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Licensing

Licensing Clarity Review

Find overlaps, right-size SKUs, and stop paying twice. Leave with a clear SKU map and savings plan.

  • SKU audit + usage analysis
  • Right-size recommendations
  • Executive-ready summary (PDF)

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Adoption

M365 Adoption Accelerator

Ship the right features in 30/60/90-day sprints—with clear owners, change comms, and guardrails. No fire drills.

  • Role-based rollout plan
  • Change & comms templates
  • Admin guardrails + KPIs

Start a rollout

Security

Environment-Based Secure Score Workshop

Baseline your real environment, prioritize fixes, and ship a 90-day plan tied to risk.

  • Baseline & gap analysis
  • Prioritized remediation ladder
  • 90-day execution plan

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Proof & Outcomes

$25k
annualized licensing savings
37% → 71%
Secure Score baseline in 6 weeks
Adoption
Score
targeting
train where it matters
  • Cost optimization: Consolidated Business Premium/E3/E5 mix, removed overlap, and aligned add-ons to roles: about $25k in annual savings.
  • Risk reduction: Enabled DLP, enforced MFA, and baseline Conditional Access: closed high-risk gaps with no helpdesk spike.
  • Efficiency: Used Microsoft Adoption Score to pinpoint low-usage areas and focus training where it matters: faster adoption and fewer handoffs.

M365 Adoption Baseline: 12 Checks in 30 Minutes

Grab the checklist I use with clients to find low-effort, high-impact wins before big rollouts.

Speaking & Workshops

Make Microsoft Make Sense

A practical briefing mapping Business Premium, E3, and E5 to clear business results.

AI Readiness for M365

A plain-English game plan to get your tenant AI-ready.

Adoption Quick Wins by Role

Admin guardrails + change patterns that actually stick.

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Writing & Updates

LinkedIn

Connect with me on LinkedIn to stay up to date on Microsoft changes and practical guidance.

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Articles / Blog

Overviews and updates I find worth calling out. Clear summaries, practical takeaways.

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Newsletter

A monthly, plain-English brief on Microsoft changes with proof-first guidance and practical next steps.

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About Alex

Microsoft Licensing Jedi • M365 Educator • Partnership Manager (Logically)

I help IT leaders make confident decisions about Microsoft licensing, activate the right workloads in the right order, and uplift security based on the reality of your environment; not just SKUs. My background spans Technical Account Management, Solution Architecture, and Microsoft Partnership Management at MSPs.

  • Specialties: Licensing clarity, adoption playbooks, Copilot readiness, security posture.
  • Format: Briefs, workshops, exec education, and hands-on rollout patterns.

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