BUSINESS · LICENSING & ROADMAP
Want lower spend without cutting something critical? A Microsoft and Azure cost roadmap that separates safe savings from the changes that need approval.
A fixed-fee review that splits your Microsoft and Azure spend into what is safe to cut now and what needs business approval, each with the modeled impact, so cost comes down without breaking anything.
The deliverable
Cost-to-Control Roadmap, on your desk
A representative deliverable. Yours is built on your own environment, with names and figures redacted here.
This is for you if
Built for the Owner, CFO, or IT Director.
Leadership wants lower spend but cannot risk cutting something critical. You need to know which savings are safe and which need a conversation. A budget review or renewal is forcing the question.
What you receive
Cost-to-Control Roadmap
Two clear lists: safe savings to action now, and approval-required changes with modeled impact.
Recoverable-now total
The dollar figure you can act on immediately, with no business approval needed.
Prioritized plan
The approval-required changes ranked by impact and risk.
Typical timeline
4-5 daysIncluded
- Safe-savings list
- Approval-required list with modeled impact
- Recoverable-now total
- Prioritized plan
Assumptions
- One Microsoft tenant
Not included
- Buying or cancelling licenses on your behalf
- Implementation of the changes
Scoped separately here: Fix & improve.
Required access
- Read-only access to Azure Cost Management and the Microsoft 365 admin center
- Current spend and renewal dates
- A 30-minute kickoff with finance or IT
Engagement complete when
The engagement is complete when the cost-to-control roadmap and recoverable-now total are delivered and reviewed.
See the total you can recover with no business approval needed.
One fixed fee, agreed in writing before any access is granted. The timeline above is the whole engagement, and what you keep is documentation your team can act on. One senior engineer scopes and delivers it.
The fee depends on what is actually in your environment rather than your headcount. The scope-fit check tells you where you land →