How to get started

Important

Fundraising and Engagement is being retired. Support for Fundraising and Engagement will end at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on December 31, 2026. For more information, go to What’s new in Fundraising and Engagement.

To get Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit, you first purchase the prerequisite licenses. You then download the solutions from Microsoft Cloud Solution Center.

Eligible nonprofit customers can use grants and discounts to purchase licenses. If your organization didn't go through the eligibility process, you can do so by following the steps on Nonprofit eligibility.

Licensing

The prerequisite licenses for Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit solutions fall into two categories:

  • Predeployment: For a list of dependencies required to deploy nonprofit solutions, go to the Prerequisites section in the deployment article. In addition, Microsoft Cloud Solution Center lets you view these predeployment dependencies before deploying the solution; you can select Quick view for each solution. For more information, go to Deploy and configure Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit.

  • Postdeployment: You can configure other capabilities for your nonprofit solution after deployment, such as integration with Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Cloud Solution Center lets you view these postdeployment dependencies after deploying the solution.