Area 18 · Software and skills

Software and licensing

Licences are where IT money quietly drains away. Subscriptions renew on their own, E5 gets assigned to people who only read email, and a quarter of the seats belong to staff who have left. We tidy it up, purchase what you genuinely need via Microsoft CSP and direct vendor subscriptions, and keep the register current. We supply software only, never hardware.

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CSP

Microsoft licences, monthly or annual

1 invoice

instead of ten card charges

Visibility

of seats and renewal dates

What this area covers

The two categories we are asked about most. Microsoft 365 and other subscriptions come as part of the work, and anything else is sourced to fit the task.

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Developer tools

Visual Studio, JetBrains, GitHub, GitLab plus build and test tooling. Licences are held by the company rather than individual developers, and we work out whether SaaS or a self-hosted setup in the EU suits you better.

IT management tools

Server and network monitoring, automatic inventory of devices and installed software, patch management and remote support. We choose, license and configure, so the tool gets used rather than merely paid for.

Where the money leaks

A licence review is the fastest saving in any IT budget, and no system has to be touched to achieve it.

Someone leaves

We set up a fixed offboarding routine. Otherwise the seat is billed for months after their final day.

Oversized plan

We match the plan to real usage. Business Premium or E5 for staff who only need email and Teams.

Scattered subscriptions

We build one register. Nobody knows total software spend because it is spread over company cards.

Silent auto-renewal

We keep a calendar with reminders. Forgotten products charge you year after year.

Unlicensed software

We make it legal or find an alternative. A vendor audit can otherwise get expensive.

Licence management is finance, not paperwork. In a 50-person company the first count nearly always uncovers a noticeable share of paid seats nobody uses. The review happens once, and the saving recurs every year.

Moving your licences to us

Switching licensing partner involves no downtime, and users notice nothing. Everything happens remotely in the Microsoft portal and vendor consoles.

Inventory

We pull a list of everything you pay for, with seat counts, actual usage and end dates. For many clients it is the first such list they have had.

Right-sizing

We propose plans that fit real use and tell you plainly which features disappear if you step down a tier.

Handover

You approve us as partner in the Microsoft 365 admin centre, and subscriptions move at the next renewal, so nothing is paid twice.

Ongoing control

Joiners and leavers go through our service desk, and you get one monthly invoice with VAT itemised.

Frequently asked questions

One agreement and one invoice rather than a string of card payments, a named contact who knows your setup, and early warning before renewals. With two subscriptions the gain is small; with 30 users and five vendors it shows in both time and money.

That depends on the product. Microsoft offers both monthly and annual terms through CSP, though the monthly option costs more. Our quote shows each model converted to a full-year price so the choice is transparent.

Yes. We compare what is installed and used against what is paid for, then suggest options: buy what is missing, drop a tier, or move to a free open source alternative where that makes sense.

No, we only supply software and subscriptions. Buy hardware from your usual reseller; we are glad to help with a specification so the devices fit your licences and Intune configuration.

Related areas

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Area 03 System administration Rolling out and updating software Area 06 Cloud and hosting Microsoft 365 and servers in the EU Area 08 Cyber security Defender, EDR and security licences Area 19 Training Courses when your tools change

Let us run the numbers on your licences

Send us a list of the software you use, or describe the job in your own words. We will pick the right plans, price them and point out spending you can cut.

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Coverage
All of Denmark, delivered remotely

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