Client B entered into a CTA registration in June 2016, so this agreement is expected to be renewed in June 2019. As such, their renewal will be a DBA registration under the DBA. Sentinel was very interested in maintaining an enterprise agreement with Microsoft, as such agreements were guaranteed during software audits, which was a preliminary opinion for Sentinel, because the housing company had recently passed a Microsoft review because the provider had then targeted housing associations. While Sentinel had passed the audit with the highest ratings, experience had confirmed the benefits of licensing its software through an enterprise agreement, so it was interested in maintaining this model in the future. At the same time, the new ESA would benefit from Microsoft`s new Public Cloud Sector Transformation Agreement (ATC); a series of special conditions and prices negotiated by the Crown Commercial Service on behalf of public sector organisations in the UK. The CTA offers an opportunity for public sector customers in the UK who wish to go into the cloud to purchase Microsoft software licenses at lower prices. The CTA would help Sentinel Housing develop an agreement that would combine site and cloud licensing, while mitigating Price increases for Microsoft software over the past three years. Smooth transition – the new agreement went into broadcast with the end of the previous agreement. The process of preparing the new licensing agreement and transferring 100 CAL Office 365 devices licenses to user CAL has taken just a few weeks.

Able to meet strict CTA requirements – Microsoft`s Cloud Cloud Transformation Agreement (CTA) has strict criteria for adoption. Phoenix worked with Sentinel Housing to ensure that it met the minimum requirements for the adoption of the CTA before the agreement progressed. Sentinel Housing Association owns and manages 10,000 apartments in 12 properties in south-east England. They are the fifth largest housing developer in the area, with annual sales of approximately $72 million. Phoenix Software`s Sentinel had been linked to Phoenix for more than a decade, when its Microsoft Enterprise agreement was to be renewed to ensure that its new software agreements matched its long-term cloud ambitions.