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CSP · Cloud Solution Provider

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.

Your Microsoft subscriptions CSP · NCE
M365Microsoft 365 E3 · 320 seatsActive
AzureAzure plan · pay-as-you-goActive
M365Defender for Office 365 · 320Active
Term
MonthlyAnnual3-year
✓ Co-termaligned · 01.03.2027
Full Managed
Renewals & licences
Optimization Focused
Savings built in
No Commitment
Flexible terms

CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) lets you license Microsoft 365 and Azure through Zation as an authorised partner instead of buying direct. You get flexible terms, co-termed renewals, no minimum volume, billing in your currency, and optimization plus first-level support from one team.

How CSP worksNCE
MicrosoftCloud products & New Commerce
Zation Zation · your CSPProvisioning, billing, support & optimization
YouLicences live in your tenant: one invoice, your currency
What is CSP

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.

Co-termed & scheduledManaged
M365 E5
Visio P2
+ CopilotNew
01.03.2027
✓ Live in minutes New licences provisioned in minutes, co-termed to your one renewal date.
Microsoft 365

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 plan · consumptionPay-as-you-go
Rate optimization
Reserved Instances Savings Plans Hybrid Benefit
Azure

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.

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FinOps

Keep it optimised. Continuous management of your Microsoft spend across M365 and Azure, combined with your CSP licensing.

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Zation Platform

See everything. Audit-ready data across M365, Azure and GreenOps in one source of truth.

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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 EAMCA-ECSP
Best for Large orgsEnterprises moving off EAFlexibility & SMB→enterprise
Term 3 years, fixedEvergreen, no end dateMonthly, annual or 3-year
Discounting Historically strongest, now narrowingLimited negotiated discountPartner-led; optimization-driven
Flexibility Low, true-up once a yearMediumHigh, add/change anytime*
Support & billing Microsoft / LSPMicrosoft directPartner: one invoice, first-level support

*CSP flexibility depends on the commitment term chosen. Terms simplified for comparison. See our glossary.

Questions, answered

What exactly is CSP?+
CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) is Microsoft's modern licensing channel, built on the New Commerce Experience (NCE). Instead of buying directly or through a classic Enterprise Agreement, you license Microsoft 365, Azure and Dynamics through an authorised partner like Zation, on one Microsoft Customer Agreement.
Can we move to CSP from an EA or a direct contract?+
Yes. We plan the transition around your renewal date so there's no coverage gap and no double-paying, and we implement the optimization in the same move.
Annual or 3-year, and what about co-terming?+
We standardise on annual terms for the best price and co-term them to one aligned end date, so your whole estate renews together. Stable core SKUs can go 3-year for an even better rate. Monthly stays reserved for genuinely short-term needs.
What happens at renewal?+
NCE subscriptions auto-renew, and missing the cancellation window can lock you in and cost more. Zation manages every renewal and cancellation window for you, so there are no surprise auto-renewals.
Who provides support?+
Zation is your first-level support: a dedicated team that already knows your environment. Microsoft sits behind us for escalations, so you always have one place to go.
In which currencies can you bill?+
We operate across Europe and bill in CHF, EUR or your local currency, with your whole Microsoft estate on one consolidated invoice, in the currency that fits your business.
Microsoft Solutions Partner, Modern Work Microsoft Solutions Partner · Modern Work

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