Optimize your Microsoft Contract
The free health check will provide insights into your M365 and Azure licenses and usage, presents opportunities to optimize your costs.
Many organizations overspend or have cloud waste. We help our clients reduce waste by them paying only for the actual usage. Our free Cost Optimization Assessment provides a quick insight into your potential to optimize licenses and Azure cost. This is achieved by analyzing your M365 and Azure licenses, contracts and usage. Based on our previous projects we have achieved savings between 10 – 56% on license and Azure cost.
Microsoft Cost Optimization Assessment
The Approach: Our license and Cloud Optimization methodology provides strategic management of your cloud usage and software licenses to maximize their usage efficiency and minimize unnecessary costs. The objective is to identify the right number and type of licenses for your current and future deployment while reducing Shelfware and be compliant with Microsoft Product Terms.
During this process, we do an inventory of all software, services and Azure consumption, identifying how many licenses were bought, which ones are in use and how frequently they are utilized.
Historical Pricing Analysis: We start the inventory phase by analyzing your current Microsoft Contracts. This involves assessing the current pricing structure, identifying any amendments in place, reviewing the Customer Price Sheet to determine what is included. This analysis provides insight into the current commercial structure and serves as the foundation for optimizing your estate.
License Entitlement Analysis: Based on our assessment of the current Microsoft contract, we generate the current Bill of Material, which includes the list of products, licenses, and amendments that could potentially provide license entitlements too.
Server & Cloud Subscriptions analysis: We then delve deeper into the actual installations and usage of the software. This is where the ‘data’ comes into play. We analyze three different areas: 1) On-premises installations,2) Microsoft Cloud Subscriptions, 3) Azure Consumption: The on-premises data comes from your existing tools such as vCenter, Active Directory, SNOW, Flexera, SAM Pro, Lansweeper, or other tooling. To analyze Microsoft Cloud Subscriptions and Azure, we use data exports from M365 and Azure or use our tooling to provide us with the necessary data to analyze the current usage of the Cloud platforms.
Deliverables: We will present the health check report back to you. This will give the actual insight in the usage and cost optimization opportunities out there. In other words you will receive a report with your saving potential.
- Unassigned licenses
- License and users eligible to downgrade license
- Mailbox and OneDrive storage usage (gb)
- Commercial and contract optimization
- Azure optimization strategies like; orphaned resources, vm optimization, bring your own license strategies, Reserved instances, savings plans, region optimization, etc.
Don’t let the complexity overwhelm you. Whether it is a lack of expertise or time constraint, assistance is available. We are committed in helping you to navigate and unlock substantial savings during this journey.
Remember, optimization is a continuous process. Embrace the challenge, and if you need support, we’re here for you. Let’s optimize together!
