M365 Licence Health Check
Find out what you are overpaying for and save thousands this year. Three working days of forensic audit across your tenant. Written savings report with ranked recommendations and a twelve-month optimisation roadmap.
Why this audit pays for itself in weeks.
Microsoft 365 is the single biggest avoidable IT cost in most mid-market firms. The average organisation we audit wastes 29% of its M365 spend on unused seats, wrong plan assignments, and add-ons that nobody uses. Ghost accounts left from departed staff. Premium plans assigned years ago and never reviewed. Monthly billing terms that are 20% more expensive than annual. Add-ons that duplicate features already in the base plan.
None of this is anybody's fault; M365 licensing is genuinely complicated and changes every quarter. But once it gets out of shape it stays out of shape, because nobody has the time to take a clean look.
What the audit covers.
A three-day forensic review across every element of your M365 licence position. Read-only access to your tenant, billing portal, and licence assignments — nothing changes during the audit.
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Full tenant audit
Every seat, plan, add-on
Every billing term
Tenant-level vs user-level
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Wasted spend identification
Unused / inactive accounts
Ghost seats from departed staff
Orphaned licences
3
Billing analysis
Monthly vs annual gaps
EA / CSP comparison
Renewal timing review
4
Right-sizing map
Premium vs Standard vs Basic
By role and by team
F1/F3 frontline opportunities
5
Add-on review
Duplicate features
Underused add-ons
Bundled vs standalone economics
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Projected savings
12-month plan
Ranked by impact and effort
Cash flow forecast
Deliverables you can hold us to.
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Written savings report (12–18 pages)
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Ranked recommendations with £-impact
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Twelve-month optimisation roadmap
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Right-sizing map by role and team
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Renewal calendar with optimal cadence
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30-day implementation support
Mid-market UK firms with 50–500 M365 users who haven't done a structured licence review in the last 18 months. Especially valuable after headcount change, M&A, or before a renewal.
How it runs.
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Read-only access
Day 0: you grant a Global Reader role plus billing portal read access. Nothing changes during the audit.
2
Forensic review
Days 1–3: every seat, plan, add-on and billing term reviewed against your actual usage telemetry.
3
Savings report
Day 5: written report with ranked recommendations and a twelve-month savings roadmap.
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Implementation support
30 days post-delivery to support you (or your existing partner) through licence changes, renewals, and decommissions.
The price band, and how it lands.
Up to 100 seats
£1,200
Single tenant, single CSP
100–250 seats
£1,800
Single tenant, includes Azure spend overview
250–500 seats
£2,400
Single tenant, multi-domain ok
500+ or multi-tenant
£2,800
Multi-tenant, M&A in flight, or complex licensing
Related work
Often paired with this accelerator.
Common questions.
Will you sell us replacement licences?
No. We are not a reseller. You buy through your existing partner, CSP or directly from Microsoft. Our incentives stay aligned with your savings.
How much access do you need?
Global Reader role and read access to your billing portal. Nothing changes during the audit — we never make a licence change without your written sign-off.
What if we have multiple tenants?
Multi-tenant audits are quoted at the top of the band. Especially common post-M&A; often the highest-savings audits we do.
What about Azure spend?
Audits over 100 seats include an Azure spend overview at no extra cost — not a full FinOps review, but enough to spot the obvious wins.
When's the best time to do this?
12–16 weeks before your renewal, so you have time to implement before the renewal date. Outside renewal windows it still pays back; you just capture savings via decommissions rather than renegotiation.