May 3, 2023 | By admin

With its Bridge to the Cloud 2 promotion, Microsoft is encouraging its customers to accelerate their digital transformation journey.

Microsoft recently launched its “Bridge to the Cloud 2” New Commerce Experience (NCE) promotion. This offers eligible Dynamics on-premises commercial customers a 40% discount during a 3-year non-cancellable term when migrating to most Dynamics 365 online products licensed through an eligible partner-led NCE subscription.

What do you need to know

Promotion overview

  • Sign-up period: February 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024
  • Promotion duration: Fixed 3-year term from enrolment
  • Minimum subscription must equal the value of the current Enhancement Plan (EP)
  • Additional users can be added at a 40% discount rate.

Promotion terms and details

  • Eligible Products: This promotion applies to customers migrating from most Dynamics on-premises perpetual products purchased through Dynamics Price List (DPL) to functionally similar Dynamics 365 online per-user offers for commercial customers with a 3-year term on NCE. Figure 1 below lists eligible ‘from’ and ‘to’ products.
  • Sign-up period: February 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024.
  • Promotion duration: Fixed 3-year term from enrolment. Non-renewable and after the promotional period ends, normal pricing will apply.
  • Pricing: 40% discount on the standard commercial list price.
  • Licensing program: Cloud Solution Provider (CSP).

Licensing requirements

  • Initial CSP value: Customer must purchase eligible Dynamics online licenses with an annualised value greater than or equal to the annual EP renewal amount of their existing Dynamics on-premises license.
  • Maintain CSP value: Customers must maintain the minimum CSP license value during the promotional term.
  • Active EP plan: Customers must have an active plan for the on-premises system being migrated (at the promotion enrolment).
  • Existing customers only: The customer’s original Dynamics on-premises product must have been licensed prior to September 1, 2022.

Please contact us for further explanation of what this would look like for your organisation.

Figure 1: Eligible “from” and “to” products.  *Throughout this promotion, customers with a licensed Dynamics ERP on-premises product can migrate to Dynamics 365 Business Central or Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.

Benefits of moving to the cloud

Transitioning legacy systems and applications from on-premises to the cloud may appear overwhelming and require significant organisational effort. However, the numerous advantages of migrating to the cloud far surpass the associated challenges. Cloud migration benefits include:

  • Improved scalability – The cloud offers an almost infinite scale of compute, storage and network capacity. Organisations can scale up or down easily and quickly. Growing organisations require more space in a cloud environment to cope with increasing demands.
  • Global availability – Modern organisations require data that has a global reach. Organisations that rely on centralised data centres often find global expansion difficult. Features and adaptability of cloud technologies are not dependent on location.
  • Security – One of the primary misgivings organisations have when migrating to the cloud is security. On-premises data centres allow for direct control over security measures that comply with company standards. With cloud technology, you maintain peace of mind with access to 24/7 unified security management across hybrid cloud networks.
  • Disaster recovery – With cybersecurity and risk management remaining at the forefront of IT and business concerns, disaster recovery is vital for cloud services. Cloud technologies prioritise disaster recovery through exceptional coverage in regional and global fail-over options.
  • Cost savings and expenditure – Cost savings continue to be one of the main drivers behind migrating to cloud services. With all the necessary infrastructure and implementation support, Microsoft supports customers through cloud deployments, allowing them to reduce initial hardware and ongoing information technology (IT) support spending.
  • Simplified management monitoring – Organisations can manage and monitor their on-premises data centre and cloud resources from a single screen through central management tools.
  • Compliance – Some cloud platforms have specialist offerings to seamlessly meet compliance requirements – ideal for highly regulated industries such as finance, healthcare and government.

Incremental is committed to supporting our customers on their digital transformation journeys. Our cloud migration services include full life cycle support for cloud and infrastructure, from consulting to migration, ongoing support and governance.

If you would like to learn more about Microsoft’s Bridge to the Cloud 2 promotion or our cloud migration services please contact us today.