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AI for education: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/ai-in-education
About Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/about
About our ads: https://choice.microsoft.com/
Access the Volume Licensing Service Center: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter
Accessibility: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility
Account profile: https://account.microsoft.com/
Allocated Annual prepayment: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Amazon Workspaces Deployments: /licensing/terms/product/AmazonWorkspacesDeployments/MCA
Arabic: /licensing/terms/ar-SA/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Authorized Outsourcers: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Automotive: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/automotive
Azure Capacity Block: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure Capacity Block: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure Capacity Blocks: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure Capacity Blocks: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure Customer Solution | Licensing guidance: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/guidance/Azure-Customer-Solution
Azure EA portal administration | Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/ea-direct-portal-get-started
Azure Facial Recognition Services: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure Hardware Terms: /licensing/terms/product/StorageArrayandAzureDataBoxTerms/MCA
Azure Hybrid Benefit | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/hybrid-benefit/
Azure Private MEC Solution: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure Reservations Exchange and Refunds: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/exchange-and-refund-azure-reservations
Azure Reserved VM Instances (RIs) | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/reserved-vm-instances/
Azure SQL Database | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-sql/database/
Azure SQL Managed Instance | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-sql/managed-instance/
Azure SQL | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-sql/
Azure Space: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/space/
Azure Virtual Desktop pricing | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/virtual-desktop/
Azure Virtual Desktop | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/virtual-desktop/
Azure Virtual Machine licensing FAQ: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/licensing-faq/
Azure classic subscription administrators | Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/classic-administrators?tabs=azure-portal
Azure compute savings plan: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure free account FAQ: https://azure.microsoft.com/free/free-account-faq/
Azure prepayment: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure prepayment: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure pricing FAQ: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/faq/
Azure pricing calculator | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Azure pricing | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/
Azure products | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/
Azure reservation: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure reservations: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/product-licensing/azure
Become a partner: https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/membership/cloud-solution-provider
Blog: https://blogs.microsoft.com/
Bulgarian: /licensing/terms/bg-BG/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Business Center (for MPSA customers): https://businessaccount.microsoft.com/Customer
Business Center training and resources: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customer/business-center-training-and-resources
CAL and ML Equivalency Licenses: /licensing/terms/product/CALandMLEquivalencyLicenses/MCA
Careers: https://careers.microsoft.com/
Catalan: /licensing/terms/ca-ES/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Certified Refurbished: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/certified-refurbished-products
Chinese (Simplified): /licensing/terms/zh-CN/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Chinese (Traditional): /licensing/terms/zh-TW/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Clear Filter: /licensing/terms/Program/ProgramClear
Cloud Add-on to SA: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Company news: https://news.microsoft.com/source/?icid=DSM_Footer_Company_CompanyNews
Consumer Health Privacy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2259814
Consumption Rates: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Contact Azure Sales | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/sales-number/
Contact Support for the Volume Licensing Service Center: https://docs.microsoft.com/licensing/
Contact a Volume Licensing Activation Center: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/existing-customer/activation-centers
Contact us: https://support.microsoft.com/contactus
Copilot for organizations: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/organizations?icid=DSM_Footer_CopilotOrganizations
Copilot for personal use: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-individuals?form=MY02PT&OCID=GE_web_Copilot_Free_868g3t5nj
Croatian: /licensing/terms/hr-HR/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Customer Data: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Customer Data: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary
Customer Health Bot Application: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Customer Solution: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Customer Solution: https://www.micros
Customer Solution: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Czech: /licensing/terms/cs-CZ/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Danish: /licensing/terms/da-DK/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Data Protection Addendum: https://aka.ms/dpa
Deals for students and parents: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/education
Developer Center: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/
Devices for education: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/devices/overview
Diversity and inclusion: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/default?icid=DSM_Footer_Company_Diversity
Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/docs/
Download Center: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download
Dutch: /licensing/terms/nl-NL/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Dynamics 365: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/
Dynamics 365: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/product-licensing/dynamics365
Dynamics 365: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365
Education: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education
Educator training and development: https://education.microsoft.com/
English (United States): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Licensing/worldwide
English: /licensing/terms/en-US/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Enterprise Agreement: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/licensing-programs/enterprise
Entra ID documentation | Docs Website: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/
Estonian: /licensing/terms/et-EE/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Events: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/events
Explore Microsoft products: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-products-and-apps
External Users: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Fail-over OSE: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Fail-over OSE: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Fail-over OSEs: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Fail-over OSEs: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Financial services: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/financial-services/banking
Find a Microsoft partner: https://www.microsoft.com/solution-providers/home
Find a partner: https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/
Find answers on Microsoft forums: https://answers.microsoft.com/
Find support for Microsoft products: https://support.microsoft.com/
Find training and resources for the VLSC: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/existing-customer/vlsc-training-and-resources
Finnish: /licensing/terms/fi-FI/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
First-Party Consumption Service: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
First-Party Consumption Services: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Flexible Payments: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/payment-financing-options?icid=footer_financing_vcc
For Consumers: https://www.microsoft.com/
For Educational institutions: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/licensing-for-industries#education
For Enterprises: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/licensing-programs/enterprise
For Government organizations: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/licensing-for-industries
For Nonprofit organizations: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/licensing-for-industries#nonprofit
For Online Services: /licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices/MCA
For SMBs: https://www.microsoft.com/store/b/business?icid=CNavBusinessStore
For Students: https://www.microsoft.com/education/students
For all Software: /licensing/terms/product/ForallSoftware/MCA
For more licensing resources click here.: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs
Foundry Models sold by Azure: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Foundry Models sold by Azure: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Foundry Tools: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
French (Europe): /licensing/terms/fr-FR/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Frontline Worker Licenses: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
German: /licensing/terms/de-DE/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Get help selecting a program: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Licensing/licensing-programs/licensing-programs
Get help with Office: https://support.office.com/
Get help with Windows: https://windows.microsoft.com/windows/support
Get started with Azure in Open Licensing | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/offers/ms-azr-0111p/
Getting Software Assurance: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/software-assurance-getting-started
Glossary: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/MCA
Government: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/government
Greek: /licensing/terms/el-GR/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Healthcare: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/health/microsoft-cloud-for-healthcare
How to buy for your school: https://www.microsoft.com/education/how-to-buy
Hungarian: /licensing/terms/hu-HU/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Improving how customers buy and manage Azure Services | Licensing Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/news/improving-azure-experience
Input: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Introduction: /licensing/terms/welcome/welcomepage
Investors: https://www.microsoft.com/investor/default.aspx
IoT Device: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Italian: /licensing/terms/it-IT/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Japanese: /licensing/terms/ja-JP/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Korean: /licensing/terms/ko-KR/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Latvian: /licensing/terms/lv-LV/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
License Mobility through SA: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/SoftwareAssuranceBenefits/all
License Mobility through Software Assurance on Azure | Product Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/licensing-programs/software-assurance-license-mobility?rtc=1
License: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Licensed Server: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Licensed User: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Licensing Briefs: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Licensing-Briefs
Licensing News: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/news
Licensing Program Guides: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Licensing-Program-Guides
Licensing Terms: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Licensing-Use-Rights
Licensing program guides: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Licensing-Programs
Licensing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Licensing
Licensing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/
Lithuanian: /licensing/terms/lt-LT/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Manufacturing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/manufacturing/microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing
Microsoft 365 Copilot: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot?icid=DSM_Footer_Microsoft365Copilot
Microsoft 365 Education: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/microsoft-365
Microsoft 365: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/product-licensing/microsoft-365
Microsoft 365: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business
Microsoft 365: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/
Microsoft AI: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai?icid=DSM_AllCommercial_AI
Microsoft AI: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai?icid=DSM_Footer_AI
Microsoft Advertising: https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us?s_cid=dig-src_uhfcomm
Microsoft Azure - Offers and Licensing | Microsoft Partner Network: https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/resources/collection/microsoft-azure-offers-and-licensing
Microsoft Azure AI Services: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Microsoft Azure Service: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Microsoft Azure Services Plan: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Microsoft Azure Services: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Microsoft Azure purchasing models | Licensing guidance: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/guidance/Azure-Purchasing-Models
Microsoft Azure | Licensing Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/azure
Microsoft Azure | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Microsoft Azure: /licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Microsoft Customer Agreement: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/how-to-buy/microsoft-customer-agreement
Microsoft Defender for Cloud pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/defender-for-cloud/?v=17.23h
Microsoft Developer: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/
Microsoft Enterprise AI Services Code of Conduct: https://aka.ms/AI-CoC
Microsoft Generative AI Service: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Microsoft Generative AI Services: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Microsoft Generative AI Services: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Microsoft HoloLens: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens
Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Marketplace: https://marketplace.microsoft.com?icid=DSM_AllCommercial_Marketplace&ocid=cmm3c8ee9bs
Microsoft Marketplace: https://marketplace.microsoft.com?icid=DSM_Footer_Marketplace&ocid=cmm3atxvn98
Microsoft Partner Network: https://partner.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Power Platform: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform
Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA): https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/MPSA
Microsoft Purview Information Protection | Product Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/information-protection/microsoft-purview-information-protection
Microsoft Research: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
Microsoft Security portfolio Product Terms mapping: /licensing/terms/product/MicrosoftSecurityportfolioProductTermsmapping/MCA
Microsoft Security: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security
Microsoft Sentinel pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/microsoft-sentinel
Microsoft Store Promise: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/why-microsoft-store?icid=footer_why-msft-store_7102020
Microsoft Store support: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2139749
Microsoft Teams for Education: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/teams
Microsoft Teams: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software
Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Viva: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-viva
Microsoft commerce experience FAQ: https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/5/9/A599711B-6807-4757-B38D-1EE269F2F19B/CL-Commerce-Experience-FAQ-Customer.pdf
Microsoft in education: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education
Microsoft solution providers: https://www.microsoft.com/solution-providers/home
Mixed reality: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mixed-reality/windows-mixed-reality
Non-Microsoft Products: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Non-Microsoft Products: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Norwegian (Bokmal): /licensing/terms/nb-NO/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Notices: /licensing/terms/product/Notices/MCA
Notices: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Notices
OSEs: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
OSEs: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Office 365: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/product-licensing/office
Online Services: /licensing/terms/productoffering/onlineservices
Open Value: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/licensing-programs/open-license
Order tracking: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/order-tracking
Other Legal Terms: /licensing/terms/product/OtherLegalTerms/MCA
Output Content: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Outsourcing Software Management clause: https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/licensing/terms/product/ForallSoftware
Outsourcing Software Management: /licensing/terms/product/ForallSoftware
Outsourcing Software Management: /licensing/terms/product/ForallSoftware/all
Outsourcing Software Management: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForallSoftware
Overview: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/licensing-programs/software-assurance-default
Partner Network: https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/membership
Physical Cores: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Polish: /licensing/terms/pl-PL/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Portuguese (Brazil): /licensing/terms/pt-BR/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Portuguese (Portugal): /licensing/terms/pt-PT/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Power BI service specific terms: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftPowerPlatform
Power Platform: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/power-platform
Primary Workload: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Primary Workload: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Primary Workloads: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Privacy & Security Terms: /licensing/terms/product/PrivacyandSecurityTerms/MCA
Privacy at Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy?icid=DSM_Footer_Company_Privacy
Privacy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839
Product Offerings: /licensing/terms/productoffering
Product Pool: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Product Terms: /licensing/terms
Product fulfillment: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/existing-customer/fulfillment
Product licensing briefs: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Licensing-Briefs
Product licensing search: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs
Professional Services: /licensing/terms/product/ProfessionalServices/MCA
Professional Services: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ProfessionalServices
Program Agreement Supplemental Terms: /licensing/terms/product/ProgramAgreementSupplementalTerms/MCA
Promotions: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Promotions: /licensing/terms/product/Promotions/MCA
Purchasing & Renewing Software Assurance: /licensing/terms/product/PurchasingandRenewingSoftwareAssurance/MCA
Quantum computing: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/quantum-computing/
Resources: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/software-assurance-learn-more
Retail: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/consumer-goods
Returns: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/returns
Romanian: /licensing/terms/ro-RO/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Russian: /licensing/terms/ru-RU/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
SL: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
SLs: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
SQL Server on Virtual Machines | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/virtual-machines/sql-server/
SQL Server: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/product-licensing/sql-server
Select Plus: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/licensing-programs/select
Serbian: /licensing/terms/sr-SR/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Server: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Server: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Servers: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Service Level Agreement: https://aka.ms/csla
Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA): https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/licensing-programs/spla-program
Slovak: /licensing/terms/sk-SK/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Slovenian: /licensing/terms/sl-SI/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Small Business: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/business?icid=CNavBusinessStore
Software Assurance Benefits: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/software-assurance-by-benefits
Software companies: https://www.microsoft.com/software-development-companies?icid=DSM_AllCommercial_SoftwareCompanies&ocid=cmm3c8ee9bs
Software companies: https://www.microsoft.com/software-development-companies?icid=DSM_Footer_SoftwareCompanies&ocid=cmm3atxvn98
Software development companies: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/licensing-programs/isv-program
Software: /licensing/terms/productoffering/software
Spanish (International): /licensing/terms/es-XN/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Standard: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Standards: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Student Use Benefit: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Student Use Benefits and Academic Programs: /licensing/terms/product/StudentUseBenefitsandAcademicPrograms/MCA
Student Use Benefits and Academic Programs: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/StudentUseBenefitsandAcademicPrograms
Subscription License Suites: https://aka.ms/SubscriptionSuites
Summary of Changes: /licensing/terms/product/changes/MCA
Support for AI marketplace apps: https://www.microsoft.com/software-development-companies/offers-benefits/isv-success?icid=DSM_Footer_SupportAIMarketplace&ocid=cmm3atxvn98
Surface Laptop Ultra: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-laptop-ultra?icid=DSM_Footer_WhatsNew_SurfaceLaptopUltra
Surface Laptop: https://www.microsoft.com/surface/devices/surface-laptop
Surface Pro: https://www.microsoft.com/surface/devices/surface-pro
Surface RTX Spark Dev Box: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-rtx-spark-dev-box?icid=DSM_Footer_WhatsNew_SurfaceRTXSparkDevBox
Sustainability: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability?icid=DSM_AllCommercial_Sustainability
Sustainability: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability?icid=DSM_Footer_Sustainability
Swedish: /licensing/terms/sv-SE/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
System Center: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/product-licensing/system-center
Telecommunication Service Providers: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Terms of Service: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Terms of use: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=530144
Thai: /licensing/terms/th-TH/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
The Ultimate Guide to Windows Server on Azure | White Paper: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/ultimate-guide-windows-server-on-azure/
To see more versions and languages click here.: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Microsoft-Azure
Tools and resources: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/existing-customer/existing-customers
Trademarks: https://www.microsoft.com/trademarks
Turkish: /licensing/terms/tr-TR/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Ukranian: /licensing/terms/uk-UA/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/MCA
Unique Committers: /licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all
Universal License Terms for All Software: /licensing/terms/product/ForallSoftware
Universal License Terms for Online Services: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices
Universal License Terms for all Software: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForallSoftware
Universal License Terms: /licensing/terms/product/UniversalLicenseTerms/MCA
Universal Terms for Online Services: /licensing/terms/product/ForallOnlineServices/all
Use Microsoft Azure in Visual Studio subscriptions | Docs Website: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/subscriptions/vs-azure#:~:text=Activate%20Visual%20Studio%201%20Sign%20in%20to%20https%3A%2F%2Fmy.visualstudio.com%2Fbenefits.,verify%20your%20identity%20using%20a%20simple...%20See%20More.
