Short answer
Yes. You keep ownership of your tenant data under Microsoft's terms, and FirstNet supports partner-of-record transfer to another CSP or to direct Microsoft purchasing. Cancellation rules follow the New Commerce Experience (NCE) term you selected.
In detail
What to know about leaving:
- Your data: tenant data stays yours under Microsoft's terms, whichever partner you use
- Partner of record: can be transferred to another CSP or to buying direct from Microsoft
- Monthly terms: cancellation is possible within the initial 7-day window
- Annual and three-year terms: commit you for the term, so plan changes around anniversaries
- Mixed terms: you can hold different terms on different licences for more flexibility
Choosing terms carefully up front is the best protection. Monthly terms suit pilots, contractors and seasonal staff, annual terms are the default for production, and three-year terms lock the unit price for stable estates.
FirstNet plans renewals 90 days ahead and reviews terms against actual usage, so you have a regular point to adjust, reduce or move licences. Managed services, where you have them, are scoped separately and follow their own contract terms. If you also use FirstNet Private Cloud, you own that data too, and an exit with secure deprovisioning and data handover is available under your contract.
Source: FirstNet Microsoft Licensing service page →
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