Microsoft is moving to annual price adjustments for its commercial cloud services – could more bill shocks be on the way?

• Microsoft moves to exchange rate control once a year, not twice a year
• Many commercial products saw price increases due to AI, security
• Other recent changes can all add up to big price changes

In an effort to make pricing more predictable for customers and partners, Microsoft is dropping its current twice-yearly exchange rate audit to once a year for many of its commercial cloud lines.

The change will reduce the frequency of unexpected price changes for organizations across services such as Microsoft 365, Office 365, Dynamics 365 and more.