VLSC training and resources: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/existing-customer/vlsc-training-and-resources
View Sitemap: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sitemap
Visual Studio: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/
Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC): https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter
Windows 11 apps: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps-for-windows?icid=DSM_Footer_WhatsNew_Windows11apps
Windows 365: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365
Windows 365: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/product-licensing/windows-365
Windows Desktop Operating System: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/WindowsDesktopOperatingSystem
Windows Server on Azure | Product Website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/windows-server/
Windows Server: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/product-licensing/windows-server
Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/product-licensing/windows
Your Privacy Choices: https://aka.ms/yourcaliforniaprivacychoices
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Program Attribute
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Azure App Service Plan
Azure Site Recovery (to Customer Owned Site)
Azure SQL Edge (per Device)
Microsoft Azure Services
Microsoft Defender for Identity (User SL)
Microsoft Defender for Identity F1 (User SL)
Microsoft Entra ID F2 (User SL)
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and includes specific terms in
Windows Desktop Operating System
terms).
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.
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Server
Promotions
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Product Conditions - Program Specific
Student Use Benefit
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Student Use Benefits and Academic Programs
Product Categories
This table highlights which Azure products fall under the categories of Microsoft Azure User Plans, Microsoft Azure Support Plans, and Microsoft Azure Services:
Product Category
Product
Microsoft Azure User Plans
Microsoft Entra ID Plan 1, 2 & F2 (User SL), Microsoft Defender for Identity & F1 (User SL), Microsoft Defender for Identity Client Management License Add-on (User SL)
Microsoft Azure Support Plans
Azure Active Professional Direct Support, Azure Active Standard Support, Microsoft Azure StorSimple Premium & Standard Support, Microsoft Azure StorSimple Standard Support to Premium Support
Microsoft Azure Services
Azure SQL Edge (per Device), Microsoft Translator API, Microsoft Azure Services
Microsoft Azure Services Plans
If subscribed to by Customer as a
Microsoft Azure Services Plan
, individual Microsoft Azure Services may have different program availability or be subject to different terms. Other than Azure Stack Hub, Services purchased as a
Microsoft Azure Services Plan
are not eligible for the Azure Customer Solution clause in the General Service Terms for Azure.
Subscription Term
Azure is licensed on a subscription basis for a fixed term. Usage is metered, and charges are applied periodically based on usage. Some subscriptions require prepayment or an upfront commitment and others are billed after the services are used (“pay-as-you-go”). Pay-as-you-go subscriptions automatically renew after each billing period unless cancelled before the end of the billing period. For plans that require an upfront commitment (such as Azure reservations), the term of the subscription is the same as the commitment period. At the end of the term, such subscriptions will renew automatically on a pay-as-you go basis unless the commitment is expressly renewed or the subscription is cancelled before the end of the term.
The table below highlights the subscription terms for the options to purchase Microsoft Azure Services that a customer is eligible for:
Options
Subscription Term
Azure prepayment
Subscription term is the same as the Azure prepayment commitment term.
Consumption
Subscription term is the same as the billing period.
Microsoft Azure Services Plan
Subscription term is the same as the billing period.
Azure reservations
Subscription term is the same as the Azure reservation commitment term.
Azure Spot
Subscription term is the same as the billing period.
Azure compute savings plan
Subscription term is the same as the Azure compute savings plan term.
Purchasing Microsoft Azure Services
Microsoft Azure Services may be purchased in one or a combination of the following ways:
Azure prepayment
: Customer will have access to its entire
Azure prepayment
throughout the term of its Agreement if Customer agrees to be invoiced for the full amount upfront (the “Fully Prepaid Option”). Alternatively, if Customer elects to be invoiced for its
Azure prepayment
on an annual basis, Customer will have access to an
Allocated Annual prepayment
each year of the Agreement (the “Annually Prepaid Option”). Under the Fully Prepaid Option, any unused
Azure prepayment
will be forfeited at the end of the Agreement, and under the Annually Prepaid Option, any unused
Allocated Annual prepayment
will be forfeited on the following Agreement anniversary date. Customer may contact Microsoft or Customer’s reseller about increasing its
Azure prepayment
or reducing its
Allocated Annual prepayment
for any future Agreement anniversary. Customer’s reseller (if any) must process reductions with Microsoft prior to the next anniversary.
Consumption
: Customer pays based on the amount of Microsoft Azure Services consumed during a billing period. Certain features of the Microsoft Azure Services may only be available for purchase on a consumption basis.
Microsoft Azure Services Plan
: Customer may be able to subscribe to a Microsoft Azure Service as a
Microsoft Azure Services Plan
.
Azure reservations
:
Azure reservations
are purchased for specified terms of up to three years with either a single upfront payment or equal monthly payments (when available).
Azure reservations
expire at the end of the specified term. Customer will not be refunded payment (paid or scheduled) for unused
Azure reservations
. Using Azure commitment tiers, Customers pay upfront monthly for connected containers and Azure usage. Overage will be invoiced when usage exceeds the commitment tier limit. For disconnected containers, Azure commitment tier payments are made upfront yearly, except for disconnected container proof of concept (POC) SKUs, which have a one month prorated price. Customers can renew the POC license automatically up to two times, allowing for three months of total usage of a POC SKU.
Azure compute savings plan
:
Azure compute savings plan
is purchased for specified terms of up to three years with either a single upfront payment or equal monthly payments (when available).
Azure compute savings plan
expires at the end of the specified term. Customer will not be refunded payment (paid or scheduled) for unused
Azure compute savings plan
.
Azure compute savings plan
s are noncancellable. Customer will owe the amount charged for the plan for the duration of the selected term, even if the Agreement is terminated. Notwithstanding the terms in Customer’s volume licensing agreement, fixed pricing does not apply to
Azure compute savings plan
.
Azure Capacity Blocks:
Azure Capacity Blocks
allow Customers to purchase a fixed duration block of capacity for a specific Microsoft Azure resource in a specified region, with a scheduled start date in the future.
Azure Capacity Blocks
are offered for durations ranging from one day up to six months, as determined by Microsoft.
Azure Capacity Blocks
are paid for the full amount upfront at the time the purchase request is accepted. Except as expressly stated by Microsoft,
Azure Capacity Blocks
are noncancellable and nonrefundable, and Customers will not receive a refund or credit for any unused portion of a
Azure Capacity Block
. During the applicable
Azure Capacity Block
term, Microsoft will make the specified capacity available to Customer for use.
Azure Capacity Blocks
expire at the end of the specified term. Once the
Azure Capacity Block
term ends, Customer will be evicted from the applicable capacity, and Microsoft will stop Customer’s use of the applicable Microsoft Azure Services.
Pricing
As stated in the Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA), Azure pricing is subject to change at any time. Customer can refer to the Azure portal for current pricing including adjustments for FX rates.
Azure Spot
: Customer can refer to the Azure portal for pricing adjustments. Customer's access to a given Azure Spot virtual machine is temporary and may be interrupted at any time. Customer may elect to be notified immediately prior to workload interruption.
Payment and Fees
This table highlights which Azure Product categories are eligible for the Payment and Fees options below. Please reference the Product Category table above for eligible products.
Payment and Fees options
Eligible Products*
1. Using Azure prepayment
Microsoft Azure Services
2. Invoicing Azure prepayment
Microsoft Azure Services
3. Invoicing Azure prepayment overage
Microsoft Azure Services
4. Consumption Invoicing
Microsoft Azure Services
5. Azure Services Plan Invoice
Microsoft Azure Support Plans, Microsoft Azure User Plans
6. Azure reservations
Microsoft Azure Services
7. Azure compute savings plan
Microsoft Azure Services
8. Azure Capacity Blocks
Microsoft Azure Services
*Some Products may not be eligible for certain Payment and Fees scenarios. Please refer to the Azure Portal or Pricing Calculator (
https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/
) for more information on availability.
Using Azure prepayment
: Each month, Microsoft will deduct from Customer’s
Azure prepayment
(or
Allocated Annual prepayment
, if applicable) the monetary value of Customer’s usage of eligible Microsoft Azure Services. Once Customer’s
Azure prepayment
(or
Allocated Annual prepayment
, if applicable) balance has been exhausted, any additional usage will be invoiced at
Consumption Rates
(as described below).
Invoicing Azure prepayment:
If Customer elects the Fully Prepaid Option,
Azure prepayment
will be invoiced immediately. If Customers elects the Annually Prepaid Option, the first
Allocated Annual prepayment
will be invoiced immediately, and future
Allocated Annual prepayment
s will be invoiced on the anniversary of the Agreement effective date.
Invoicing Azure prepayment overage
: If Customer’s usage is higher than either its
Azure prepayment
under the Fully Prepaid Option or its
Allocated Annual prepayment
under the Annually Prepaid Option, such excess will be invoiced at
Consumption Rates
to Customer (or its reseller) at the end of each Agreement month.
