SUSE software purchase provides up-to 64% discount over pay-as-you-go prices by allowing you to pre-purchase the SUSE software.

• Software pre-purchase is available for Standard (12x5) and Priority (24x7) support and for multiple SUSE products.
• Software can be purchased for a period of 1 or 3 years.
• SUSE software usage in your subscription(s) that match the attributes of the purchased SUSE software will automatically get the billing discount, and you do not need to assign the purchased SUSE software to a matching SUSE VM. SUSE VMs that are already running or ones that are newly deployed and match the SUSE Software purchase attributes will automatically get the benefit.
• SUSE software purchase does not work with bring your own subscription (BYOS) images.
• SUSE software purchase cost will deduct from EA Azure monetary commitment, if available.
• Infrastructure cost such as - compute, networking, storage, etc are billed separately.
• At the end of the software purchase term the billing benefit will expire and the SUSE software usage will be billed at the pay-as-you go price for the VMs deployed.

Please note: Software purchase is final and the order cannot be cancelled afterwards. No refunds can be issued for any reason.