How to purchase Microsoft eCDN

You can purchase Microsoft eCDN licenses for your tenant via three channels.

  • Volume Licensing

    Contact your Microsoft Technical Specialist, Account Executive, or Customer Success Account Manager.

  • M365 Admin Center

    Navigate to Microsoft 365 Admin Center > Billing / Marketplace > Purchase services > search "ecdn" > eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) appears > select details > enter required fields and place the order.

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    You're prompted to select a license quantity. For optimal experience, all users in the tenant should be licensed.

  • Microsoft Cloud Solutions Providers (CSP)

    If you're procuring via a Microsoft CSP, contact the CSP directly.

FAQ

How much does Microsoft eCDN cost?

Microsoft eCDN costs $0.50 per user per month with an annual subscription.

What constitutes a user/seat?

Any user with a license that includes Microsoft Teams (Microsoft 365 E1 to E5 or Office 365 E1 to E5). The number of users typically equals the number of employees and contractors under the same tenant.

How many licenses should I purchase?

Customers are expected to purchase a number of licenses that cover the total number of unique users whom they intend to benefit from the product. For most customers, this number is typically equal to the entire tenant's user base.

Microsoft reserves the right to monitor and enforce high usage limits at any time. While the product is enabled tenant-wide and automatic limitations based on over-usage aren't enabled, usage is periodically audited and over-usage is flagged. Microsoft reserves the right to throttle or disable eCDN performance without notice for repeat over-use.

Do licenses have to be assigned to users?

Once enabled, Microsoft eCDN works out of the box without the need to assign licenses to individual users.

Note

While assigning licenses is not required, customers must ensure that they have purchased an adequate number of licenses to accommodate their intended usage.

What if I have Teams Premium licenses?

With every Teams Premium license, you get one entitlement to the Microsoft eCDN service. As such, each Teams Premium license offsets the total number of necessary Microsoft eCDN licenses.

For example, if you need 20 Microsoft eCDN licenses to cover your intended usage and already have 5 Teams Premium licenses, you only need to purchase 15 supplemental Microsoft eCDN licenses.

More FAQ

For more answers on pricing and licensing, see the Pricing and Licensing section of our FAQ.

What's next

Next, see our how to enable Microsoft eCDN documentation.