Consumption invoicing
: If Customer provisions Microsoft Azure Services without a
Azure prepayment
, it (or its reseller) will be invoiced monthly at
Consumption Rates
. All usage of the Microsoft Azure Services after the expiration or termination of Customer’s subscription term will be invoiced to Customer (or its reseller) at then-current
Consumption Rates
on a monthly basis.
Azure Services Plan invoice
: The purchase of a
Microsoft Azure Services Plan
will be invoiced to Customer (or its reseller) either on an upfront or annual basis, according to the terms of Customer’s volume licensing agreement governing payment terms for the order of Online Services generally.
Azure prepayment
cannot be applied to the purchase of a
Microsoft Azure Services Plan
; provided, however, that if a
Microsoft Azure Services Plan
includes the purchase of an initial quantity of a service (“Initial Quantity”), Customer usage that exceeds the Initial Quantity will be billed at
Consumption Rates
, and Customer’s
Azure prepayment
can be applied to such usage.
Azure reservations
: The purchase of
Azure reservations
will be deducted automatically from any available
Azure prepayment
. If Customer has used all of its
Azure prepayment
or if the cost of
Azure reservations
exceeds the available
Azure prepayment
balance at the time of purchase, the excess will be invoiced as otherwise provided in this “Payment and Fees” section.
Azure reservations
Customer purchases via Azure.com will be charged against its credit card on file for the full upfront payment, or the charge will appear on its next invoice. Azure reserved instances for a virtual machine or Azure SQL Database services cover compute only (the base rate) and do not include the cost of the software (e.g., Windows Server or SQL Server), storage or back-up. Conversely, Azure reserved instances for software do not include the cost of compute.
Azure compute savings plan
: The purchase of
Azure compute savings plan
will be deducted automatically from any available
Azure prepayment
. If Customer has used all of its
Azure prepayment
or if the cost of
Azure compute savings plan
exceeds the available
Azure prepayment
balance at the time of purchase, the excess will be invoiced as otherwise provided in this “Payment and Fees” section.
Azure compute savings plan
Customer purchases via Azure.com will be charged against its credit card on file for the full upfront payment, or the charge will appear on its next invoice.
Azure compute savings plan
covers compute only (the base rate) and does not include the cost of the software (e.g., Windows Server or SQL Server), storage or back-up.
Azure Capacity Blocks
: Charges for
Azure Capacity Blocks
are invoiced in full at the time the purchase request is accepted. A purchase request is accepted when Microsoft confirms the order (including by sending an order confirmation or otherwise making the
Azure Capacity Block
available in the applicable purchasing experience). Unless otherwise stated by Microsoft,
Azure prepayment
may not be applied to the purchase of
Azure Capacity Blocks
.
Azure Capacity Blocks
are nonrefundable, and Customers will not receive a refund or credit for unused capacity or for any unused portion of a
Azure Capacity Block
, after it has been successfully created and paid for. Charges for
Azure Capacity Blocks
apply only to the applicable block term. At the end of the
Azure Capacity Block
term, Customer must release the applicable capacity. Upon expiration of an
Azure Capacity Block
, Customer will be evicted from the applicable capacity, and Microsoft will stop or suspend Customer’s use of the applicable Microsoft Azure Services.
Five Year Reservations for Azure VMs
As an exception to the general terms for
Azure reservations
, we offer five year
Azure reservation
terms for select VM families. The early termination fee for a five-year
Azure reservation
is 35%. Microsoft reserves the right during a five-year
Azure reservation
to move Customer to a newer version of the HB series for reasons including, but not limited to, unavailability of parts for maintenance or lack of support from the hardware vendor. In such cases, the new version and hardware configuration will provide at least the same level of performance.
Azure Reservation Options
The following options apply to
Azure reservations
Customer has purchased.
Exchange
: is an option that allows Customer to apply the monetary value of a remaining
Azure reservation
term to the purchase of one or more new
Azure reservations
of equal or greater monetary value for the same service.
Cancel
: is an option that allows Customer to receive a prorated refund based on a remaining
Azure reservation
term minus an early termination fee (currently 12 percent) and subject to a cancellation limit set by Microsoft (currently $50,000 per year).
Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition
Use Restriction
Customer may use Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition only as an operating system for virtualization on Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server
Customer may use the Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit in its own Microsoft Azure account. Customer may use Standard or Datacenter software. The following Windows Server licenses with an active subscription or Software Assurance are eligible for the Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit:
Windows Server Standard/Datacenter core licenses
Windows Server Standard/Datacenter processor licenses
Each processor license is equivalent to 16 core licenses.
License Allocation for VM Licensing
Customer must allocate enough eligible core licenses to cover all Virtual Cores on the VM(s) that are running.
The minimum number of core licenses required per VM is 8.
License Allocation for Dedicated Host Licensing (Datacenter only)
Customer must allocate enough Windows Server Datacenter core licenses to cover all Physical Cores available to Customer on a Dedicated Host or an Azure Local Cluster. Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure Local is available only for the hyperconverged deployments with cloud connect management. Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure Local is available for EA or CSP customers only. Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure Local is not available with Microsoft 365 Local.
Customer may run unlimited Virtual Machines on that host/cluster.
Azure Migration Allowance
Aside from the migration allowances below, once licenses are allocated to Azure, Customer may not use them anywhere else. After at least 90 days have passed, Customer may elect to stop using them for the Azure Hybrid Benefit.
VM Licensing
Windows Server Standard: When migrating workloads to Azure, Customer may also continue to use its licensed software on devices for a period of 180 days from when the licenses are allocated to Azure.
Windows Server Datacenter: When migrating workloads to Azure, Customer may also continue to use its licensed software on devices indefinitely.
Dedicated Host Licensing
When migrating workloads to Azure, Customer may also continue to use its licensed software on devices for a period of 180 days from when the licenses are allocated to Azure.
Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
Customer may use the Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit in its own Microsoft Azure account. The Qualified Licenses in the table below may be used for the Microsoft Azure Data Service in the specified ratios.
Qualified License
Microsoft Azure Data Service
1
Ratio of Qualified Licenses to Azure vCores
SQL Server Enterprise (Core)
SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc – General Purpose
1 Core License:4 vCores
SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc – Business Critical
1 Core License:1 vCore
Azure SQL Database (Elastic Pool and Single Database)/Azure SQL Managed Instance – General Purpose
1 Core License:4 vCores
Azure SQL Database (Elastic Pool and Single Database)/Azure SQL Managed Instance – Business Critical
1 Core License:1 vCore
Azure Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (Enterprise)
1 Core License:1 vCore
Azure Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (Standard)
1 Core License:4 vCores
SQL Server Enterprise Virtual Machines
1 Core License
2
:1 vCPU
SQL Server Standard Virtual Machines
1 Core License:4 vCPUs
SQL Server Standard (Core)
SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc – General Purpose
1 Core License:1 vCore
SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc – Business Critical
4 Core Licenses:1 vCore
Azure SQL Database (Elastic Pool and Single Database)/Azure SQL Managed Instance – General Purpose
1 Core License:1 vCore
Azure SQL Database (Elastic Pool and Single Database)/Azure SQL Managed Instance – Business Critical
4 Core Licenses:1 vCore
Azure Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (Standard)
1 Core License: 1 vCore
Azure Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (Enterprise)
4 Core Licenses:1 vCore
SQL Server Standard Virtual Machines
1 Core License
2
:1 vCPU
SQL Server Enterprise Virtual Machines
4 Core Licenses
2
:1 vCPU
1
Azure Hybrid Benefit is not available in the serverless compute tier of Azure SQL Database.
2
Subject to a minimum of four Core Licenses per Virtual Machine.
Azure Migration Allowance
Aside from the migration allowance below, once licenses are allocated to Azure, Customer may not use them anywhere else. After at least 90 days have passed, Customer may elect to stop using them for the Azure Hybrid Benefit.
When migrating workloads to Azure, Customer may also continue to use its licensed software on devices for a period of 180 days from when the licenses are allocated to Azure.
Fail-over Rights for SQL Server Standard/Enterprise Virtual Machines
When allocating SQL Server Licenses for use under the Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server, Customer is entitled to the respective fail-over rights for the Azure service in use (see Service Specific Terms below).
SQL Server Enterprise Core Unlimited Virtualization Rights
Customer may alternatively allocate enough SQL Server Enterprise core licenses to cover all Physical Cores available to Customer on an Azure Dedicated Host and run unlimited Virtual Machines on that host.
Limited Hosting Rights for SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc
When using the Azure Hybrid Benefit, paragraph 3 of the Service Specific terms for SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc does not apply. Customer is entitled only to run its SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc containers on Microsoft Azure, its own Servers, or Servers under the day-to-day management and control of Authorized Outsourcers, regardless of whether those Servers are dedicated to Customer or not.
Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop Conditions
The Azure Virtual Desktop control plane may only be used to manage Azure Virtual Desktop VMs running on Azure. Windows Enterprise multi-session is limited for use on Azure Virtual Desktop VMs running on Azure only.
Azure Virtual Desktop for Windows
Users licensed with Microsoft 365 E3/E5/E7/G3/G5/F3/Business Premium/A3/A5/Student Use Benefit, Windows Enterprise E3/E5, Windows Education A3/A5, or Windows VDA E3/E5 may access Azure Virtual Desktop Windows virtual machines running in Customer's Microsoft Azure accounts. Azure Virtual Desktop virtual machines do not count against a user’s device activation count limit.
Azure Virtual Desktop for Windows Server
Users licensed with RDS User CALs with SA or RDS User Subscription Licenses or using devices licensed with RDS Device CALs with SA may access Azure Virtual Desktop Windows Server virtual machines running in Customer's Microsoft Azure accounts.
Azure Virtual Desktop for Development and Test
Users licensed with Visual Studio subscriptions and MSDN Platforms with active SA (“Authorized Users”) may access Azure Virtual Desktop Windows, and Windows Server virtual machines running in Customer's Microsoft Azure accounts for development and test purposes. Customer’s end users may also access Azure Virtual Desktop Windows, and Windows Server virtual machines initiated by Authorized Users to perform acceptance tests or provide feedback.
Azure Dev/Test Pricing
Customer may be eligible for Azure dev/test pricing for Azure Services accessed by (i) its Qualified Licensed Users solely for development and test purposes, and (ii) its users performing acceptance tests and providing feedback related to those development and test activities. “Qualified Licensed Users” means users allocated Visual Studio subscriptions or MSDN Platform subscriptions with active Software Assurance. See Azure.com (
https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/dev-test/
) for eligibility criteria and applicable services.
General Service Terms
Restriction on U.S. Police Department Use of Azure Facial Recognition Services
Customer may not use
Azure Facial Recognition Services
if Customer is, or is allowing use of such services by or for, a police department in the United States. Violation of any of the restrictions in this section may result in immediate suspension of Customer’s use of the service.
Notices
The Communication Services, Professional Services, Azure Media Services H.265/HEV Encoding, Adobe Flash Player, H.264/AVC Visual Standard, and VC-1 Video Standard in
Notices
apply. Any deployment services provided to Customer are subject to the Professional Services terms (refer to
Professional Services
).
Service Level Agreement
Refer to
http://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/sla/
.
Limitations
Customer may not
resell or redistribute the Microsoft Azure Services, or
allow multiple users to directly or indirectly access any Microsoft Azure Service feature that is made available on a per user basis (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID). Specific reassignment terms applicable to a Microsoft Azure Service feature may be provided in supplemental documentation for that feature.
Retirement of Services or Features
Microsoft will provide Customer with 12 months’ notice before discontinuing a Microsoft Azure Service or removing any material feature or functionality of that Microsoft Azure Service, unless security, legal or system performance considerations require an expedited removal. This does not apply to Previews.
Data Retention after Expiration or Termination
The expiration or termination of Customer’s Online Service subscription will not change Customer’s obligation to pay for hosting of Customer Data during any Extended Term.
Azure Customer Solution
Use Rights and Conditions for Use
Customer may create and maintain a
Customer Solution
. Despite anything to the contrary in Customer’s licensing agreement, Customer may permit third parties to access and use the
Microsoft Azure Services
solely in connection with the use of that
Customer Solution
.
