Under the terms of contracts with third party suppliers, the Department of Foreign Affairs avails of support services from Microsoft for Microsoft products deployed globally by the Department, including software and hardware licensing.
Annual payments for these services are directly invoiced by Microsoft. Details of payments in the period 2018-2022 are provided below:
Year
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Purpose
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Description
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Total Cost (incl. VAT)
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2022
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Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing
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Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support
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€48,838
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2021
|
Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing
|
Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support
|
€36,656
|
2020
|
Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing
|
Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support
|
€33,976
|
2019
|
Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing
|
Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support
|
€32,393
|
2018
|
Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing
|
Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support
|
€31,512
|