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# Microsoft and CISPE agree landmark cloud licensing reform for Europe
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-07-18-microsoft-cispe-cloud-licensing-agreement/
- Published: 2025-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:01:38.000Z
- Description: Microsoft agreed new licensing terms letting CISPE's European cloud members run Windows Server and SQL Server on pay as you go pricing and host Microsoft 365 Local. Hyperscaler rivals such as AWS and Google remain excluded.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [CISPE press release, 18 July 2025](https://www.cispe.cloud/cispe-secures-landmark-licensing-reform-in-agreement-with-microsoft/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the concessions outlast Microsoft's planned one year review, or that EU scrutiny of its licensing practices has ended.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)