Microsoft Licensing

Buy the licences you need. Not the ones you were sold.

Microsoft licence advisory, procurement and lifecycle management, from a partner that also architects and operates the platforms those licences run.

Why buy licences from us

Most licence resellers can quote a price. Far fewer can tell you whether the SKU delivers the capability you are trying to buy, whether Entra ID P2 is required for the Conditional Access scenario you have in mind, what changes when you move from E3 to E5, whether Copilot licensing is justified by your content estate, or which capabilities you are already paying for and not using.

We advise on licensing as architects first. The recommendation comes from the same people who will design, deploy and support the solution, so it reflects what your environment needs.

What we cover

Productivity & AI

Microsoft 365 BusinessE1 / E3 / E5Add-onsMicrosoft 365 Copilot

Identity & security

Entra ID P1 / P2DefenderPurviewIntune

Business apps & data

Power AppsPower AutomatePower BIPower PagesDynamics 365Project Operations

Cloud & servers

Azure subscriptionsWindows ServerSQL ServerSharePoint Server SE
Service

What licence management with us looks like

Advisory & optimisation

Review of current entitlements against actual usage and planned projects. Where you are over-licensed we say so; where a capability gap is blocking a project, we identify the minimum SKU that closes it.

Procurement

Supply of Microsoft licences with a single point of contact, local invoicing and documentation suitable for procurement and tender processes. We can also purchase licences on your behalf and invoice them within a project where that is simpler.

Lifecycle management

Renewal tracking, assignment and reclamation of unused seats, true-up preparation, and alignment of licence changes with your roadmap rather than with a renewal date that arrives by surprise.

Tenant & licence hygiene

Automated reporting on assigned versus active licences, orphaned assignments and duplicate entitlements, built on the same Microsoft Graph and PowerShell automation we use for provisioning.

Licensing for projects

Licence planning built into migration, security and AI projects from the assessment stage, so the commercial model and the technical design are agreed together rather than sequentially.

Combined with services

Licensing pairs naturally with our Support Desk and Managed Services: one partner for the entitlement, the administration and the support, with a single monthly report covering all three.

Typical questions we answer

Decisions clients bring us

  • Do we need E5, or E3 plus targeted add-ons?
  • Which Conditional Access and Identity Protection scenarios require Entra ID P2?
  • Is Microsoft 365 Copilot justified for our content estate, or is a dedicated retrieval layer better value?
  • What is the licensing impact of migrating from Project Online to Project Operations or Planner Premium?
  • What changes commercially when we move SharePoint on-premises to Subscription Edition?
  • Which Power Platform capabilities need premium licensing, and which do not?

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A structured look at what you hold, what you use and what your roadmap requires.

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