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Invoice DateBilling PeriodQuantityUnit PriceDiscountTotal
JAN15/0115/01 - 31/01505.00 49 100%0.00 €
25/0125/01 - 31/01302.00 25 100%0.00 €
FEB01/0201/02 - 28/02810.00 0%80.00 €
22/0222/02 - 28/0212.50 0%2.50 €
MARCH01/0301/03 - 31/03910.00 0%90.00 €


#2 - New Subscription is Purchased with Licenses Adjustments + Price Protection

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This scenario is how Microsoft bills their its Office 365 services. For every new subscription, Microsoft provides free of charge the seats purchased between the start date of the subscription and the first billing date and then protects the price for the next year. Use the following settings for achieving the same result in Cloud BSS.

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SettingsScenario

Customer Billing day: 1st of the month

product is charged upfront:

free period is enabled:

Product price protection 12 months

Product billing cycle: monthly

  • On January 15th the customer purchases 5 "Office 365 Business" licenses with price 10.00 € / month
  • On January 25th the customer purchases 3 extra licenses
  • On February 22nd the customer purchases 1 extra license
  • On June the price for Office 365 Business changes to 11.00 € / month


  • In cases where a product has both a free period and is under price protection, the price protection period starts after the free period
  • The protected price is the price the product had on purchase date, not on first billing day. In the above paradigm, the protected price will be the price on Jan 15th regardless if the price changed between Jan 15th and Feb 1st that is the first billing day for this subscription.

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Invoice DateBilling PeriodQuantityUnit PriceDiscountTotal

Free Period

JAN 201715/0115/01 - 31/01505.00 49 100%0.00 €
25/0125/01 - 31/01302.00 25 100%0.00 €

Price Protection Period

FEB 201701/0201/02 - 28/02810.00 €0%80.00 €
22/0222/02 - 28/0212.50 €0%2.50 €
MARCH 201701/0301/03 - 31/03910.00 €0%90.00 €
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FEB 201801/02/201801/02 - 28/02911.00 0%99.00 €

#3 - New Subscription is Purchased with Licenses Adjustments + Add-on Purchases

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You can enable the free period for add-ons too. The period between the first purchase of the add-on and the next billing day of the subscription, it will be free of charge for the add-on regardless of how many add-on licenses you purchase during this period.

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Invoice DateProductBilling PeriodQuantityUnit PriceDiscountTotal
JAN15/01Office 365 Business15/01 - 31/01505.00 49 100%0.00 €
25/01Office 365 Business25/01 - 31/01302.00 25 100%0.00 €
FEB01/02Office 365 Business01/02 - 28/02810.00 €0%80.00 €
22/02Office 365 Business22/02 - 28/0212.50 €0%2.50 €
MARCH01/03Office 365 Business01/03 - 31/03910.00 €0%90.00 €
10/03Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection10/03 - 31/03207.00 10 100%0.00 €
APRIL01/04Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection01/04 - 30/0422.00 0%2.00 €
01/04Office 365 Business01/04 - 30/04910.00 €0%90.00 €

#4 Non-Prorated Billing for Subscription with Licenses Adjustments 

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Invoice DateBilling PeriodQuantityUnit PriceDiscountTotal
1/0111/01 - 10/025010.00 €100%0.00 €
25/0125/01 - 10/02305.00 48 100%0.00 €
11/0211/02 - 10/03810.00 €0%80.00 €
22/0222/02 - 10/0315.50 €0%5.50 €
11/0311/03 - 10/04910.00 €0%90.00 €

#5 - Product Under Promotion

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When a product with a free period  is under promotion, the promotion will start when the free period will end.

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Invoice DateBilling PeriodQuantityUnit PriceDiscountTotal
JAN15/0115/01 - 31/01505.00 49 0%100%0.00 €
25/0125/01 - 31/01302.00 25 0%100%0.00 €
FEB01/0201/02 - 28/02810.00 €20%64.00 €
MARCH01/0301/03 - 31/03810.00 €20%64.00 €
APRIL01/0401/04 - 30/04810.00 €0%80.00 €

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