Microsoft licensing decisions
Agreements, Microsoft 365 and Azure: short guides to the decisions that move the most money in a Microsoft estate.
Agreements and contracts
Which agreement fits, how to renegotiate it and what to do when Microsoft audits.
EA vs CSP vs MCA-E: which agreement fits
Term, seat reduction, price protection and room to negotiate, compared.
Microsoft licensing audit defense
How an audit starts, where findings get inflated and what to do in the first thirty days.
Microsoft 365 price increase: the action plan
Five steps to limit what the 1 July 2026 increase costs.
Microsoft licensing consulting in Switzerland
What a consultant does, how to choose one, fee models and a typical engagement.
Microsoft EA renewal: how to negotiate
A 12 to 18 month timeline and the levers left after the November 2025 changes.
MACC explained
What counts toward an Azure Consumption Commitment, how shortfalls work and how to size one.
Microsoft 365
Plans compared, unused licences found and the price increase contained.
Microsoft 365 cost optimization: a practical guide
The four levers (usage, rate, licensing, contract) and where the savings sit.
Finding and reclaiming unused Microsoft 365 licences
The three kinds of licence waste and the seven-day NCE rule that decides what becomes a saving.
Microsoft 365 E3 vs E5
What E5 adds over E3 and when the upgrade pays for itself.
Microsoft 365 F1 and F3: who needs which
Who qualifies for Frontline plans, what each includes and when F is the wrong plan.
Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing and ROI
Who should get a seat, whether it pays off and how to measure it.
Entra ID P1 vs P2
What each tier adds and how to avoid paying twice.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium vs E3
The 300 seat cap, what each plan includes and the July 2026 list prices.
E5 Security add-on vs full E5
What the add-on (now Defender Suite) contains, what full E5 adds and where the break-even sits.
Microsoft 365 license management tools compared
Five tool categories for finding unused licenses, compared on six criteria.
Azure
Commitments, benefits and tooling that actually lower the Azure bill.
Azure Reserved Instances vs Savings Plan
What each commits you to, which is applied first and how to layer both by workload pattern.
Azure cost optimization tooling
What a tool has to do beyond the free Cost Management and Advisor.
Azure Hybrid Benefit: who qualifies
Which Windows Server and SQL Server licenses qualify and how the benefit stacks with reservations.
Windows 365 vs Azure Virtual Desktop
Fixed per-user against consumption pricing, with a 100 user cost example.
Reference
The terms behind Microsoft licensing, defined in plain words.
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