A parks department buys a handful of Microsoft 365 seats on a credit card directly from Microsoft with no enterprise agreement and no partner bill. Which model is that?
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Short Explanation
Sometimes you just buy seats from Microsoft yourself—card out, no partner, no big EA. That is direct billing in plain language.
Full Explanation
A parks department buying a handful of Microsoft 365 seats on a credit card directly from Microsoft with no enterprise agreement and no partner bill is direct billing purchased from Microsoft without an EA or CSP intermediary. Direct is the simple buy-from-Microsoft path for smaller or straightforward purchases.
That scenario is not an enterprise agreement reserved for multi-year citywide volume deals. It is not a CSP partner invoice when no partner is involved. It is not a free trial that permanently converts into an EA automatically.
Exam caveat: direct purchases can still grow; organizations may later move to CSP or EA as volume and governance needs increase. Operational check: confirm the parks subscription shows Microsoft as the bill-to party in the admin center, validate payment method ownership, and ensure finance knows seats can be adjusted without inventing a fake partner. In municipal Microsoft 365 fundamentals scenarios, always map the business need to the named capability, reject distractors that describe a different pillar, and verify the control in the admin portal before telling leadership the risk is closed. In municipal Microsoft 365 fundamentals scenarios, always map the business need to the named capability, reject distractors that describe a different pillar, and verify the control in the admin portal before telling leadership the risk is closed.