Microsoft News: New Microsoft Prices from January 2022

December 31, 2021
Microsoft solutions

Microsoft has announced price changes of their cloud server licensing. These changes will mainly impact server licensing, RDS licensing, Microsoft 365 applications licensing.

Price Changes

This is the full list of price changes to Microsoft technologies related to Windows Server 2022 and Office 2021.

Changes are applicable worldwide, across commercial corporate and academic prices.

Product Family	Description	Price Increase
Win Rmt Dsktp Svcs SAL	WinRmtDsktpSrvcsSAL ALNG LicSAPk MVL	10%
Windows Rights Mgmt Services CAL	WinRghtsMgmtSrvcsCAL ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Windows Server DC Core	WinSvrDCCore ALNG LicSAPk MVL 2Lic CoreLic	10%
Windows Server STD CORE	WinSvrSTDCore ALNG LicSAPk MVL 2Lic CoreLic	10%
Core Infrastructure Svr Ste DC Core	CISSteDCCore ALNG LicSAPk MVL 2Lic CoreLic	7%
Core Infra Svr Ste Std Core	CISSteStdCore ALNG LicSAPk MVL 2Lic CoreLic	5%
Office Professional Plus	OfficeProPlus ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Office Standard	OfficeStd ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Office Multi Language Pack	OfficeStd ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Project Professional	PrjctPro ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL w1PrjctSvrSAL	10%
Project Server	PrjctSvr ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Project Standard	Prjct Std ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Visio Professional	VisioPro ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Visio Standard	VisioStd ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Visual Studio Enterprise	VSEnt ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Visual Studio Professional	VSEnt ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%
Visual Studio Test Professional	VSTstPro ALNG LicSAPk MVL SAL	10%

Windows Server 2022 and Office 2021

Windows Server 2022, the next Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release, makes it possible for customers to run their business applications with confidence in different environments, from cloud to Microsoft Azure. It was made available in-Service Provider Licence Agreement (SPLA) starting September 2021.

Windows Server 2022 introduces advanced multi-layer security and hybrid capabilities with a flexible application platform. It is bringing secured-core capabilities to Windows Server to secure systems that would run workloads on Windows Server 2022. It is based on technologies such as Windows Defender System Guard and Virtualization-based Security to minimize risk from firmware vulnerabilities and advanced malware. It also provides faster and more secure encrypted HTTPS connections, industry standard SMB AES 256 encryption and more.

Office LTSC (Long-Term Service Channel), the next version of the Office perpetual release is now also available in SPLA.

Both Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) programs will see price changes similar to price changes in commercial licensing.