Customer is responsible for: (1) ensuring that third parties who access, use or distribute the
Customer Solution
comply with these terms, the terms and conditions of Customer's licensing agreement, and all applicable laws; and (2) obtaining any necessary licenses related to
Standard
s in a
Customer Solution
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Customer’s volume licensing agreement, Microsoft has no defense obligation or liability for any infringement claim for patents alleged to be infringed by the implementation of any
Standard
s in a
Customer Solution
.
Use of Software within Microsoft Azure
For Microsoft software available within a
Microsoft Azure Service
, Microsoft grants Customer a limited license to use the software only within the
Microsoft Azure Service
.
Data Center Availability
Usage of data centers in certain regions may be restricted to Customers located in or near that region. For information on service availability by region, please refer to
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions
.
Sharing
The
Microsoft Azure Services
may provide the ability to share a
Customer Solution
and/or
Customer Data
with other Azure users and communities, or other third parties. If Customer chooses to engage in such sharing, Customer agrees that it is giving a license to all authorized users, including the rights to use, modify, and repost its
Customer Solution
and/or the
Customer Data
, and Customer is allowing Microsoft to make them available to such users in a manner and location of its choosing.
Marketplace
Microsoft Azure enables Customer to access or purchase products and services which are optimized for use with Azure through features such as the Microsoft Azure Marketplace and the Virtual Machine Gallery, subject to separate terms available at
https://learn.microsoft.com/legal/marketplace/marketplace-terms
.
Bing Search Services
By using the Bing Search Services, Customer agrees to be bound by the terms available at
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis/legal
and
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/search-apis/bing-web-search/use-display-requirements
which may be updated from time to time. Customer must use results it obtains from the Bing Search Services only in Internet Search Experiences (as defined in the use and display requirements) and must not cache or copy results.
Service Specific Terms
Subscription License Suites
In addition to User SLs, refer to
Subscription License Suites
for other SLs that fulfill requirements for Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Defender for Identity, and Microsoft Intune.
API Terms for Security Applications and Compliance Applications
“
Compliance Application
” means a software program or service built exclusively to ensure that an organization is complying with their security-related requirements.
“
Security Application
” means a software program or service built exclusively to protect and defend the information and technology assets of an enterprise.
“
End User
” refers to the end-user of the Security Application or Compliance Application.
“
Customer
” refers to the registered owner of the Azure subscription where the Security Application or Compliance Application is registered with Microsoft Entra ID.
The following terms and conditions apply to
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery APIs in Microsoft Graph
:
The End User must have one of the following Microsoft 365 E5/E7 eligible licenses: Microsoft 365 E5/A5/G5/E7, Microsoft Purview Suite, or Microsoft 365 E5 eDiscovery & Audit.
Microsoft will bill Customer for all commercial consumption of the data generated in the review set that exceeds the included monthly seeded allowance per End User tenant.
These terms and conditions supersede any terms and conditions contained elsewhere, including the Microsoft APIs Terms of Use [
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-apis/terms-of-use
].
Azure Databricks
Any third-party models that Microsoft makes available in Azure Databricks are deemed
Non-Microsoft Products
.
Microsoft Entra ID Basic
Customer may, using Single Sign-On, pre-integrate unlimited Applications/Custom Applications per User SL. This covers Microsoft as well as third party applications.
Microsoft Entra ID
Customer may, using Single Sign-On, pre-integrate SaaS Applications/Custom Applications. Customer may not copy or distribute any data set (or any portion of a data set) included in the Microsoft Identity Manager software that is included with a Microsoft Entra ID (P1 and P2) User SL.
External User Allowance
For each User SL (or equivalent Subscription License Suite) Customer assigns to a user, Customer may also permit up to five additional
External Users
to access the corresponding Microsoft Entra ID service level. This option is not available to new customers nor customers using (or who have used) the service under a Monthly Active User count.
Customers may use Microsoft Entra ID External Identities (including any applicable Add-on) only for their
External Users
.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance
Customers may use Microsoft Entra ID Governance for Guests (including any applicable Add-on) only for their
External Users
.
Windows Server and SQL Server management capabilities enabled by Azure Arc
General Requirements
Customer is authorized to apply certain Windows Server and SQL Server management capabilities enabled by Azure Arc only to Operating System Environments (
OSEs
) that:
Are covered by an active Software Assurance (SA) plan, or
Have active subscription licenses.
SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc
Use Rights
SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc licenses are not assigned to any given Server and are therefore not subject to the License Assignment and Reassignment clause.
Licenses are billed according to the terms of the license meter. Customer must connect to Azure at least once every 30 days via direct connected mode or indirect export mode to report usage data.
Notwithstanding the
Outsourcing Software Management
clause, Customer may run SQL Managed Instance enabled by Azure Arc containers on Microsoft Azure, its own devices, or devices under the day-to-day management and control of third parties.
Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc
General Requirements
Customer is authorized to apply Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc only to Operating System Environments (
OSEs
) that:
Are covered by an active Software Assurance (SA) plan, or
Have active subscription licenses, or
Have been acquired as 'License-Included' services through a Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) partner.
In this context, "License-Included" refers to the scenario where Customer licenses Windows Server or SQL Server directly from a SPLA partner, rather than using their own licenses.
Disaster Recovery and Dev/Test Environments
Customer may apply Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc to the following
OSEs
for no additional cost:
Customer’s entitled Disaster Recovery
OSEs
associated with its underlying software licenses.
Development, test, and related OSEs licensed with Microsoft Developer edition licenses or Visual Studio subscriptions.
SQL Server Requirements
For SQL Server Extended Security Updates Year 2 and subsequent versions, Customer is permitted to apply Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc only if the Licensed Server is also covered with a SQL Server Extended Security Updates license for the preceding year.
Use of Updated Software
Customer may continue to use updated software after coverage expires. However, no future updates will be available if ESU subscription is terminated or cancelled.
Support
Extended Security Updates licenses (ESUs) do not include support unless the customer is covered by one of the following support plans: Pay Per Incident, Unified, and Premier Support for Partners. Support for Products with ESU coverage is limited to the following issues:
Deployment, installation, and activation of ESU keys, license and updates
Bugs/regressions introduced with the installation of a security update
Troubleshooting services and assistance to resolve known and documented issues related to the underlying operating systems.
Support for Products with ESU coverage does not include general technical support and troublesome assistance for the underlying products except as specified above. Issue resolution is not guaranteed.
SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc
Outsourcing
Notwithstanding the
Outsourcing Software Management
clause, Customer may use SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc on its own devices, or devices under the day-to-day management and control of third parties, subject to the following exception:
When using SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc with physical core licensing with unlimited virtualization under a pay-as-you-go subscription, Customer is only entitled to run SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc on its own devices or
Servers
under the day-to-day management and control of
Authorized Outsourcers
, regardless of whether those Servers are dedicated to Customer.
Unlimited Virtualization
When using SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc with physical core licensing under a pay-as-you-go subscription, an Enterprise edition license with Software Assurance, or an Enterprise edition subscription license, customers may run any number of instances of the software in any number of OSEs on the Licensed Server, subject to the Outsourcing terms set forth above. Without limiting Microsoft’s other remedies, if Customer fails to comply with these Outsourcing terms for any OSEs, Customer may be charged for consumption based on virtual core licensing for any period of non-compliance, and any physical core licensing will not apply to offset such charge.
SQL Server – Fail-over Rights
For each of its
Primary Workloads
, Customer is entitled to:
One
Fail-over OSE
for any purpose, including high availability, on any
Server
(subject to the
Outsourcing Software Management
clause); and
Two
Fail-over OSEs
specifically for disaster recovery purposes:
One on any server (subject to the
Outsourcing Software Management
clause); and
One on Microsoft Azure servers, subject to Ratio of Qualified Licenses to Azure vCores as stipulated in the Azure Hybrid Benefit terms for SQL Server.
Customer may also run
Primary Workloads
and its disaster recovery
Fail-over OSEs
simultaneously for brief periods of disaster recovery testing every 90 days. Customer may perform the following maintenance-related operations for any permitted Fail-over OSE:
Database consistency checks or Checkdb
Log Back-ups
Full Back-ups
Monitoring resource usage data
Fail-over OSEs
permitted for disaster recovery must be asynchronous and manual.
Fail-over OSEs
may not serve SQL Server data to users or devices or otherwise run active SQL Server workloads. The number of licenses that otherwise would be required for a
Fail-over OSE
must not exceed the number of licenses required for the corresponding
Primary Workload
. These fail-over rights require SA for both the Licensed Server and CALs, if any, and do not apply when Customer deploys SQL Software under
License Mobility through SA
.
Enablement of GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
In addition to a
Licensed User
permitting access to Azure DevOps, a customer must activate GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps for each repository where the service is required, allowing
Unique Committers
to utilize the service.
Windows Server pay-as-you-go enabled by Azure Arc
Use Rights and Conditions for Use
For Servers subject to the
Outsourcing Software Management clause
, Customer may use the pay-as-you-go subscription option as long as it is (i) registered with Customer’s Azure subscription and (ii) connected to Customer’s Azure subscription over the Internet at least once every thirty (30) consecutive calendar days. Customer may not work around any mandatory registration or sign-up process for the pay-as-you-go subscription.
License Restrictions
Customer may use either Windows Server Standard or Windows Server Datacenter edition, subject to the respective
license model terms
. When using Datacenter edition with physical core licensing, unlimited virtualization does not apply.
Azure Communication Gateway
Azure Communications Gateway is only available for use by
Telecommunication Service Providers
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Customer’s volume licensing agreement, Microsoft has no defense obligation or liability for any infringement claim for patents alleged to be infringed by the implementation of any
Standards
in Azure Communications Gateway. Customer is responsible for obtaining any required licenses directly from the holders of such rights.
Azure Communication Services
Customer Responsibility
Azure Communication Services ("ACS") is a developer product and an input to customers' applications. Customer may only use Azure Communication Services for business purposes. Customers are solely liable for their applications or offerings that incorporate Azure Communication Services capabilities and services.
Notices
The H.264/AVC Visual Standard notice in
Notices
section applies.
Recording and Transcription
It is your responsibility to ensure that the users of your application are notified when recording or transcription are enabled in a call or meeting. Microsoft will indicate to you via the Azure Communication Services API that recording or transcription has commenced and you must communicate this fact, in real time, to your users within your application's user interface. If you have configured your policy to require explicit consent for recording or transcription, you are required to gather explicit consent from your users.
Microphone
It is your responsibility to ensure that the users of your application are notified when a microphone is being accessed by the Azure Communication Services SDK. Microsoft will indicate to you via the Azure Communication Services API that the microphone has been acquired and is ready to be used or is in use by the calling SDK. You as a developer are responsible for notifying your end users if the microphone is in use.
Microsoft Teams Interoperability
Interoperability between Azure Communication Services and Microsoft Teams enables your applications and users to participate in Teams calls, meetings, and chat. In addition to existing charges in Teams for PSTN connectivity, you will be charged consumption fees in Azure Communication Services.
When Teams users join Teams meetings on the Teams clients then the call is covered by your Teams licenses. When a user makes a call using Azure Communication Services or when a Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Entra user makes a call with ACS calling SDK it will be charged based on Azure Communication Services fees.
License Terms Precedence
Some Azure Communication Services, including private previews and Previews, may be provided under a separate license, such as an open-source license. In the event of a conflict between these terms and any separate license, the separate license will prevail with respect to the Azure Communication Service that is the subject of such separate license. Each party reserves all rights (and no one receives any rights) not expressly granted by the foregoing licenses.
End User Information
Except in instances required by law or regulation, Microsoft does not retain information that identifies individual end users. Customer acknowledges that, should it delete or de-link end user identifying information in its possession, Microsoft shall have no responsibility to reconstitute the information.
Defense of Claims
You agree to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify Microsoft and its directors, officers, employees, affiliates, and agents from and against any and all demands, assertions, and legal proceedings brought by any third party (and all resulting judgments, settlements and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs)) arising from a material breach of these terms by you or your subcontractors, agents, employees, or customers. This includes, without limitation, breach of the obligation to comply with applicable telemarketing laws and the U.S. Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.
