In my experience as a consultant to organizations, I constantly see managers struggle to understand “the right way to manage the cloud.” What’s important to emphasize, is that building a cloud computing infrastructure “the right way” takes into account successfully [...]
Anyone who is even remotely familiar with Microsoft®’s Volume Licensing knows how complex and confusing it can be. I’m not going to defend it but I will attempt to share some insight into the history and some of the factors [...]
Microsoft 365 commercial customers may need to buy more licenses than they’re anticipating in order to avoid trouble with the compliance police, Directions on Microsoft warns. Business users may be underestimating the number of Microsoft 365-related licenses they need without [...]
When Is It Time to Start Negotiating
Oct 2019Negotiating the licensing agreement with Microsoft® can be an extremely challenging prospect for any company, even a company with a vendor management team dedicated to working in this area of the business. It’s no secret that the pricing schedule for Microsoft® products is fairly complex, [...]
Beginning in October, Microsoft plans to tighten its licensing rules to stop customers from using their own licenses for Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server and other software on rival cloud providers. By Gregg Keizer Senior Reporter, Computerworld Microsoft this fall will begin [...]
Mistakes in negotiations can be costly – in fact, they could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars over time, which is part of what makes it so important to avoid the critical mistakes when dealing with Microsoft®. Below is [...]
Software licenses are among the most important parts of running a modern business. If things aren’t going according to plan, then a single error in the process could slow down or even halt your entire business. Keep in mind that [...]
People keep asking me what the most common mistakes I find negotiating with Microsoft®. Here are a few recent mistakes (I prefer learning’s) from the past year from Negotiating with Microsoft®: Always lead the negotiations. In other words do not [...]
Computer software is an integral part of virtually every organizations infrastructure and operation. Information Technology, whether software, hardware, services or the cost to obtain and maintain them is often the single biggest expense for a company. That should be enough [...]
Cloud Management Platforms
Jan 2019Most organizations find themselves relying upon some degree of cloud computing, whether they are fully committed by abandoning their on-prem datacenter or merely subscribing to Microsoft Office 365™. While some have been reluctant to embrace the cloud, it has become [...]
