- The GSA OneGov program lands the US government enormous savings Microsoft
- The White House could save $ 3.1 billion in the first year
- Microsoft 365, Copilot and more are all on the cards
Microsoft has signed an ONEGOV agreement of $ 6 billion with the General Services Administration (GSA) to give the US government access to strong discounts on its software.
6 billion dollars in three years will start with around $ 3.1 billion in savings in the first year, the White House obtaining discounts on Microsoft 365 (G3 and G5), Microsoft 365 COPILOT, Azure Cloud Services, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Monitoring, Entra Id Services and other cybersecurity tools.
CVP for industries in the American public sector, Chris Barry, announced the discounts, designed to benefit the American people thanks to enormous productivity and efficiency gains.
Microsoft gives the US government more “steep discounts”
“With this new agreement with the US General Services Administration, including a Co -Co -Toft 365 co -pilot offer, there is a cost, we will help federal agencies to use AI and digital technologies to improve citizens’ services, strengthen security and save taxpayers more than $ 3 billion in the first year only,” said Microsoft Satya CEO.
Microsoft has described its agreement as a five -pilot strategy: using AI to stimulate productivity; Increase in automation with AI agents; accelerate the modernization of American clouds; rationalize government operations; And improve cybersecurity.
Redmond gave federal agencies the month of September to adapt to one or all of its offers, prices at reduced prices will have lasted up to three years.
Microsoft is not the only company to offer huge discounts for American federal agencies. Google has also recently established a price reduction of 71% on its Google Workspace packages, with a price ceiling of $ 0.47 on AI tools as part of the GEMINI portfolio for the government.
The two transactions align with the Action Plan of Trump AI, which aims to reduce regulatory obstacles for the adoption of AI while simultaneously increasing the American manufacture of semiconductors in order to meet increased demand.