Messaging Application
ACS SMS and MMS services involve an integration between Microsoft and the underlying carrier, aggregator, or operator ("Operator"). Microsoft must share application details and/or campaign information with the Operator to ensure that the program meets regulatory guidelines and standards set by operators. The Operator is the final reviewer and approver of your service application. If the details you provide on your application change, it is your responsibility to resubmit your application with up-to-date information. By submitting an application, you agree that Microsoft may share the application details as necessary for provisioning the ACS messaging service.
Messaging Policy
Customer and its end users shall comply with the Azure Communication Services Messaging Policy. The Messaging Policy applies to SMS, MMS, and email communications. Microsoft reserves the right to suspend or remove access to Azure Communication Services for Customer or its end users that do not comply with the Messaging Policy. The Messaging Policy is available at
https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/communication-services/concepts/telephony-sms/messaging-policy
.
Azure DevOps
Use for Development and Testing
Customer may only access and use Azure DevOps to develop and test Customer’s application(s). Only one
Licensed User
may access a virtual machine provided by Azure DevOps at any time.
Authorized Developer
Customer appoints Microsoft as its authorized developer with respect to Apple software included in Azure DevOps. Microsoft is responsible for complying with the terms for any such software included in Azure DevOps and will keep confidential any confidential information of Apple accessed as part of Azure DevOps.
Third Party Repository Service Access
If Customer grants Microsoft access to its third-party repository service account(s), Customer authorizes Microsoft to scan the account(s), including the contents of Customer’s public and private repositories.
Azure DevTest Labs
Secrets in DevTest Labs
Azure DevTest Labs automatically creates a key vault when a user saves a secret for the first time. Customer may not use this key vault to store anything other than DevTest Lab related passwords, SSH keys, or personal access tokens.
Microsoft Dev Box
Permitted Usage
Customer must use Microsoft Dev Box ("Dev Box") to design, develop, or test applications. Other use is permitted if Customer is also using Dev Box for one of the aforementioned purposes.
Dev Box is not eligible for the Azure Customer Solution clause in the General Service Terms for Azure.
License Prerequisites
The
Licensed User
must be licensed with each of the following: Windows 10/11 Enterprise/Education, Intune, and Microsoft Entra ID P1/P2. In addition to being available independently, all these licenses are also included in Microsoft 365 F3/E3/G3/E5/E7/G5/A3/A5/Business Premium/Student Use Benefit.
Network Egress
Microsoft reserves the right to restrict network egress due to high bandwidth usage.
Use as a Server
You may not use the service to perform server functions to devices outside of the service or to third parties.
Distributed Computing
You may not use the service for sustained distributed computing or digital asset transaction validation workloads.
Data Handling
Windows 365 integrates data (including
Customer Data
) between other Microsoft Products including Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Azure Virtual Desktop, and other Online Services as configured by Customer, if any (collectively for purposes of this provision the "Windows 365 Integrated Services"). Once data is transferred between the Windows 365 Integrated Services, that data is governed by the Product Terms applicable to the Product in which it resides.
Microsoft eDiscovery Graph API Standard
Licensing Prerequisites
License
License Prerequisite
Microsoft eDiscovery Graph API Standard
Microsoft 365 E3
Microsoft Fabric
Power BI
Customer's use of Power BI within Microsoft Fabric is subject to
Power BI service specific terms
and notices terms provided under the Power BI Platform section of these Online Services product terms.
Healthcare Data Solutions in Fabric
Access to Healthcare Data Solutions in Fabric requires a subscription to Microsoft Fabric. Healthcare Data Solutions in Fabric are subject to the Online Services terms governing Azure Services.
Workload Hub
Publisher workloads offered through the Workload Hub are deemed to be
Non-Microsoft Products
.
Firmware Analysis
Use
Customer may use the service only for its internal use and may not sell, lease, or market the service to third parties. Firmware Analysis results (“Analysis Results”) may only be disclosed in accordance with the Disclosure section below. Customer’s use of the Analysis Results is subject to the Acceptable Use Policy.
Maximum Uploads and Images
Customer may load up to the maximum number of uploads and images in Customer’s workspace in accordance with the workspace tier licensed by Customer as described in the Firmware Analysis documentation at
https://aka.ms/firmwareanalysislicensing
.
No Warranties
Microsoft makes no express or implied warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information provided in the Analysis Results. The Analysis Results are only intended for informational purposes and should not be relied upon as a definitive measure of vulnerability assessment or system security.
Disclosure
Subject to the restrictions in these Product Terms, Customer may disclose Analysis Results (a) to its contractors or vendors for use on Customer’s behalf and (b) to the firmware owner.
If Customer wants to disclose Analysis Results publicly, Customer must first: (a) independently verify the results, and (b) follow industry best practices for Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) such as Microsoft's approach to CVD (
https://www.microsoft.com/msrc/cvd
) or as documented by CISA (
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/programs/coordinated-vulnerability-disclosure-program
). After completion of (a) and (b) and as part of any public disclosure, Customer must (x) reference the Firmware Analysis service as the source of the Analysis Results, and (y) include the following disclaimer: these Analysis Results are not a definitive measure of vulnerability assessment or system security.
Azure Health Bot Service
Customer Obligations
Customer is solely responsible for: (1) the accuracy and adequacy of information and Data furnished through use of the Azure Health Bot Service; (2) implementing a secure application-to-application authentication method between the
Customer Health Bot Application
and the Azure Health Bot Service; (3) obtaining appropriate consent from end users in connection with their use of the
Customer Health Bot Application
; and (4) displaying appropriate warnings, disclaimers, and acknowledgements to end users in connection with their use of the
Customer Health Bot Application
, including, as applicable, those set forth in the following
form
.
Azure IoT Operations
Use Rights and Use Cases
For each instance of Azure IoT Operations in the below use cases, Customer may (1) allow a maximum of 5 users to access the operations experience portal; (2) configure its data flow endpoints to include a maximum of 50 concurrent endpoints; and (3) use the connector for OPC UA to enable connections to a maximum of 2 OPC UA servers. Use cases are as follows:
Production Use. Customer may install and use Azure IoT Operations. Customer may not use Azure IoT Operations on Listed Provider clouds.
Non-Production Use. Customer may install and use Azure IoT Operations on Listed Provider and non-Listed Provider clouds.
Trial Use. Customer may install and use Azure IoT Operations on Listed Provider and non-Listed Provider clouds as described at
https://aka.ms/AzureIoTOperations/pricing
.
Use Limitations
For each use case of Azure IoT Operations above, Customer may not (1) separate the Azure IoT Operations components for use as a stand-alone product or with other products or services or (2) replace or substitute Azure IoT Operations components with third party components.
Included Microsoft Components
Azure IoT Operations may include other Microsoft components listed at
https://aka.ms/AzureIoTOperations/Includedcomponents
. Use of these components, as described in the associated documentation at
https://aka.ms/AzureIoTOperationsDocs
is governed by these license terms.
Azure IoT Operations connectors Use Rights and Use Cases
The following terms apply to: Azure IoT Operations connector for REST/HTTP, Azure IoT Operations connector for SSE, Azure IoT Operations connector for ONVIF, Azure IoT Operations media connector, and Azure IoT Operations connector for MQTT. For each instance, Customer may install and use the connector on Listed Provider and non-Listed Provider clouds only for Non-Production and Trial Use Cases.
Azure IoT Operations connector for OPC UA Use Rights and Use Cases
For each instance of Azure IoT Operations connector for OPC UA, Customer may install and use the commanding capability of the Azure IoT Operations connector for OPC UA on Listed Provider and non-Listed Provider clouds only for Non-Production and Trial Use Cases.
Schema Registry feature of Azure Device Registry in Azure IoT Operations Use Rights and Use Case
Customer may use the schema registry feature from Azure Device Registry within Azure IoT Operations in Production, Non-Production and Trial Use Cases. Customer may use a maximum of 200 schemas per schema registry.
Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials
Use Rights and Conditions for Use
Customer may use Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials (AKS EE) only on Windows and Windows Server to host, manage, and service validly licensed containers running validly licensed applications.
One (1) SL for AKS EE permits Customer to use AKS EE on one (1) physical device or virtual machine.
Pre-Release Features
Microsoft may provide pre-release features in AKS EE which are for preview purposes only and may not be used in a production environment. Such pre-release features may not work correctly or the way a final commercial version of the features will. Microsoft may change the commercial versions of such features or may not release commercial versions.
Feedback
If Customer gives feedback about the pre-release features or AKS EE to Microsoft, Customer gives to Microsoft, without charge, the right to use, share and commercialize Customer feedback in any way and for any purpose. Customer will not give feedback that is subject to a license that requires Microsoft to license its software or documentation to third parties because Microsoft includes Customer feedback in them. These rights survive Customer’s volume licensing agreement.
Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local and Azure Kubernetes Service Runtime on Windows Server
Use Rights and Conditions for Use
Customer may use Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local (AKS on Local) and Azure Kubernetes Service Runtime on Windows Server (AKS on WS) (collectively, AKS) only (i) on Azure Local (with respect to AKS on Local) or Windows Server (with respect to AKS on WS) running on servers dedicated to Customer’s use and (ii) to host, manage, and service validly licensed containers running validly licensed applications.
Customer may use AKS as long as it is registered with Customer’s valid Azure subscription in order to enable additional AKS functionality and to meter and invoice Customer.
Included Microsoft Applications
AKS may include other Microsoft applications. These license terms apply to those included applications, if any, unless other license terms are provided with the other Microsoft applications.
Third Party Software
AKS may include third party components with separate legal notices or governed by other agreements, as may be described in the ThirdPartyNotices file(s) accompanying AKS or within AKS itself.
License Restrictions
Customer may not work around any mandatory registration or sign-up process for AKS.
Customer Support
Any support for AKS is provided “as is”, “with all faults”, and without warranty of any kind.
Updates
AKS may automatically download and install updates for you. You agree to receive these automatic updates without any additional notice. Updates may not include all existing software features, services, or peripheral devices.
Azure Lab Services
While Microsoft provides Azure Lab Services to Customer, as between Customer and Microsoft, Customer is the sole provider of related services to Customer’s end users and shall have sole and exclusive responsibility to end users, including any support obligations. Customer’s end users are not a party to any agreement with Microsoft regarding the services.
Notification; Liability; Bar on Actions Against Microsoft
Customer will notify Microsoft promptly of any incidents that could have an impact on Microsoft such as a data breach, password issues, end user complaint(s), loss of user data, or intellectual property or privacy claims.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that Microsoft has no obligation or liability to Customer or any end user for the end user’s usage of the service.
By using the service, an end user may not bring any action against Microsoft in relation to the services. If any end user does bring an action against Microsoft, the Indemnification provision in this section applies.
Indemnification
Customer agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Microsoft from and against any claim by an end user, third party, and/or regulatory authority in connection with the service provided to end users. Customer shall pay any resulting judgment, or settlement, and all costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, and expenses related thereto.
End User Terms
In order to provide the services to end users, Customer and Customer’s end users must validly agree to a binding, written agreement that contain the substance of the following requirements:
Statement of Relationship
: Customer is the sole provider of the services. Customer is responsible for providing any support to end users. The services will be provided by Customer to Customer’s end users under your terms of use and privacy policy.
Compliance; Acceptable Use
: Customer is solely responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, including, but not limited GDPR, with respect to Customer’s provision and end users’ use of the service. In addition, for clarity and without limiting the Acceptable Use Policy, Customer and Customer’s end users may not use Azure Lab Services to facilitate or engage in cryptocurrency mining. Violation of this prohibition may result in suspension of the service, as set forth in the Acceptable Use Policy.
Disclaimer of Warranties
: Customer will disclaim any and all warranties in connection with the services, and Customer will disclaim the same with respect to Microsoft.
Limitation of Liability and Exclusion of Damages
: Customer will disclaim liability and exclude damages in a way that is consistent with the provisions of any applicable agreement(s) between Customer and Microsoft.
Updates
Customer is responsible for updating the virtual machines (VMs) in Customer’s portfolio. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Microsoft may, but is not obligated to, take any action it deems reasonable in its business judgment with respect to the VMs in your portfolio, including applying any updates or other changes generally applicable to the services.
