Key Microsoft Services from SHI

Make the most of your Microsoft Investments

Microsoft License Advisory

With over 30 years' experience providing organizations, like yours, with professional advice on Microsoft licensing, we've perfected a simple but effective approach to maximizing our customers' ROI licensing investments. Our Microsoft License Advisory approach is based on three steps:

Build according to your vision and strategy

Working with organizations of all sizes in all industries, SHI’s licensing experts have a good understanding of what you’re trying to achieve and how your future plans need to be accommodated into your EA. Our in-depth knowledge of Microsoft’s licensing roadmap helps you better prepare for changes to either your needs or costs.

Evaluate and select the right solution

Once your requirements are identified, everyone is in a better position to determine a cost-effective licensing program. To achieve the best licensing outcomes, we help you discover, evaluate and gain insights around Microsoft programs, licensing models and leverage additional use rights and benefits.

Deploy with a focus on optimization

Once your requirements are known and our Licensing Executives have laid out your program and licensing choices, SHI can help you recognize ROI on your Microsoft technology investment through successful implementation, adoption and optimization.

We can help you deploy a hybrid solution or migrate workloads to Azure, optimize O365 usage, and ensure IT staff and end users are trained so new technologies are supported and adopted.

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License Position

If the answer to these questions, "How much software do we have from Microsoft, how is it licensed, do we have any compliance risks, and are we using the most effective licensing options?" is “I don’t know,” then you need to talk to SHI about creating an Optimized License Position (OLP).

More than a baseline

A baseline (sometimes referred to as an Effective License Position) of your current licensing and usage is an essential part of a successful Microsoft EA renewal strategy (see Step 1 in our 4-Step Plan), but at SHI, we combine our IT Asset Management skills with License Advisory to go beyond simply reporting your baseline and instead focus on providing you with the licensing expertise to put your organization in the best licensing position possible.

What does a Microsoft OLP include?

Complete understanding of your current Microsoft licensing entitlement
Full inventory of deployment and usage
Advice from SHI’s Microsoft licensing experts on how to improve the current license position

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Microsoft & Office 365 Cost Optimization

You went to the cloud to make life simpler — to provide staff with the tools they need to be productive no matter where they work, to lighten the load on the IT team and to provide better value to the organization.

But perhaps you've discovered life isn't quite so easy, and you need a helping hand to make the most of your Office and Microsoft 365 investment.

The fastest way to identify cost-savings on the Microsoft estate…

SHI's 365 Cost Optimization Services can be deployed and generate findings in less than 48 hours, giving you an incredibly short time-to-value and almost-instant advice on how to find savings on your Microsoft estate.

...leading to smarter decisions in the long term.

Immediate cost savings by reallocating subscriptions or changing subscription levels are just the beginning. Over time, our 365 Cost Optimization Services will give you the insight needed to better define future needs, leading to further savings across the Microsoft estate.

Learn more about SHI’s 365 Cost Optimization Services >>

Azure Cost Optimization with
SHI One

The SHI One Management Platform gives everyone on your team, from procurement to C-Suite, a centralized portal to track, manage and support all your public clouds, including Azure.

Manage your multi-cloud strategy differently and efficiently with a single dashboard, giving you insight into your multiple platforms, costs, consumptions and more with SHI One. With benefits like customized visibility for different teams, self-service capabilities, and multiple reports and analytics, your multi-cloud strategy will be taken to the next level to become more effective and streamlined than ever before.

Optimize Azure Spending

SHI One helps you cut waste and ensure every cloud investment is worthwhile with a 360-degree view of cloud usage. Proactive recommendations from SHI's cloud experts will help you determine when and where cost optimizing opportunities are on your cloud journey.

Flexible Service Agreement

Access your current usage, purchase history and remaining contract value of your Flexible Service Agreement with the ability to submit additional requests directly as needed.

Governance Support

Utilize SHI One's insights and practices to simplify your cloud governance.

Learn more about SHI One for Azure >>