evergreen successor with simpler but leaner terms. CSP gives the most flexibility: mix terms, change seats and get billing plus support from one partner. Zation licenses through CSP with optimization built in.
| Criteria | EA | MCA-E | CSP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Large orgs | Enterprises moving off EA | Flexibility & SMB→enterprise |
| Term | 3 years, fixed | Evergreen, no end date | Monthly, annual or 3-year |
| Discounting | Historically strongest, now narrowing | Limited negotiated discount | Partner-led; optimization-driven |
| Flexibility | Low, true-up once a year | Medium | High, add/change anytime* |
| Support & billing | Microsoft / LSP | Microsoft direct | Partner: one invoice, first-level support |
*CSP flexibility depends on the commitment term chosen. Terms simplified for comparison. See our glossary.
Questions, answered
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