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We are excited to introduce a new feature for all Microsoft ESD and Microsoft Perpetual (license-based) assets called “Edit Pricing Info.” In the Cloud BSS portal, you can now easily adjust the pricing of active assets for the current billing term. The new "Edit Pricing Info" button, located on the asset details page, allows you to modify the pricing of license-based assets during the current billing term.

💎 Value: This feature allows for greater flexibility in managing asset pricing, ensuring that changes are reflected accurately and instantaneously. It also maintains billing synchronization with real-time asset events while providing a more efficient and precise approach to billing adjustments.

⚙️ How it works: The “Edit Pricing Info” action applies adjustments from the start of the current billing termimmediately, following specific business rules. Pricing changes cannot be made if there are pending invoices , or the asset is under promotion, or the asset is in a trial phase. The availability of the button depends also on various certain rules. Upon completion, an invoice is generated automatically if the date matches the account's billing daytwo invoices (one credit and one debit) are generated automatically. All changes are logged with the effective date as the start date of the current billing term.

We are excited to announce another significant enhancement to our billing process, allowing the automated generation of invoices after subscription or add-on full cancellations in BSS. This feature builds on previous improvements like automated invoicing after quantity changes (3.28.167), new add-on creation, and edits in Pricing Information (3.28.170).

💎 Value: The enhancement contributes to streamlining the billing process and centralizing all invoices in BSS with the invoice date matching the transaction date. This way, customers can maintain accurate billing records within the same calendar month.

⚙️ How it works: After the full cancellation of any subscription or add-on, BSS will automatically and immediately generate a new invoice. If the billing date doesn’t match the cancellation date, the invoice will be in status Pending. This allows the system to accurately calculate any adjustments for charges or refunds based on the cancellation date.

🚀 Activation: This mechanism will be activated only if the BSS Account Billing Options are set to enable billing on order day.

⌛ Coming soon: Upcoming releases will introduce further billing optimizations, including instant invoice generation following actions such as upgrading, downgrading, editing pricing information on add-ons, and backordering.

We are excited to announce that we have introduced two new elements inside the Customer Charges module in the Storefront of White Label Resellers of the Standard Edition. Specifically, the Customer Charges module now displays both the:

1. The imported invoice items containing usage and billing data (of the resources) via the respective import tool are now displayed as invoice line items inside the Customer Charges module, with clear cost prices (from the distributor) and sell prices (from the reseller to their end customers).

2. The base Pay-Per-Use product is now displayed alongside the resources inside the Customer Charges module as an invoice item for all the generated invoices for end customers of the Standard Resellers.

💎Value: This enhancement improves transparency and accuracy in billing. By displaying each imported invoice item as well as the main PPU products and related resources within the Customer Charges module, Standard Edition resellers can now have a clearer overview of all invoiced items, while at the same time, they now clearly view what the charges from their distributors are and what they are charging their end customers (based on their markup). Therefore, this comprehensive visibility allows for better management and verification of end-customer charges, leading to more efficient and reliable billing processes.

⚙️ How it works: After importing usage with billing data via the “usage & billing data” import tool, both the imported invoice items and the base Pay-Per-Use product are now displayed alongside the resources inside the Customer Charges module as invoice item lines for all the generated invoices for end customers of the Standard Resellers.

⚠️ Please Note: The usage charges for Azure Plans continue to be visible by default, but their base Pay-Per-Use Azure Plan products are excluded from visibility within the Customer Charges module.

The following issue was addressed, with fixes applied where necessary:

1. Unhandled Error - Issue Resolved: We have resolved an issue where attempting to create a credit invoice from a debit invoice via "Insert from Invoice" caused an unhandled error. The issue stemmed from changes in element IDs within the invoice lines grid, which affected the price update function. IDs were reverted to their original values to ensure proper functionality.