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Changes from Microsoft in September 2026

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September 2026

Pricing(5)

  1. Microsoft 365 Copilot: nonprofits can stack 15–40% CSP promotions on the 15% offer

    PricingMicrosoft 365 Copilot

    Eligible nonprofits no longer pick one or the other: promotions of 15%, 20%, 30% or 40% come on top of the nonprofit offer until 31 December 2026.

    #Microsoft’s announcement

  2. Microsoft 365 E5, E7 and Microsoft 365 Copilot: current CSP promotions close on 30 September 2026

    PricingMicrosoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 E7 +2 +1

    Microsoft switches to partner growth margins from 1 October 2026. Buy by 30 September to still use today's CSP promotions.

    #Microsoft’s announcement

  3. Microsoft 365 Copilot Business: pay-as-you-go billing switches on by default from 2 November 2026

    PricingMoved to 1 December 2026, see October 2026Microsoft 365 Copilot Business

    Moved to 1 December 2026, see October 2026

    Your new CSP licences, standalone or bundled, come with it and a preset monthly limit. That unlocks usage-based features such as Copilot Cowork, Work IQ APIs and GitHub Copilot Harness.

    • Microsoft 365 Copilot Business
    #Microsoft’s announcement

  4. Windows Server 2016 ESU Year 1-3: CSP prices corrected from 8 September 2026

    PricingExtended Security Updates for Windows Server Standard Core, Extended Security Updates for Windows Server DC Core +1

    The August 2026 CSP price list showed wrong prices for Standard Core and DC Core. Partner Center carries the corrected ones, so ignore the earlier figures.

    • Extended Security Updates for Windows Server Standard Core
    • Extended Security Updates for Windows Server DC Core
    #Microsoft’s announcement

  5. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 ESU Year 1-3: listed in CSP from 8 September 2026

    PricingWindows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 ESU

    A publishing delay kept the offers off the September 2026 price list until the republish on 8 September 2026.

    • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 ESU
    #Microsoft’s announcement

Products & features(5)

  1. Copilot: Home, Code and Autopilot merge into one experience in the Frontier program

    Products & featuresCopilot

    Home brings together Chat, Cowork and Office; Autopilot is a cloud-hosted agent. Your user subscriptions cover everyday use, while advanced capabilities are billed by usage.

    • Copilot
    #Microsoft’s announcement

  2. Microsoft Sentinel: managed tenants move to the Microsoft Defender portal from September 2026

    Products & featuresMicrosoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender +1

    If you are not yet on the unified experience, you get about 30 days' notice. With several workspaces, move XDR-dependent content to the primary workspace; the Azure portal experience retires 31 March 2027.

    • Microsoft Sentinel
    • Microsoft Defender
    #Microsoft’s announcement

  3. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Activate: Salesforce migration planner enters limited public preview

    Products & featuresMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Activate, Dynamics 365 +1

    The AI-assisted tool analyses your Salesforce data, processes, customisations and dependencies to plan a move to Dynamics 365. ERP and other scenarios are to follow.

    • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Activate
    • Dynamics 365
    #Microsoft’s announcement

  4. Dynamics 365 and Power Platform: roadmap moves to AI at Work; Release Planner ends 15 November 2026

    Products & featuresMicrosoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform +2 +1    Upcoming

    Upcoming

    Roadmap items for Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Dataverse now update continuously, and there is no 2026 release wave 2 announcement. Release schedules stay the same.

    • Microsoft Dynamics 365
    • Power Platform
    • Dataverse
    #Microsoft’s announcement

  5. Microsoft Marketplace: map purchases to your own purchase orders

    Products & featuresMicrosoft Marketplace

    You can allocate Marketplace spend to specific business needs and tie it into your existing procurement and finance processes.

    • Microsoft Marketplace
    #Microsoft’s announcement

Retirements(1)

  1. Office LTSC 2021, Project LTSC 2021 and Visio LTSC 2021: end of support on 13 October 2026

    RetirementsOffice LTSC 2021, Project LTSC 2021 +2 +1

    After that date you get no updates, security fixes or support. Microsoft points you to Microsoft 365 plans, or to the LTSC 2024 versions where you cannot use the cloud.

    • Office LTSC 2021
    • Project LTSC 2021
    • Visio LTSC 2021
    #Microsoft’s announcement

  1. 16 more prices read from microsoft.com/de-ch on 25 September 2026, among them Microsoft 365 F3 at CHF 8.10 (annual); no Microsoft price changed

    Microsoft list prices, 25 September 202685 prices read — no price changed, 16 newly read, none removed.

    Newly read by ClearSource from microsoft.com/de-ch: Microsoft 365 F3 · Microsoft 365 F1 · Microsoft 365 F3 EEA (no Teams) · Microsoft 365 F1 EEA (no Teams) · Microsoft Defender Suite (formerly Microsoft 365 E5 Security) · Microsoft Purview Suite (formerly Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance) · Microsoft Defender Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium · Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium · Microsoft Defender and Purview Suites for Microsoft 365 Business Premium · Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Add-on · Power Apps Premium · Power Automate Premium · Microsoft Viva Suite · Windows 365 Enterprise 2 vCPU 4 GB 128 GB · Windows 365 Enterprise 2 vCPU 8 GB 128 GB · Windows 365 Enterprise 4 vCPU 16 GB 128 GB

    Source: microsoft.com/de-ch

  2. Microsoft 365 roadmap: 112 features planned for general availability this month: 16 launched, 23 rolling out, 73 in development

    Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (29) · Microsoft Teams (15) · Microsoft Copilot Studio (14) · Microsoft Viva (13) · Outlook (11)

    Open the Microsoft 365 roadmap

Source: Microsoft Partner Center announcements, September 2026

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ClearSource summarises Microsoft’s announcements in its own words and links each one to the original. Announcements that only concern Microsoft’s partners (partner programmes, tools, incentives) are left out. Prices are Microsoft’s public list prices for Switzerland in CHF, excl. VAT.