Microsoft (MSFT.US) joins the list of price reductions for the US government: providing $6 billion in discounts over the next three years.

According to the financial news app, Wise Finance, Microsoft (MSFT.US) has reached an agreement with the U.S. General Services Administration to provide discounted usage rights for its cloud services and office software to government agencies in the next three years. The General Services Administration stated that the agreement will save taxpayers $3.1 billion in the first year and over $6 billion throughout the entire three-year contract period. The covered digital products include Microsoft Office software subscription services, Azure cloud services, Dynamics 365, and Sentinel security software. Microsoft also provides government employees with a year of free access to its AI assistant service, Copilot.