Microsoft Renewal · Executive Briefing
Negotiating a Microsoft EA Renewal
An executive playbook for building the deal on your terms: what drives the cost, the levers Microsoft will use, and the communication discipline that decides the outcome.
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Prepared by NoSaveNoPay · June 2026 · For IT, finance and procurement leadership
22 to 35%
Reduction against Microsoft's standard renewal pricing on a structured process
60%
Share of E5 estates using fewer than four of the nine E5 only features
$30
Copilot list per user per month, a starting price and not a final one
12 to 18%
Unified Support increase across most tiers, often with no service gain
What is inside
- What you are actually negotiating: the three deals inside every EA renewal
- The six cost drivers and the typical swing each one carries
- Microsoft's six renewal levers and the counter to each
- The twelve month, three phase build that creates leverage
- The scripted lines your executives hold when Microsoft reaches them directly
- The six point executive checklist for signing on your terms