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Before you sign an Azure MACC make these 10 moves

The ten moves every CIO, CFO, and FinOps leader should make in the 12 months before a Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment is signed or renewed. Strategy, tactics, and clause language.

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Read Time 20 Minutes
Last Updated September 5, 2025
What you will take away
  • The twelve month MACC calendar that accommodates a real consumption forecast
  • How to build a verified consumption baseline from Azure Cost Management telemetry
  • The five MACC clauses that decide whether the commitment is a floor or a ceiling
  • Discount benchmarks by Azure service category, drawn from 218 Microsoft engagements
  • How to neutralize the burn rate floor and exclusivity trapdoors hidden in standard MACC paper
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Written byMorten AndersenCo Founder · ex IBM, ex Oracle
PublishedOctober 6, 2023
Last updatedSeptember 5, 2025
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