Merge pull request #292642 from bandersmsft/main

MCM - Update ea-transfers and ea-marketplace for Lucy

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/cost-management-billing/manage/ea-azure-marketplace.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ms.reviewer: sapnakeshari
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: enterprise
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 01/06/2025
 ms.author: banders
 ---
 
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ New monthly or annually recurring Azure Marketplace purchases are billed in full
 
 Existing, monthly recurring charges continue to renew on the first of each calendar month. Annual charges renew on the anniversary of the purchase date.
 
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 ### Enabling Azure Marketplace purchases
 
 Enterprise administrators can disable or enable Azure Marketplace purchases for all Azure subscriptions under their enrollment. If the enterprise administrator disables purchases, and there are Azure subscriptions that already have Azure Marketplace subscriptions, those Azure Marketplace subscriptions aren't canceled or affected.
@@ -44,7 +42,8 @@ To enable Azure Marketplace purchase in the Azure portal:
 1. Select **Save**.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> BYOL (bring your own license) and the Free Only option limits the purchase and acquisition of Azure Marketplace SKUs to BYOL and Free SKUs only.
+> - BYOL (bring your own license) and the Free Only option limits the purchase and acquisition of Azure Marketplace SKUs to BYOL and Free SKUs only.
+> - The Azure Marketplace default setting is Enabled for new enrollments by default.
 
 ### Services billed hourly for Azure EA
 

articles/cost-management-billing/manage/ea-transfers.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ms.reviewer: sapnakeshari
 ms.service: cost-management-billing
 ms.subservice: enterprise
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 11/04/2024
+ms.date: 01/06/2025
 ms.author: banders
 ---
 
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ You might see that an enrollment has the **Transferred** state, even if you didn
 - Expiration date of the prior enrollment number is one day before the effective start date of the new agreement
 - The new agreement has an invoiced Azure Prepayment order that has a current date or is backdated
 - The new enrollment is created in the Azure portal
-- Auto enrollment transfers are executed on the effective start date of the target enrollment. The start date is usually first day of the month. It takes three to four days to complete the enrollment transfer and for it to appear in the Azure portal.
+- Auto enrollment transfers are executed on the effective start date of the target enrollment. 
+    - The start date is normally the first day of the month. It takes three to four days to complete the enrollment transfer and for it to appear in the Azure portal.
+    - After an enrollment is auto transferred, the [Azure Marketplace setting](ea-azure-marketplace.md) resets to the default value of **Enabled**, by design.
 - If the subscription or account was deleted within five days of the effective transfer date, the auto transfer stops automatically and fails.
 
 If there's no missing usage data in the Azure portal between the prior enrollment and the new enrollment, then you don't have to create a transfer support ticket.