1. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives

2. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives

3. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives * Forrester Research, Inc.: “BT Futures Report: Info workers will erase boundary between enterprise and consumer technologies,” Aug. 30, 2012 ** Forrester Research, Inc.: “2013 Mobile Workforce Adoption Trends,” Feb. 4, 2013 *** Gartner Source: Press Release, Oct. 25, 2012, http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2213115

4. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives Gartner: “Predicts 2013: Business Impact of Technology Drives the Futures Application Services Market,” Nov. 21, 2012

5. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives *Gartner, Jan. 10, 2013 *IDC Digital Universe Study, sponsored by EMC, December 2012

6. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives * Forrester Research, Inc.: “Prepare For 2020: Transform Your IT Infrastructure and Operations Practice, Oct. 24, 2012. Cloud-related is indicated by Forrester as cloud software, platform, and infrastructure services. ** IDC InfoDoc, sponsored by Microsoft, “Successful Cloud Partners: Higher, Faster, Stronger,” July 2013

7. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives What is Windows Azure

8. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives Business momentum

9. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives New services/enhancements in the last 12 months

10. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives Windows Azure Global Footprint 10 24 x 7 x 365 support. 90 markets worldwide. >$1bn invested in Azure expansion in FY14

11. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives Azure in EA – Drive for Simplification Categor y ChallengeChangeWhat this means for customers Pricing Commitment discount was the product of VL price level (A-D) and commitment volume(Tiered discount in portal) Removal of tiered discounts for Monetary Commitment CPS shows actual price and invoice confusion is eliminated PricingHigher usage rates in place for consumption of Azure in excess of monetary commitment Removal of Overage PricingCommit SKU Price = Overage SKU Price Adoption of Windows Azure without risk Sales 12 month order required at anniversary each year. Challenges in top-up coverage alignment Same service alignment Challenges Inconsistency with all other OLS offerings Removal of 12 month subscription term Reduced credit and rebills Eliminated confusion when topping up Increased flexibility with less manual touch Alignment with all other OLS offerings Sales No flexibility when ordering coterminous, risk of overcommitting and losing money Inconsistency with all other OLS offerings Added option to increase or decrease commitment at anniversary Minimize customer risk Alignment with all other OLS offerings Pricing Future Pricing table more than 50% of an Azure CPS Large manual effort to enter all future SKU’s Removal of Future Pricing Table on CPS, now optional Future pricing table only required now for discounting Portal records/manages prices, reducing risk of ops errors/corrections Operations (SSA) Same Service Alignment Bug generated large volumes of credit and rebills to correct Azure coverage periods SSA bug resolvedElimination of credit and rebills to fix incorrect coverage dates generated by system Reducing order complexity in Azure program ● Reducing order corrections for Azure customers ● Driving broad activation of Azure by EA customers ● Providing friction free access to Azure for EA customers ● Aligning Azure to EA purchasing motion ● Helping customers understand their Azure needs

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13. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives The partner channel is the key to success Apps are going SaaS (both packaged & custom) We are going to the cloud (fast) 201 2 201 3 201 4 We know a few things about the future of compute: | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014

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15. Microsoft | EMEA Channel Partner Conference 2014 Services Channel Incentives The partner of the future: Hosted solutions for customers

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