On February 1, 2021 Microsoft published the last monthly Product Terms (PT) and Online Services Terms (OST) documents. Going forward all information covered within these two documents will only be available on the new Microsoft Product Terms Site, which launched on July 1, 2020.
Below is the history of how Microsoft had disseminated primary licensing information to customers.
I have always liked that the Product Terms (PT) and Online Services Terms (OST) were published and thus were static content at a defined point in time, where the new site is dynamic. The new site does provide a way to export data to a Microsoft Word (.docx format) and I strongly recommend customers export to Microsoft Word the license programs applicable to them at the beginning of each new month.
In order to access any licensing information on the new site, you must first select one of the 9 available licensing programs. The below availability view is a very cool feature of the new site, with no license program selected you can select a product or subscription service from the main site and see all applicable licensing programs it may be licensed under. Then to access the licensing details you need to select a single license program to review. Use the “Clear Filter” button to remove a selected license program to be able to go back to the below view.
On a bright note, the new Product Terms Site offers a very nice compare feature by date, which will show you the changes between a previous date and the current date. Please refer to the Product Terms Site FAQ for how to use this feature. Please note the you may only go back as far as July 1, 2020 on the new site, for anything before that date please refer to the archived Product Terms (PT) . The site appears to allow users to go back as far as April 20, 2020, but the FAQ says it is only good back to July 1, 2020.
In addition to the Product Terms Site, Microsoft also publishes various licensing briefs, which can be downloaded from the below resource links.
Resource Links:
Click here to access the Product Terms Site
Click here to download the Product Terms Site FAQ
Click here to access archived copies of monthly Product Terms (PT)
Click here to access archived copies of monthly Online Services Terms (OST)