Specialists in Microsoft Licensing

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Masters of Microsoft® Licensing

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Take control of your Microsoft licensing estate and become your company’s trusted advisor for Microsoft licensing and compliance.

With over 22 hours of content, Masters of Microsoft® Licensing 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 return on your software licensing investments.

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Independent & Impartial Advice

Microsoft licensing can be complex, costly and difficult to navigate without specialist expertise. Since 2011, Discover SAM has provided independent Microsoft licensing consulting, advisory and training services that help organisations reduce compliance risk, optimise expenditure and maximise the value of their Microsoft investments.

As an independent consultancy, we do not sell software licences. This allows us to provide objective, unbiased advice that is based entirely on our clients’ requirements, rather than software sales targets or vendor incentives.

Microsoft Licensing Consulting & Advisory Services

Whether you are evaluating compliance risks, preparing for a contract renewal, planning a major licensing investment or seeking opportunities to optimise expenditure, Discover SAM provides specialist consulting and advisory services to help you make informed decisions with confidence.

Microsoft Software Licence Reconciliation & Optimisation

Understand your Microsoft licensing position, identify compliance risks and uncover opportunities to optimise software investments and reduce unnecessary expenditure.

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Microsoft Enterprise Agreement True-Up Advisory

Ensure your annual Enterprise Agreement true-up is complete, accurate and submitted on time while minimising compliance risks and avoiding unnecessary licensing costs.

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Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Renewal Advisory

Optimise your next Enterprise Agreement renewal by right-sizing licensing, reducing costs and aligning your investment with future business needs.

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Trusted by Organisations Across Australia and Beyond

For over 15 years, Discover SAM has helped organisations navigate complex Microsoft licensing challenges, make informed decisions, reduce risk and optimise software investments. The feedback below reflects the experiences of clients who have engaged our consulting, advisory and training services.

"They have always provided clarity with what we would consider the most complex Microsoft licensing queries"

"the best course I have ever attended" - "the training was phenomenal" - "highly recommended" - "very insightful and thought provoking"

Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Renewal Advisory

“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

Consulting, Advisory & Microsoft Licensing Training

"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

Microsoft Licensing Training

"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

Microsoft Licensing Training

"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."

Sarah Bailey | Manager IT Management Services
Coffey International

Microsoft Licensing Training

"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

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
Telstra Business Centre (Casey/Cardinia)

Microsoft Licensing Training 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"

Name withheld at customer request
New Zealand Enterprise Organisation