Microsoft eyes end of the line for outgoing Azure in CSP commerce model Microsoft eyes end of the line for outgoing Azure in CSP commerce model Phase one kicks off in July this year Credit: Dreamstime In November 2019 Microsoft launched its ‘new commerce experience’ for Azure in its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program. Now, the company has laid out its timeline for phase-out of the old Azure CSP commerce ‘offer’ the new experience was supposed to replace. As a reminder, the Azure CSP commerce platform updates, originally slated for an October 2019 release, were designed to introduce greater product alignment and a common pricing engine across how customers buy Azure, among other stated benefits for partners and customers alike.