If your business is still running on Dynamics NAV, GP, SL, or another on-premises Microsoft ERP, there’s a meaningful window of opportunity open through December 2027, that’s worth understanding now!
The Window Is Open: What Microsoft’s Bridge to Cloud 3 Promotion Means for Your Business
There is a moment in every organization’s technology lifecycle when the cost of standing still begins to quietly exceed the cost of moving forward. For businesses running legacy Microsoft Dynamics on-premises systems, that moment has arrived with unusual clarity. Microsoft has opened a two-year window — from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027 — during which qualifying customers can migrate to Dynamics 365 online at a 30% discount locked in for three years.
They are calling it Bridge to Cloud 3, and it deserves your attention.
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Dynamics On-Premises > Dynamics 365 Cloud
The premise is straightforward. If your company currently operates on Dynamics NAV, Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL, Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM, or any of several other legacy on-premises Dynamics products, and you maintain an active Enhancement Plan, you may qualify for this promotional offer.
The promotion provides a 30% discount on a three-year subscription to the functionally equivalent Dynamics 365 online product — whether that is Business Central, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Sales, Customer Service, or others. The discount is fixed for the full three-year term, and the subscription is structured as a non-cancellable, non-renewable commitment, which is precisely what makes it meaningful!
Microsoft is extending a genuine financial bridge, not a teaser rate.
To qualify for Bridge to Cloud 3, your organization must meet a few key conditions:
- You must be running an eligible Dynamics on-premises product as of September 1, 2024, with a current Enhancement Plan — or one that lapsed no more than 30 days prior.
- You must be migrating to a functionally similar Dynamics 365 online product that is new to your organization under a three-year commercial subscription.
- Your annualized Dynamics 365 online cost at promotional pricing must exceed your current Enhancement Plan cost.
- Enrollment must occur between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2027.
What makes this offer structurally compelling: The dual benefit it provides during the transition period itself.
While your organization migrates — a process that rarely happens overnight — you retain your on-premises system with its Enhancement Plan running at no cost for up to three years, alongside your new cloud licenses.
You are not being asked to leap across a chasm.
You are being given a bridge, which is, of course, the point.
The signup window runs from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027, so there’s time to plan… But the terms are fixed and non-renewable, so you should review your options sooner than later!
For companies running Dynamics NAV or similar systems licensed on a concurrent-user model:
There is an additional provision worth understanding clearly. If your annualized cloud subscription cost at promotional pricing exceeds twice your current Enhancement Plan cost, you may qualify for a portion of your user licenses at zero cost for up to two years of the three-year term. This is not a trivial benefit!
Depending on your user count and current EP expenditure, it can significantly reduce the net cost of migration during the period when you are running both environments simultaneously.
The promotion covers a wide range of migration paths, including:
- Dynamics NAV, GP, SL, C5, or AX migrating to Dynamics 365 Business Central (Essentials, Premium, or Team Member)
- Dynamics AX migrating to Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management, or Project Operations
- Dynamics CRM migrating to Dynamics 365 Sales, Customer Service, or Field Service
- Legacy Dynamics ERP migrating to Dynamics 365 Commerce or Human Resources
Bridge to Cloud 3: The Back-Story
From a practical standpoint, the subscription is ordered through Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience channel, under a triennial term with the BTC3 promotional designation applied at the time of purchase. CKS Cloud handles the ordering process and submits the necessary documentation to Microsoft’s Regional Operations Center to establish the compliance record that keeps your Enhancement Plan intact during migration.
The broader context matters here. Microsoft has signaled consistently and with increasing urgency that the long-term future of the Dynamics product family lives in the cloud. Each iteration of the Bridge to Cloud promotion has reflected that commitment, and BTC3 continues it.
The trajectory is clear: the terms available today are more favorable than the terms that will be available later, if a similar program is offered at all.
Been Thinking About the Cloud? Time to Cross that Bridge…
For organizations that have been watching this space and deferring the decision, the combination of:
- A known discount,
- A defined enrollment window,
- Protected on-premises continuity during migration, and
- The rapidly expanding capabilities of Dynamics 365 Business Central and the broader Dynamics 365 suite
- …Makes this a moment and opportunity worth examining seriously!
Do not wait. Do not let this window close while you are still deliberating.
The Bridge to Cloud 3 promotion is time-bound, the savings are real — the road to a modern, cloud-based Dynamics 365 environment has never been more clearly paved.
Reach out to CKS Cloud today to assess your eligibility, understand your options, and start planning your migration. Our team is ready to guide you from wherever you are now, across that bridge, to where your business needs to be.
The bridge is built. It is time to cross it.
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