Changes to Microsoft Product Terms – October 2026

Changes to Microsoft Product Terms – October 2026

A new month brings new changes to some Microsoft Product Terms - read the summary of the latest amendments to be made.

Published on 5th October 2026

Project

Removed Project Plan 5 and Project Essentials.

🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Project

Microsoft 365

Added Microsoft 365 Education A7 to the Availability table(s) to support the launch of Microsoft 365 Education A7 and added G7 and GCC A365.

🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Microsoft365

Microsoft Azure

Added terms for Azure IoT Operations Essentials and launched the Private GA of Future Capacity Reservations for Azure models, the terms reflect the use rights for customers for the same model.

🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure

Microsoft IQ

Added new section.

Updated Microsoft AI Customer Solution language.

🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/MicrosoftIQ

Student Use Benefits and Academic Programs

Updated Student Use Benefit Entitlements by Qualifying Program table to include Microsoft 365 Education A7 as a Qualifying Product.Updated links to Microsoft Unified Service Descriptions.

🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/StudentUseBenefitsandAcademicPrograms/all

Security and Compliance

Microsoft has redesigned the Security and Compliance Product Terms experience to simplify how customers find and navigate Security licensing product terms across the Microsoft Security portfolio. The redesign creates a more consistent, customer-friendly approach to accessing Security licensing terms and use rights.

1. A new Security and Compliance landing page has been introduced as the central entry point for security and compliance related Product Terms

2. Service Specific Product Terms for Microsoft Defender Experts, Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Microsoft Intune have been moved under the Microsoft Security landing page

3. Security-related terms that were previously distributed across multiple Product Terms locations have been reorganised into dedicated product-family pages for:
– Microsoft Defender
– Microsoft Entra
– Microsoft Purview

4. Licensing prerequisites, availability tables, and service-specific terms are being consolidated onto the applicable product-family pages

5. Existing Product Terms pages will include cross-references and links to the new locations

6. Product Terms applicability remains unchanged. No licensing rights, use rights, product entitlements, or contractual obligations are being added, removed, or modified. Existing clause text is being relocated solely to improve discoverability and navigation; meaning, scope, and application remain the same

7. Certain consumption-based services, such as Microsoft Entra External Identities and Defender for Cloud, will continue to reference Azure Terms where applicable

🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/SecurityandCompliance

Glossary

Added definition of Microsoft AI Customer Solution.

🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary/all

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