Canberra pays Microsoft $100m for tech support


The federal government will pay Microsoft more than $100 million just for technical support over the next three years, dwarfing the costs of a previous support deal with the US tech giant.

The contract, signed late last month and published on Thursday, comes ahead of the government’s new volume sourcing agreement with the company taking effect next month.

The Digital Transformation Agency unveiled the umbrella agreement, dubbed VSA6, in …

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