Changes to Microsoft Product Terms – October 2024

Changes to Microsoft Product Terms – October 2024

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

Published on 3rd October 2024

Privacy & Security Terms

Updated Microsoft Purview in the Core Online Services table. Moved certain Privacy & Security Terms, which were previously located in the individual Product Offerings pages for Online Services, to the Privacy & Security Terms section of the Product Terms site. See the new “Exceptions to the DPA” section. This update was made to categorize similar terms together and improve the customer experience and discoverability of Privacy & Security terms.

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

SQL Server

Added Self-Hosting and Disaster Recovery clause for Customers with subscription licenses for Windows Server.

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

Office Desktop Applications (Windows)

Updated Availability Table and corresponding references for Office LTSC 2024, and Office LTSC 2024 Applications.

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

Office for Mac

Updated Availability Table and corresponding references for Office LTSC for Mac 2024, and Office LTSC for Mac 2024 Applications.

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

Windows Desktop Operating System

Added Windows Enterprise LTSC 2024 to Availability Tables.

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

Windows Server Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials

Added Self-Hosting and Disaster Recovery clause for Customers with subscription licenses for Windows Server.

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

Project

Updated Availability Tables to reflect the updated Planner and Project Plan 3/5 naming.

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

Microsoft 365

Added Microsoft 365 A5 Security offerings for Students to Availability and Prerequisite Tables.

Added 10-Year Audit Log Retention, Defender Vulnerability Management, Internet Access, Private Access, Python in Excel, and Secure Access Essentials Frontline Worker to Availability tables for EAEAS, MCA and License Prerequisites table.

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

Microsoft Azure

Added support section to Extended Security Updates (ESU) terms.

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

Software Assurance Benefits

Added support section to Extended Security Updates (ESU) terms.

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

GitHub Offerings

Added GitHub Copilot Enterprise to Availability Tables. Also added a clause for GitHub Core Online Services, as well as Security Practices and Policies for GitHub Core Online Services.

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

Glossary

Updated “Covered Product” and “External Users” definitions. Added definition of GitHub Core Online Services.

Updated definition of Reduction Eligible attribute to clarify that EAS customers may report reductions as described in the Enterprise Subscription Enrollment.

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

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