Azure Machine Learning service
NVIDIA Components
Azure Machine Learning service may include NVIDIA Corporation’s CUDA Toolkit, Tesla drivers, cuDNN, DIGITS, NCCL, and TensorRT (the “NVIDIA Components”), Customer agrees that its use of NVIDIA Components is governed by the NVIDIA Cloud End User License Agreement for Compute at
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=874330
.
Model Catalog/Registry
Any third-party models that Microsoft makes available in the Model Catalog and/or Model Registry are deemed to be
Non-Microsoft Products
subject to the terms for
Non-Microsoft Products
in these Microsoft Product Terms. Customer’s use of any such third-party models is governed by the third-party license terms provided in connection with the model.
Azure Maps
Navigation restrictions
Customer may not use Azure Maps, or any part thereof (1) to enable turn-by-turn navigation functionality in any
Customer Solution
or use within an automatic or autonomous vehicle control; or (2) with a vehicle’s dashboard, or a device connected to a vehicles dashboard, systems, or sensors, except that the device may be connected to the vehicle power source for charging purposes.
Database restrictions
Customer may not use Azure Maps or any part thereof to create a competing database or service, or a derived database populated wholly or partially with Customer’s content and/or content supplied or created by any third party.
Customer will not use the content delivered by the Azure Maps in combination with any other third-party database, except that Customer may layer onto the content a type of content not already included within Azure Maps (such as Customer's proprietary content) or which Microsoft separately licenses to Customer.
When using content licensed under or subject to an open-source license, Customer may not combine the use of Azure Maps, or any part thereof, in a way that potentially compromises copyright protection.
Customer will not modify or create a derivative work based on Azure Maps, or any part thereof, unless expressly permitted to do so under these terms.
API Results
Microsoft may, in its sole discretion, limit the rate at which Azure Maps, or any portion thereof, may be called.
Customer may not cache or store results delivered by the Azure Maps API for the purpose of scaling such Results (as defined below) to serve multiple users, or to circumvent any functionality in Azure Maps, including but not limited to (i) map data tiles, or (ii) information on the calculation of a path between two (2) or more points (“Route”) information (collectively the “Results”).
Caching and storing Results and locations (latitude and longitude pair) or addresses that have been returned from a call to Azure Maps (“Geocode”/ ”Reverse Geocode”) are permitted where the purpose of caching is to reduce latency times of the
Customer Solution
. Results may not be stored for longer than: (i) the validity period indicated in returned headers; or (ii) 6 months, whichever is shorter. However, Customer may store Geocodes as long as Customer maintains an active Azure account.
Customer may not display any Results, and/or Azure Maps Weather service results, solely as described in these Terms, on any third-party content or geographical map database.
Map Content
Use of content displaying the TomTom copyright notice must be in accordance with restrictions set forth in the TomTom Licensing Third Party Product Terms and EULA (
https://tomtom.com/product-attributions/
).
Azure Maps may include content that is subject to the Open Data Commons Open Database License ("ODbL"), available at
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
or a successor site. Customer’s use of such content is subject to the terms of the ODbL, including the License and Community Guidelines available at https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Community_Guidelines, as well as these terms.
Additional information on Customer’s use of Azure Maps or functionalities is described in product documentation.
Imagery Content
When using Azure Maps, Customer may not, nor may permit end users to, replace maps from Azure Maps with maps supplied by any other mapping platform. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Customer may overlay satellite/aerial imagery that Customer has the rights to use, provided that such imagery does not substantially replace the base satellite/aerial imagery provided by Azure Maps. Customer may not modify or create a derivative work based on any content using machine learning or artificial intelligence, unless expressly permitted to do so under these terms.
User region parameter
User region parameter in Azure Maps must be used in compliance with applicable laws, including those regarding mapping, of the country where maps, images and other content and third-party content that Customer is authorized to access via Azure Maps is made available.
No warranty for accuracy
Microsoft and its suppliers make no warranty that the maps, images, content or any content delivered by Azure Maps will be accurate or complete.
Copyright
Customers may not remove, obscure, mask or change any logo and/or copyright notice placed on or automatically generated by Azure Maps. Customer must display in a conspicuous manner within
Customer Solution
any Microsoft or third-party attribution provided by Microsoft. In addition, customers using the Azure Maps Render services must use the "Get Map Attribution” API to obtain the copyright attribution text and display it in their
Customer Solution
.
Print Rights
Customer may and allow end users to print, save, or use screen shots of Azure Maps, or any part thereof, of the type “Road Map” and "Satellite" (“Prints”). Prints may be used for commercial purposes. Acceptable commercial purposes for Prints include: (i) use in an advertisement or press article about Microsoft products or services; (ii) sending PDF Prints to customers; (iii) printing a browser page including Azure Maps, or any part thereof, to create a flyer or handout; (iv) use within documents or presentations; and (v) sending in an email.
Prints must include the following copyright attribution statement: "Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.”
Customer may not, nor may Customer permit end users to:
Use Prints in a way that is disparaging, defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, any of its products, or any other person or entity.
Use Prints of an identifiable individual.
Make more than 5,000 copies of any single Road Map Print or Satellite imagery.
Access, download, transmit or save the ‘raw’ data (tiles) from Azure Maps under any circumstances.
Use Prints to create production maps which are similar to or compete with commercial maps or atlases.
Use Azure Maps to produce Prints similar to a local mapping authority.
Directly or indirectly imply Microsoft sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of Customer’s product or service.
Use Prints in a comparative advertisement.
Alter a screen shot in any way except to resize the screen shot.
Include Prints in Customer’s product user interface.
Make prints that display the Zenrin copyright notice, © [Year] Zenrin. For example, maps isolated solely on Japan.
Broadcast Media & Entertainment
Customer may use the imagery provided in Azure Maps with television programming and the Road Maps in Azure Maps with television programming, media and entertainment use. Customer may only use Azure Maps to provide graphics, imagery, animations and/or video showing Azure Maps that are intended to be viewed by end users who are unable to interact with the final graphics, imagery and/or video. Customer may use Azure Maps solely in conjunction with and integrated into Customer Solution that use Azure Maps for broadcast use (“Broadcast Applications”) using only methods and means of access that are documented. The media incorporating the Road Maps content from Azure Maps may be stored, recorded, distributed, and redistributed both online and offline for television broadcast, media and entertainment use (including movies and similar scenarios), except for Road Maps of France, Australia, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Japan. The media incorporating the imagery content from Azure Maps may be: (i) recorded, distributed and redistributed online as part of television broadcasts and (ii) stored and distributed offline for television broadcast purposes only, except for Road Maps in type "Hybrid" of France, Australia, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Japan. Additional rights may only be obtained by written agreement with Microsoft.
Customer must follow the content attribution requirements provided at:
https://www.microsoft.com/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks
. To the extent applicable local law prohibits Customer from attributing content sources by displaying their logos with Azure Maps, Customer must prominently display the source of the content as a text string.
In developing Broadcast Applications, and in using Azure Maps, Customer may not, nor may Customer permit end users to distribute or broadcast the road traffic data from Azure Maps.
Azure Orbital
Authorization Required
Customers may not use the Azure Orbital service to receive signals from or transmit signals to a satellite space station without the authorization of its operator. By subscribing to the Azure Orbital service, you represent to Microsoft that your intended operations will occur only with the satellite space-station operator’s consent.
Azure Private 5G Core
Software License
Subject to the following terms and conditions, Microsoft grants you a nonexclusive, limited, royalty-free, nontransferable right to use the Azure Private 5G Core software solely as part of an
Azure Private MEC Solution
. Customer agrees that it will only use Azure Private 5G Core after review by Microsoft and may be required to assent to additional terms and conditions, visit
aka.ms/ap5gcvalidation
.
Azure Local
Use Rights and Conditions for Use
Customer may use the Azure Local software only (i) on devices dedicated to Customer’s internal use and (ii) as a host operating system to manage and service validly licensed virtual machines running validly licensed applications. Any server that is under the management or control of an entity other than Customer or one of its Affiliates is subject to the
Outsourcing Software Management
clause. Customer may use the Azure Local software as long as it is (i) registered with Customer’s valid Azure subscription in order to enable additional Azure Local functionality and to meter and invoice Customer and (ii) connected to Customer’s Azure subscription over the Internet at least once every thirty (30) consecutive calendar days.
License Restrictions
Customer may not (i) work around any mandatory registration or sign-up process for Azure Local or (ii) run any applications, operating system roles, and/or other workloads directly on the Azure Local software except for (A) utilities and operating system roles and (B) virtualized machines running Azure Local, both (A) and (B) as necessary to enable Azure Local to host, manage, and service validly licensed virtual machines running validly licensed applications.
Disconnected Operations for Azure Local
Use Rights and Conditions for Use
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Azure Local Product Terms:
Customer may deploy disconnected operations only on Azure Local instances. Customer must at all times maintain an Azure resource representation to operate Azure Local in disconnected mode. Disconnected operations are intended for use with no online connectivity to an Azure billing endpoint.
Customer will license all physical cores of Azure Local managed through disconnected operations for the duration of the one-year license period, including the physical cores required to run the local control plane. If Customer’s physical core usage under the management of disconnected operations exceeds their purchase plan during the license period, Customer must true-up their license accordingly, and billing will be adjusted based on the new total core count for the remainder of the license period. Microsoft reserves the right to audit the core counts and usage. Customer will renew their license period before the beginning of the next license period to continue the usage of disconnected operations for Azure Local. If Customer does not renew the license period prior to the end of the applicable license period, Customer will no longer have the rights to use Azure Local with disconnected operations.
Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server VM Licensing applies to Windows Server VMs running on Azure Local with disconnected operations.
Compliance with Trade Laws
Customer shall ensure that it, any of its directors or officers, or to the best of Customer’s knowledge, its employees or agents, Enrolled Affiliates, or Enrolled Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, or agents are not sanctioned persons designated under applicable Trade Laws.
Customer shall provide Microsoft with prompt written notice if Customer or any of its Enrolled Affiliates receive notice from any government agency of any investigation, inquiry, or proceeding for any actual or alleged noncompliance of or with any Trade Laws related to activities subject to this Agreement.
Customer shall comply with global use restrictions in Microsoft’s product or service terms relevant to this agreement, as updated from time to time.
Customer shall not make available Microsoft Items to any entity or individual designated on any export or sanctions restriction lists under Trade Laws, in each case, without specific government authorization required by Trade Laws.
Azure Stack Hub
Use of Azure Stack Hub
Customer may use Azure Stack Hub only on the hardware on which it is preinstalled.
Use of the Default Provider Subscription
The subscription created for the system administrator during the Azure Stack Hub deployment process (the default provider subscription) may be used solely to deploy and manage the Azure Stack Hub infrastructure; it may not be used to run any workload that does not deploy or manage Azure Stack Hub infrastructure (e.g. it may not be used to run any application workloads).
Azure Stack Hub Plan
Customer may use Microsoft Azure Stack Hub on a
Licensed Server
, provided it acquires a number of SLs equal to the number of
Physical Cores
on that
Server
. Licenses are reduction eligible; however, ongoing use remains subject to the requirement to retain licenses equal to the
Physical Cores
on the
Server
.
Azure SQL Edge
IoT Device
Any
IoT Device
that is under the management or control of an entity other than Customer or one of its Affiliates is subject to the
Outsourcing Software Management
clause.
Use of Azure SQL Edge
Customer may install and use any number of copies of the Azure SQL Edge software on an
IoT Device
dedicated to Customer’s use and to which a
License
is assigned. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Universal Terms for Online Services
, Customer may reassign a
License
at any time to other
IoT Device
s dedicated to its use. If Customer installs any features or functionalities other than the Azure SQL Edge software (whether derived from Microsoft or third party software) on the
IoT Device
, then those other features or functionalities may be used only to support the IoT Program.
Azure SQL Managed Instance
SQL Server Fail-over Rights
Azure SQL Managed Instances include the following Fail-over entitlements:
One geo-secondary specifically for disaster recovery purposes.
Customer will only be charged for compute, storage, and any associated services, as applicable.
