AWS EDP Flexibility Provisions. A buyer side white paper.

AWS Enterprise Discount Program (EDP) flexibility provisions anchor the broader AWS EDP framework against the customer actual AWS deployment volatility. AWS EDP typically anchors the broader AWS framework at fixed annual commit levels across the contracted three or five year EDP term, with the cumulative effect that customers face material commercial exposure if the broader AWS deployment framework underperforms or overperforms against the contracted EDP commit framework.

This paper sets out the buyer side framework for AWS EDP flexibility provisions, the rollover framework, the carryforward framework, the over commit protection framework, the under commit penalty framework, and the buyer side moves at the broader AWS EDP renewal cycle. Read the related AWS services practice, the AWS EDP negotiation, and the AWS EDP commitment calculator.

The AWS EDP flexibility provisions framework intersects with five principal commercial dimensions across the broader AWS framework.

1. The rollover framework. Anchors the broader EDP commit framework against unused commit rolling forward to subsequent EDP years.
2. The carryforward framework. Anchors the broader EDP commit framework against unused commit carrying forward at the EDP renewal cycle.
3. The over commit protection framework. Anchors the broader EDP commit framework against over consumption pricing protection.
4. The under commit penalty framework. Anchors the broader EDP commit framework against the publisher preferred broad shortfall penalty framework.
5. The EDP renewal flexibility framework. Anchors the broader EDP commit framework at the broader AWS EDP renewal cycle.

What you will learn

• How the AWS EDP rollover framework anchors unused commit against subsequent EDP years
• How the AWS EDP carryforward framework anchors unused commit at the EDP renewal cycle
• How the over commit protection framework caps the broader AWS over consumption pricing exposure
• How the under commit penalty framework typically delivers shortfall penalties against the publisher preferred broad EDP commit framework
• How the EDP renewal flexibility framework anchors the broader AWS EDP framework at the broader AWS EDP renewal cycle
• How AWS Reserved Instances and Savings Plans intersect with the broader AWS EDP framework
• The eleven move buyer side framework for AWS EDP flexibility

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Who this is for

Chief Information Officers, Vice Presidents of IT Procurement, Cloud FinOps leaders, AWS Center of Excellence leaders, and broader procurement leaders running AWS at scale. The paper is written for enterprises running AWS EDP at scale and facing the broader AWS EDP renewal cycle.