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Microsoft Licensing Training Course: Registrations are open!

Masters of Microsoft® Licensing

Virtual Classroom Training (Live & Instructor-Led)

Masters of Microsoft® Licensing is is one of the world’s most comprehensive Microsoft licensing training courses. The course will provide you with an extensive knowledge of Microsoft licensing, empowering you to make informed licensing decisions that optimise spend, mitigate compliance risks and maximise your return on software investment

September 5-9, 2022 (5-days) | 10:00am-3:30pm (AEST)

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Effective Licence Position Report

Our comprehensive Effective Licence Position (ELP) report is included as a core deliverable report in each of our Microsoft licensing service offerings;

Software Licence Reconciliation & Optimisation
Enterprise Agreement True-Up Advisory
Enterprise Agreement Renewal Advisory

To request a sample copy of the ELP Report, please click the button below.

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Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Renewal Advisory

Make the most of the once every 3-years opportunity to reset, right-size, optimise and align your agreement with your technology roadmap.

Get expert help navigating the ever-changing list of products, services, licence suites and licence terms and ensure you have an optimised set of licences for both your on-premises and cloud environments.

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Interactive Data Workbooks of your IT estate

Using your discovery tools, using our discovery tools, or a combination of both, we create single-pane-of-glass views of your IT estate data in interactive data workbooks (Server, Endpoints and Users).

Our workbooks provide the data and insights you need to make informed IT decisions and can be generated using a range of discovery tools including Altiris, Kace, Lansweeper, Microsoft Assessment & Planning Toolkit (MAP), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and many more.

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Consulting, Advisory & Training Services

Microsoft Licensing Consulting

Software licence terms can be extremely complex and most organisations do not have the in-house expertise to optimise spend, identify and mitigate risk, and maximise return on software investments.

We are specialists in Microsoft licensing and as we do not sell software licences we are uniquely positioned to provide truly independent and impartial advice.

Whilst our core Microsoft Licensing Services include Software Licence Reconciliation & Optimisation, Enterprise Agreement True-Up Advisory and Enterprise Agreement Renewal Advisory, we can help with any Microsoft licensing requirement no matter how big or small.

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Microsoft Licensing Training Courses

Misinterpreted licence terms and insufficient in-house licensing knowledge are key causes of both non-compliance and overspending.

Each of our instructor-led training courses provide you with the in-house knowledge and expertise you need to make informed and strategic licensing decisions, identify and mitigate risk and optimise licence usage.

Our courses include Masters of Microsoft Licensing and Licensing Microsoft SQL Server and like the hundreds of participants that have already attended, you will learn everything you want to know and everything you need to know about Microsoft licensing.

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Microsoft Cloud Solution Assessments

Are you looking to commence your journey to the Microsoft Cloud (Azure/Microsoft 365) but don’t know where to start?

Are you are already in the Microsoft cloud but looking to expand or modernise your cloud services and/or reduce and optimise your spend?

Using best-in-class analysis tools from Block 64 and UnifyCloud, our Microsoft Cloud Solution Assessments provide you with the data, insights and information you need to streamline your journey to the cloud, identify and reduce risk and optimise your spend.

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Data Intelligence Services

IT estate data should be at the core of many IT related decision making processes but even organisations with discovery tools can struggle to get visibility of the data they require to make informed decisions.

Using your discovery tools, using our discovery tools, or a combination of both, we create single-pane-of-glass views of your IT estate data in interactive data workbooks (Server, Endpoints and Users). Our workbooks can be generated using a range of discovery tools including Altiris, Kace, Lansweeper, Microsoft Assessment & Planning Toolkit (MAP), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and many more.

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What do our clients say about us?

“With a Microsoft Enterprise agreement up for renewal at the end of June 2020 we turned to Discover SAM to help us prepare. The work they did for us was a great help and the guidance they provided to navigate the minefield that is Microsoft licencing was a huge advantage.

With Microsoft’s licensing products and usage rules changing all the time, understanding how to best licence our organisation was an insurmountable task which Discover SAM took all the pain out for us.

Naturally, anxiety was high given the massive investment in Microsoft licencing over a three-year enterprise agreement term, so it was extremely important to us that we had the best knowledge to make the right selections for our council.

The work they did was outstanding to understand our existing licence consumption and the recommendations they made around the best fit licence models. All the rationale that supported our business case was excellent with recommendations presented to council directors and councillors for approval.

The work they did to help us determine the best value fit for our needs from the Microsoft 365 suite, factoring our future requirements around security and endpoint management was also extremely valuable.

The support they gave us also with negotiations with Microsoft around the interpretation of licence and software assurance entitlements rules was also amazing.

Massive thank you to Troy and the team for taking us through the process and for making it a smooth and painless one. We’ll be talking again in early 2023 for help with the next one.”

Eric Bouwmeester

ICT Operations Team Leader, Kingston City Council

Some more words from our clients…

Microsoft Licensing Consulting Services

“We have used the services of Discover SAM to assist with Microsoft licensing compliance, preparing for new Enterprise Agreements and also Microsoft licensing training. The team at Discover SAM have provided assured and clear licensing support which has improved our compliance maturity over several years. The team at Discover SAM have consistently given sound advice on licensing decisions and compliance exposures. They have always provided clarity with what we would consider the most complex Microsoft licensing queries.”

Stephen Mattern: Desktop Systems Administrator – City of Greater Dandenong

Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course

“You know you are in good hands and learning from the best at the business when your trainer spells the word ‘Licence’ accurately every time! I enrolled into this course with much unease since my background is not technical but the course content was so easy to follow. The trainer explained each topic at a level where every student was comfortable with the understanding.”

Shanaz Khan: BT Contracts and Procurement Administrator – CSL Limited

Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course for Enterprise Agreement Renewal

“The course was very insightful and thought provoking; so much so that the team re-cut the numbers to model the different product licensing options discussed – in short it was exactly what we were looking for to get everyone aligned and focused on task at hand. This is the course that all organisations should be looking at if they want to take control of their Microsoft environment and get the most from their entitlements, while minimising their financial exposure”

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Microsoft Licensing Consulting Services

“Discover SAM’s advice was clear, concise, and most importantly, accurate. They saved us days of research, and provided us with the information we needed to minimize our licensing costs. For anyone navigating the labyrinthine world of Microsoft licensing, we would have no hesitation in recommending their consulting services, which are virtually guaranteed to save you money and maximize the value of your software investments”

Nazeer Gassiep: IT Operations Manager – Casey Business Centre

Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course

“Very comprehensive” & “Exceeded my expectations & “The training was phenomenal”

“The best course I have ever done”

“Thanks very much for the course, highly recommended!”

“It really was the best course I have ever attended & I have learnt a lot.”

Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course

“I would recommend this course for anyone who has “Microsoft” in their daily vocabulary. Knowing how to (and not to) use your investment not only reduces compliance risk, but gives you commercial advantage too!”

Ashley Scott: Technology Asset Manager – ActewAGL

Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course

“This was a really great course that I would recommend for anyone who is involved in Microsoft licensing or implementation. There was a good mixture of formal explanation and discussion of issues along with random quizzes to keep everyone entertained. The time flew by.”