Customer may also run
Primary Workload
and its disaster recovery replica simultaneously for brief periods of disaster recovery testing every 90 days, and around the time of a disaster, for a brief period, to assist in the transfer between them. Customer may perform the following maintenance-related operations for any permitted replica:
Database consistency checks or Checkdb
Executing backups
Monitoring resource usage data
The number of vCores used may not exceed the vCore size of the corresponding
Primary Workload
, except for brief periods during upscaling, downscaling, and failover events. Replicas may not serve SQL Server data to users or devices or otherwise run active SQL Server workloads.
Azure SQL Server Virtual Machines
SQL Server Fail-over Rights
SQL Server Virtual Machines include the following Fail-over entitlements:
One
Fail-over OSE
for any purpose, including high availability; and
One
Fail-over OSE
specifically for disaster recovery purposes.
Customer will only be charged for compute, storage, and any associated services, as applicable.
Customer may also run
Primary Workload
and its disaster recovery
Fail-over OSE
simultaneously for brief periods of disaster recovery testing every 90 days, and around the time of a disaster, for a brief period, to assist in the transfer between them. Customer may perform the following maintenance-related operations for any permitted
Fail-over OSE
:
Database consistency checks or Checkdb
Executing backups
Monitoring resource usage data
Fail-over OSEs
permitted for disaster recovery must be asynchronous and manual. The number of vCores used may not exceed the vCore size of the corresponding
Primary Workload
.
Fail-over OSEs
may not serve SQL Server data to users or devices or otherwise run active SQL Server workloads.
Azure SQL Database
SQL Server Fail-over Rights
Azure SQL Database include the following Fail-over entitlements:
One geo-secondary specifically for disaster recovery purposes.
Customer will only be charged for compute, storage, and any associated services, as applicable.
Customer may also run
Primary Workload
and its disaster recovery replica simultaneously for brief periods of disaster recovery testing every 90 days, and around the time of a disaster, for a brief period, to assist in the transfer between them. Customer may perform the following maintenance-related operations for any permitted replica:
Database consistency checks or Checkdb
Monitoring resource usage data
The number of vCores used may not exceed the vCore size of the corresponding
Primary Workload
, except for brief periods during upscaling, downscaling, and failover events. Replicas may not serve SQL Server data to users or devices or otherwise run active SQL Server workloads.
Azure Virtual Desktop Per User Access
Definitions
“End User” means a third-party individual that acquires Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution from Customer for End User’s own internal use (without the right to resell or redistribute it).
“Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution” means an application or any set of applications that adds primary and significant functionality to the Azure Virtual Desktop.
Use Rights
Azure Virtual Desktop per user access licenses are only available for Customer’s external commercial purposes to serve Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solutions to third parties on Azure. Customer may not use the licenses acquired under this model for internal purposes. Customer may assign no more than one million user identities licensed under this model to its Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts.
To access Azure Virtual Desktop for internal business purposes Customer may acquire select Windows Enterprise and Microsoft 365 licenses. Please see the relevant product sections for more details.
End User Entitlements
End Users may connect to up to five Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts at once.
Hosting Entitlement
The General Service Terms Azure Customer Solution clause does not apply. Notwithstanding the general restrictions in Customer’s agreement that preclude reselling, redistributing, or using the Products to offer commercial hosting services to third parties, Customer may, subject to the conditions set forth below:
Combine Azure Virtual Desktop per user access licenses with applications owned or licensed by Customer or a third party to create an Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution solely for use on Microsoft Azure, and permit End Users to access and use Azure Virtual Desktop per user access licenses in connection with the use of that Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution on a rental, subscription or services basis (whether or not a fee for such use is paid).
Additional Terms
Indemnification
. Customer agrees to defend Microsoft from and against any claim by an End User, third party, and/or regulatory authority arising from, or in connection with, the Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution provided to End Users. Customer will pay the amount of any adverse final judgment or approved settlement resulting from a claim covered by this section. The obligations under this section are not subject to the limitation of liability or exclusion of certain damages under Customer’s volume licensing agreement.
Support
. Microsoft is not obligated to provide support services to Customer or its End Users in connection with the Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution. Customer alone is responsible for providing technical support to End Users for all aspects and components of the Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution, either itself or by obtaining and continuously maintaining support for its End Users through Microsoft or a third party. Customer must inform End Users of this fact. Any support from Microsoft for questions or issues that arise as part of Customer’s support of the Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution must be obtained under a separate support services agreement.
END USER AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Company must:
Notify each End User before or at the time of purchase (in the appropriate language versions for the locations in which Company will deliver the Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution) that the Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution contains Microsoft technology that is subject to certain license terms and that the End User must agree to the license terms before using the Product.
Include the following acknowledgment in the credit screen or about screen and documentation of any Azure Virtual Desktop Customer Solution: "© Copyright 2021 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.”
Present and execute license terms in a manner that forms a contract binding the End User under applicable law. Such license terms must contain the substance of the requirements contained in the following exemplar:
TERMS AND CONDITIONS REGARDING USE OF MICROSOFT SOFTWARE & ONLINE SERVICES
This document governs the use of software and online services (“Software Services”) that [insert Service Provider’s name] (“Service Provider”) provides to you on a rental, subscription or services basis, and that include Microsoft software and online services (“Microsoft Products”). Service Provider does not own the Microsoft Products and the use thereof is subject to certain rights and limitations of which Service Provider must inform you. Your right to use the Microsoft Products is subject to the terms of your agreement with Service Provider, and to your understanding of, compliance with, and consent to the following terms and conditions, which Service Provider does not have authority to vary, alter, or amend.
OWNERSHIP OF MICROSOFT PRODUCTS
. The Microsoft Products are licensed to Service Provider from an affiliate of the Microsoft Corporation (collectively “Microsoft”). Microsoft Products are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Microsoft Products and related elements including but not limited to any images, photographs, animations, video, audio, music, text and “applets” incorporated into the Microsoft Products are owned by Microsoft or its suppliers. You may not remove, modify or obscure any copyright trademark or other proprietary rights notices that are contained in or on the Microsoft Products. The Microsoft Products are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. Your possession, access, or use of the Microsoft Products does not transfer any ownership of the Microsoft Products or any intellectual property rights to you.
USE OF SOFTWARE SERVICES
. You may use the Software Services only in accordance with your agreement with Service Provider and these terms. These terms permanently and irrevocably supersede the terms of any Microsoft End User License Agreement that may be presented in electronic form during the installation and/or use of the Software Services.
COPIES
. You may not make any copies of the Products.
LIMITATIONS ON REVERSE ENGINEERING, DECOMPILATION AND DISASSEMBLY
. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Products, except and only to the extent that applicable law, notwithstanding this limitation, expressly permits such activity.
NO RENTAL
. You may not rent, lease, lend, pledge, or directly or indirectly transfer or distribute the Products to any third party, and may not permit any third party to have access to and/or use the functionality of the Products except for the sole purpose of accessing the functionality of the Products in the form of Software Services in accordance with the terms of this agreement and any agreement between you and Service Provider.
TERMINATION
. Without prejudice to any other rights, Service Provider may terminate your rights to use the Products if you fail to comply with these terms and conditions. In the event of termination or cancellation of your agreement with Service Provider or Service Provider’s agreement with Microsoft under which the Products are licensed, you must stop using and/or accessing the Products, and destroy all copies of the Products and all of their component parts within thirty (30) days of the termination of your agreement with Service Provider.
NO WARRANTIES, LIABILITIES OR REMEDIES BY MICROSOFT
. Microsoft disclaims, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all warranties and liability for damages by Microsoft or its suppliers for any damages and remedies whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from the Software Services. Any warranties and liabilities are provided solely by Service Provider and not by Microsoft, its affiliates or subsidiaries.
PRODUCT SUPPORT
. Any support for the Software Services is provided to you by Service Provider or a third party on Service Provider’s behalf and is not provided by Microsoft, its suppliers, affiliates or subsidiaries.
NOT FAULT TOLERANT
. The Products are not fault-tolerant and are not guaranteed to be error free or to operate uninterrupted. You must not use the Products in any application or situation where the Product(s) failure could lead to death or serious bodily injury of any person, or to severe physical or environmental damage (“High Risk Use”).
EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
. The Products are subject to U.S. export jurisdiction. You must comply with all applicable laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, as well as end-user, end-use and destination restrictions issued by U.S. and other governments. For additional information, see
http://www.microsoft.com/exporting/
.
LIABILITY FOR BREACH
. In addition to any liability you may have to the Service Provider, you agree that you will also be legally responsible directly to Microsoft for any breach of these terms and conditions.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
. You must permit Service Provider to disclose any information requested by Microsoft under the Service Provider’s Agreement. Microsoft will be an intended third-party beneficiary of your agreement with Service Provider, with the right to enforce provisions of your agreement with Service Provider and to verify your compliance.
PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION
. The Software Service will be provided by Service Provider you under its privacy policy.
Azure VMware Solution
Deployment and Usage Information
Customer authorizes Microsoft to share with VMware its status as a customer of Azure VMware Solution and associated Azure VMware Solution deployment and usage information.
Microsoft AI Services
For purposes of this section, “Services” means collectively the
Microsoft Azure AI Services
.
Product Documentation
Microsoft may provide technical documentation regarding the appropriate operation applicable to the Services (including the applicable developer guides), which is made available online by Microsoft and updated from time to time. Customer acknowledges and agrees that it has reviewed this documentation and will use the Services in accordance with such documentation, as applicable. Some Services are intended to process
Customer Data
that includes Biometric Data (as may be further described in product documentation) which Customer may incorporate into its own systems used for personal identification or other purposes. Customer acknowledges and agrees that it is responsible for complying with the Biometric Data obligations contained in the Microsoft Products and Services DPA (https://aka.ms/DPA).
Limited Access Services
Certain Services (or versions thereof) require registration and are subject to limitations on access and use based on Microsoft’s eligibility and use criteria, as updated by Microsoft from time to time (“Limited Access Services”). The following Services are Limited Access Services:
Azure Speech TTS custom voice
Azure Speech custom TTS avatar
Azure Vision Face
Azure Vision celebrity recognition
Azure Video Indexer Applied AI Service
Foundry Models sold by Azure
that are designated as Limited Access
Foundry Models sold by Azure
(Modified Content Filtering/Abuse Monitoring/Guardrails for High-Risk Content)
Microsoft Discovery
NOTE:
In addition to the services listed here, (i)
Microsoft Azure AI Services
Previews may be designated, in applicable preview terms, as subject to Limited Access Services terms; and (ii) certain versions of
Microsoft Azure AI Services
, such as versions in containers, may be designated, in product documentation or otherwise, as subject to Limited Access Services terms.
Customer may only use Limited Access Services (including when used in a Customer Solution) in accordance with the applicable Product Terms, product documentation, and these Limited Access Services terms; solely for the permitted uses specified in its registration form; and in accordance with any commitments and/or representations made in its Limited Access Services registration form. Customer will provide current, complete, and accurate information in all registration forms and other materials provided to Microsoft pursuant to these Limited Access Service terms. Microsoft may require Customer from time to time to re-verify that all information submitted to Microsoft regarding Customer and Customer’s use of the Limited Access Services remains accurate, complete, and up to date, and that Customer is using the Limited Access Services in accordance with the information submitted and these terms. Customer must respond to requests for re-verification from Microsoft within ten (10) business days of receiving a request (requests may be provided via self-certification Azure tools). If Microsoft needs additional information to assure compliance with these terms or eligibility for access to Limited Access Services, Customer will reasonably cooperate with Microsoft to provide such information within thirty (30) business days of request.
Microsoft may re-assess Customer’s eligibility to access and use Limited Access Services from time to time. If Microsoft determines that Customer no longer meets Microsoft’s eligibility and use criteria for a Limited Access Service (or that Customer does not meet eligibility and use criteria for a Service that has become a Limited Access Service), Microsoft will provide Customer with 12 months’ notice before discontinuing Customer’s access to and use of that Limited Access Service, unless security, legal, or system performance considerations require an expedited discontinuation of access. This does not apply to Previews and does not affect any other rights and remedies available to Microsoft with respect to Customer’s use of Services.
