Jay McBain on How Microsoft’s AI Billing Passes Risk and Liability to MSPs
From Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights by MSP Radio
June 4, 2026 · 39 min · Episode 1983
About this episode
The episode discusses how Microsoft's AI billing model impacts MSPs by introducing variable costs and shifting the business model.
People in this episode
Guest: Jay McBain
Topics covered
- AI billing
- MSP business model
- consumption-based pricing
- Microsoft E7
- recurring revenue
- vendor payment models
Keywords
- AI consumption
- MSP
- billing
- Microsoft
- E7 pricing
- recurring revenue
- cost spikes
- channel partners
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft, Omnia
Products: E7 license
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