UK government renews cloud discount pricing MoU with Microsoft

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The UK government has renewed its longstanding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft so that public sector organisations can continue to access discounted pricing on the tech giant’s cloud infrastructure and software products. The Digital Transformation Arrangement 2021 (DTA21) MoU is set to run for three years from 1 May 2021 until April 2024 and will give all eligible public sector organisations access to preferential pricing and beneficial terms of service on a mix of Microsoft cloud products, as well as related consultancy and support. Philip Orumwense, commercial director and chief technology procurement officer at the CCS, said: “This agreement recognises the significance of cloud computing to the UK public sector as it continues its digital transformation and aims to build back better. “It shows the government’s determination to drive transformation as well as adopt value-for-money technologies that improve services and ensure government departments and their staff have the digital tools they need, now and in the future.” In a mailout to subscribers, Georgina O’Toole, chief analyst at TechMarketView, said the updated arrangement will provide enhanced support to public sector organisations that want to adopt hybrid and multicloud strategies, while achieving costs savings, particularly as the MoU will allow them to maintain any licensing discounts they already have in place for on-premise Microsoft server products. “The arrangement recognises the increasing importance of cloud computing as the government seeks to accelerate its transformation post-Covid with a focus on sustainability and social value,” she said.

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