Summer is here, and xMonthly has been busy. Our AI Cloud Tour Builder platform took a step forward in June, the IAMCP Michigan chapter picked up more momentum, and a Microsoft pricing update that affects most commercial customers hit on July 1st. Here’s everything worth knowing.
xMonthly’s Marketplace for Every Software Publisher
xMonthly started inside the Microsoft ecosystem, and that’s where we built our foundation. Our next chapter goes further. xMonthly now operates as an AI Cloud Broker, connecting software publishers, service agents, and buyers through one unified platform, and any software publisher can now submit their product for inclusion.
The Product Submission page gives publishers a straightforward path to building and submitting their product or company offering for review. Once approved, the product gets listed in xMonthly’s marketplace, where partners building their own AI Cloud Tours can find it, include it in their tour, and sell it to their clients. Publishers earn referral bonuses on transactions that flow through the platform.
The practical upside for publishers is distribution without the overhead of building a sales channel from scratch. A product listed in the xMonthly marketplace reaches every partner on the platform who builds a tour, now and going forward. For partners, the expanding product catalog means more relevant offerings to include in tours built for specific industries and client needs.
Three links worth bookmarking:
- Submit a product at: https://xmonthly.com/product-submission-page/
- Build a tour at: https://xmonthly.com/build-your-ai-cloud-tour
- Explore what’s already live at: https://xmonthly.com/xmonthly-ai-cloud-tour
xMonthly on the KW Strategy Call
xMonthly founder Jeffrey DeMaria joined Katie Watts on the June KW Strategy call, covering his journey as a founder, the features the xMonthly team is most excited about, and where the platform goes from here.
Michigan Chapter IAMCP Meeting
Mark July 23rd on your calendars! The IAMCP Michigan chapter will be meeting at Royal Oak Brewery from 4:00-6:00pm. If you’re a Michigan-based Microsoft partner, we’d love to see you there!
Microsoft Pricing Changes Took Effect July 1st
Here’s What That Means for Your Clients:
Microsoft’s commercial Microsoft 365 pricing update arrived on July 1st, and the increases touch most commercial SKUs. Here’s where the key plans landed:
- Microsoft 365 E3: $36 → $39/user/month (+8.3%)
- Microsoft 365 E5: $57 → $60/user/month (+5.3%)
- Office 365 E3: $23 → $26/user/month (+13%)
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic: $6 → $7/user/month (+16.7%)
- Microsoft 365 Business Standard: $12.50 → $14/user/month (+12%)
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium: $22/user/month (unchanged)
- Microsoft 365 F1: $2.25 → $3/user/month (+33%)
- Microsoft 365 F3: $8 → $10/user/month (+25%)
Existing customers stay on current pricing until their next renewal after July 1st. That window matters. For large enterprises, the July 1st increases compound with the removal of Enterprise Agreement volume discounts that took effect in November 2025, pushing the effective increase for some organizations closer to 20% rather than the stated 5 to 8%.
Microsoft 365 E7 pricing remains unchanged as part of this update. For clients currently on E3 or E5 who plan to adopt Copilot in the next twelve months, the E7 bundle math deserves a fresh look before their next renewal.
The xMonthly team offers a free licensing review to help partners map their clients’ current environments against the new pricing and identify the right path forward before renewal decisions get made without the full picture.