In addition to Microsoft’s right to discontinue access to and use of a Limited Access Service when Customer no longer meets Microsoft’s eligibility and use criteria (or Customer does not meet eligibility and use criteria for a Service that has become a Limited Access Service), Microsoft may limit, suspend or terminate Customer’s access to a Limited Access Services for non-compliance with any of the terms in this section (including without limitation Customer’s use of a Limited Access Service in a manner that is inconsistent with the Customer’s Limited Access Service registration form or with requirements in applicable product documentation), without advance notice but only to the extent reasonably necessary under the circumstances.
Grounding with Bing Search
When Customer uses Grounding with Bing Search and/or Grounding with Bing Custom Search (including use as part of Web Search Tools or Web Knowledge Source), Customer’s use will be of a
First-Party Consumption Service
governed by the terms at
https://www.microsoft.com/bing/apis/grounding-legal-enterprise
.
Web IQ
Access to and use of Web IQ is subject to Microsoft’s review and approval. If Customer is eligible to use Web IQ, Customer’s use will be governed by the terms at
https://aka.ms/WebIQTerms
including the use and display requirements, each of which may be updated from time to time.
Microsoft Foundry Models
Foundry Models sold by Azure
:
Foundry Models sold by Azure
are subject to the
Universal License Terms for Online Services
(including the terms for
Microsoft Generative AI Services
) and Azure service terms as supplemented or modified below:
Limited Access
: Microsoft reserves the right to designate specific
Foundry Models sold by Azure
(or versions of models) as Limited Access Services, in which case the Limited Access Services terms for
Microsoft Azure AI Services
will apply to access to and use of such designated model.
Data Use and Access for Abuse Monitoring
: Except for the Limited exception below, as part of providing the
Foundry Models sold by Azure
, Microsoft will temporarily store
Input
and
Output Content
, to monitor for and prevent abusive or harmful uses or outputs of the service. Authorized Microsoft employees may review such data that has triggered our automated systems to investigate and verify potential abuse. For customers who have deployed
Foundry Models sold by Azure
in the EU Data Boundary, the authorized Microsoft employees will be located in the European Economic Area. See the product documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/
for more information.
Limited exception
. The Data Use and Access for Abuse Monitoring terms will not apply if and to the extent Customer is approved for and complies with all requirements to use
Foundry Models sold by Azure
with Modified Abuse Monitoring.
Use of
Output Content
for fine-tuning.
Notwithstanding the restrictions on Use of Content for Training in the Universal License Terms for
Microsoft Generative AI Services
, and unless otherwise provided in the Model-Specific Terms for
Foundry Models sold by Azure
, Customers may use
Foundry Models sold by Azure
to create synthetic data for use solely to fine-tune the following model types and use them as described below:
Foundry Models sold by Azure
, using the fine-tuning capabilities of and for deployment in Microsoft Foundry Models,
Azure AI custom models, using the fine-tuning capabilities of and for use in that Microsoft Azure AI service,
Fine-tunable models available in the Microsoft Foundry model catalog, using Azure fine-tuning capabilities of and for deployment via serverless API (Model-as-a-Service),
Models that are (i) designed to modify
Input
or
Output Content
for Customer's use case and (ii) are deployed in one or more applications that interact with a
Microsoft Generative AI Service
.
Model-Specific Terms.
Certain
Foundry Models sold by Azure
are subject to additional model-specific terms, provided
here
.
Models from Microsoft other than
Foundry Models sold by Azure
(
First-Party Consumption Services
).
Microsoft may make models available in a Model Catalog, Model Registry, or otherwise as
First-Party Consumption Services
subject to the Azure availability clause and subject to the license terms provided with the models.
Third-party models.
Any third-party models that Microsoft makes available through Microsoft Foundry Models (including in a Model Catalog, Model Registry, or otherwise), but which are not
Foundry Models sold by Azure
or
First-Party Consumption Services
, are Non-Microsoft Products and subject to the terms for Non-Microsoft Products. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such models will be deemed Microsoft AI Services for purposes of the Microsoft Enterprise AI Services Code of Conduct.
Foundry Tools and Content Safety
Limit on Customer use of service output
Customer will not use and will not allow third parties to use
Foundry Tools
or data from
Foundry Tools
to create, train, or improve (directly or indirectly) a similar or competing product or service.
Text-to-Speech (TTS) Services
Customer Data submitted to TTS Services
: Customer represents and warrants that Customer has all necessary right, title, and interest to use all Customer’s Data submitted to TTS Services.
TTS Service output use rights
: For Customers of the paid tier TTS Service only, Customer may use the audio output of prebuilt neural voices generated using the TTS Service, including for commercial purposes.
Customized TTS Services and use of Synthetic Voices
Permissions:
Customer represents, warrants and certifies that (i) it has explicit written permission from the voice owner(s) contained within its audio files (“Voice Talent”) to use their personal data, including his/her voice likeness to create voice model(s) (“Synthetic Voice(s)”), (ii) Customer’s agreement(s) contemplate the duration of use of the Synthetic Voice and any content limitations and (iii) Customer has shared Microsoft’s disclosure guidance for voice talent (
https://aka.ms/disclosure-voice-talent
) with Voice Talent directly or through Voice Talent’s authorized representative that describes how synthetic voices are developed and operate in conjunction with TTS services. Microsoft reserves the right to require Customer to provide audio files containing acknowledgements by Voice Talent(s). Customer acknowledges and agrees that Microsoft may use this to perform speaker verification against Customer’s audio training files; however, Microsoft’s retention of audio files does not create or imply an obligation that Microsoft will perform speaker verification.
Permitted uses:
In addition to compliance with the Acceptable Use Policy, the Microsoft Enterprise AI Services Code of Conduct (
https://aka.ms/AI-CoC
) sets the minimum requirements that all implementations of TTS Services must adhere to in good faith. Customer shall have the exclusive right to use the Synthetic Voice(s)s created by Customer and made available through use of the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in the DPA, Customer acknowledges and agrees that Microsoft may retain a copy of each Synthetic Voice created by Customer and may, but is not obligated to, use the Synthetic Voice(s) to investigate and respond to any alleged violations of the service terms. Customer agrees and grants Microsoft a limited nonexclusive irrevocable worldwide license to retain acknowledgment audio voice consent file(s)s and a copy of the Synthetic Voice(s) for the limited purposes above. Customer is required to secure and maintain all rights necessary for Microsoft to retain and use the acknowledgment audio files and Synthetic Voice(s) as described in this section without violating the rights of Voice Talent(s) or any other third party or otherwise obligating Microsoft to Customer, Voice Talent or any other third party. This paragraph will survive termination or expiration of Customer’s agreement.
Translation Attribution
When displaying automatic translations performed by Azure AI Service, Customer will provide reasonably prominent notice that the text has been automatically translated by the subject Service.
Azure AI Search
When Customer uses Web Knowledge Source, which uses Grounding with Bing Search and/or Grounding with Bing Custom Search, Customer’s use will be of a First-Party Consumption Service governed by the terms at
https://www.microsoft.com/bing/apis/grounding-legal-enterprise
.
Integrated Services
When
Foundry Tools
or Azure Machine Learning services are accessed and used through Microsoft Foundry, the product terms applicable to those services apply in addition to applicable Microsoft Foundry terms.
Content Safety
Sample Content
If Customer chooses to provide Microsoft with examples of Customer content (“Sample Content”) to help Microsoft tailor the service to Customer’s requirements as described in the service documentation, Customer agrees (a) that Microsoft will review and use it in accordance with that documentation, and (b) that Customer will abide by any requirements in that documentation, including the requirement not to include personal, confidential, or commercially sensitive information in Sample Content.
Services in Containers
Features of
Foundry Tools
and Content Safety that are available in containers are licensed to Customer under this agreement as Online Services, and the containers are also subject to the terms for Use of Software with the Online Service. Customer may install and use any number of containers on Customer’s hardware devices that are dedicated to Customer’s exclusive use, subject to the conditions specified below for connected and disconnected containers, respectively. For containers installed on dedicated hardware that is under the management or control of an entity other than Customer or one of its Affiliates, the Outsourcing Software Management clause of the
Universal License Terms for All Software
.
Microsoft may offer required and/or optional updates or supplements to the services in containers. If an update is required, Customer will update the container in accordance with the Microsoft notice requirements; failure to perform these updates may affect the container's functionality and/or the container may stop operating.
The containers include material that is confidential and proprietary to Microsoft. Customer agrees to keep that material confidential and to promptly notify Microsoft if Customer becomes aware of any possible misappropriation or misuse.
Connected Containers:
Connected containers are designed to connect to a billing endpoint. Customer must configure any connected containers it uses to communicate with the billing endpoint so that the billing endpoint meters all use of the container(s). In addition to the rights to install and use containers on dedicated hardware, Customer may also install and use any number of connected containers in Customer's Microsoft Azure Service accounts; all rights to install and use connected containers are subject to Customer’s enabling and maintaining metering for all such containers.
Disconnected Containers:
Disconnected containers are intended for use with no online connectivity to an Azure billing endpoint. Disconnected containers are subject to the terms for Limited Access Services. Disconnected containers have limited capacity workloads and usage is measured in units. As specified in the terms for Purchasing Microsoft Azure Services, Customer must pay upfront for a commitment tier at the number of units necessary to meet Customer’s actual service usage for each license period. Customer has the rights specified above to install and use disconnected containers on dedicated hardware provided that the aggregate service usage in all Customer’s disconnected containers does not exceed the usage for which Customer has paid for the applicable license period. Disconnected container units expire at the end of the license period, and Customer must activate (or reactivate, as applicable) disconnected container units before the beginning of the next license period. If Customer fails to reactive a disconnected container prior to the expiration of the applicable license period, the disconnected container will stop operating after the license expires.
Defender for Cloud – Use on Devices Managed by Third-Parties
Notwithstanding the
Outsourcing Software Management
clause, Customer may use Defender for Cloud with workloads running on Microsoft Azure, its own devices, or devices under the day-to-day management and control of third parties.
Express Route Global Reach
Express Route Global Reach is an Azure Service offering data transport capabilities to Express Route users in certain locations. Express Route Global Reach is provided by the Microsoft Affiliate authorized in a given country to administer it. Pricing for Express Route Global Reach may include applicable taxes and fees. Express Route Global Reach terms may vary from country to country. All included taxes, fees and country-specific terms of use are disclosed in the terms of use available at
https://aka.ms/CommunicationServicesTerms
.
Microsoft Defender for Identity
Extended Use Rights for Microsoft Defender for Identity Customers
Customer may also install and use Advanced Threat Analytics locally to manage client
OSEs
(or Server
OSEs
used as client
OSEs
) that are used solely by users to whom licenses are assigned. This right expires when Customer’s subscription expires.
Automatic Updates for Microsoft for Identity
Microsoft Defender for Identity may automatically download and install updates for you. You agree to receive these automatic updates without any additional notice.
Microsoft Genomics
No Medical Use
Microsoft Genomics is not a medical device and outputs generated from its use are not intended to be statements of fact, nor are they to be used as a substitute for medical judgment, advice, diagnosis or treatment of any disease or condition.
Visual Studio App Center
Use for Development and Testing
Customer may only access and use Visual Studio App Center to develop and test Customer’s application(s). Only one Licensed User may access a virtual machine provided by Visual Studio App Center at any time.
Authorized Developer
Customer appoints Microsoft as its authorized developer with respect to Apple software included in Visual Studio App Center. Microsoft is responsible for complying with the terms for any such software included in Visual Studio App Center and will keep confidential any confidential information of Apple accessed as part of Visual Studio App Center.
Third Party Repository Service Access
If Customer grants Microsoft access to its third-party repository service account(s), Customer authorizes Microsoft to scan the account(s), including the contents of Customer’s public and private repositories.
Cloud Add-ons to SA
Customer may acquire
Cloud Add-on to SA
User
SLs
subject to the following conditions:
Customer must have active SA for the corresponding Qualifying Licenses
Customer may acquire one
Cloud Add-on to SA
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SL
for each Qualifying License(s), unless provided otherwise in these terms
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User
SLs
between true-up dates in advance of the acquisition of the Qualifying Licenses
Cloud Add-on to SA
User
SLs
expire upon the earlier of the expiration of the SA coverage for the Qualifying License or the
Cloud Add-on to SA
User
SL
term, unless provided otherwise in these terms.
Cloud Add-on to SA
User
SLs
may only be reassigned to users with Qualifying Licenses.
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