SUCCESS STORY
~£100K savings
Optimising Microsoft 365 Licensing for a Financial Services Organisation
- Enhancing security and reducing licence costs in a regulated environment
Outcomes
6% COST REDUCTION ACHIEVED
~£100k saved across contract term
COMPANY-WIDE POWER BI ENABLED
Improved reporting and data capability
SECURITY ENHANCED
Defender Endpoint and Entra ID embedded
BACKGROUND
A regulated financial services organisation sought to renew and enhance its Microsoft 365 estate as part of a broader technology and security improvement programme.
The business required a commercially robust renewal structure that would support analytics capability while maintaining compliance and governance standard.
the challenge
The client needed to renew its Microsoft 365 estate while strengthening core security controls and enabling broader Power BI functionality. Operating in a regulated environment, the organisation required commercial rigour, internal governance alignment and cost certainty over a multi-year term.
SOLUTION
EBIT structured and led a commercially robust renewal approach designed to enhance security, enable analytics capability and deliver measurable savings.
- Led direct negotiations with Microsoft and key internal stakeholders
- Benchmarked commercial proposals using internal data and market insight
- Structured renewal to include Defender Endpoint and Entra ID enhancements
- Enabled company-wide Power BI rollout within the revised licence model
- Managed governance approvals and contract sign-off
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