Global manufacturing company moves from E3 to E5 and reduces their total spend

Business Issues

• List price increases announced in multiple countries they operate in
• Budget constraints
• No in-house Microsoft licensing skills or Enterprise Agreement renewal experience
• Needed a new reseller and wanted advice on how to change and who to select

Services and Results

• Avoided all List Price increases
• Created user profiles for licensing lower cost Microsoft 365 plans based on employee roles
• Year-on-Year total spend declined when they moved from E3 to E5
• Negotiated investment funds from Microsoft
• Created a roadmap to use E5 Security products and achieve cost savings through vendor consolidation
• Created a roadmap to move SAP into Azure with discounts