Guides

Dragon Copilot Licensing Guide
Dragon Copilot is a healthcare AI product with role-specific licensing, unpublished subscription pricing, and consumption-based billing for Physician Flex. This guide covers licence models, billing mechanics, purchase channels, and regional availability.

Security Copilot Licensing Guide
Security Copilot uses an SCU-based consumption model, provides included capacity for Microsoft 365 E5 tenants, and supports agent-driven security workflows. This guide explains pricing, allocations, requirements, and recent licensing updates.

Microsoft Sales AI: Products vs Agents
Microsoft’s sales AI portfolio spans bundled Copilot features and pay-as-you-go agents across two platforms. This guide explains what each product does, where it runs, how it’s billed, and where companies overpay.

Copilot Studio Licensing Guide
Copilot Studio uses a credit-based consumption model where agent actions, autonomous triggers and Dataverse storage drive total cost. This guide explains pricing options, credit rates, governance controls and the factors that shape real-world Copilot spending.

An Expert Guide to Perfecting IaaS Licensing
SPLA, CSP-Hosting, BYOL, Azure Stack HCI for Hosters: What is the right mix for IaaS that is cost-efficient and compliant at the same time? Available options and actionable advice from independent advisors.

SPLA Audit How-to Guide 2026
SPLA audits are inevitable, disruptive, and confusing. The results can be shocking if you are not prepared. Here’s how to pass a SPLA audit with flying colours.

SQL Server licensing guide for service providers and clients
Get a quick reference guide for licensing SQL Server on hosting with SPLA and BYOL. Understand licensing models, calculate licenses, and avoid common mistakes.

Making Sense of Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft’s Copilot portfolio has become increasingly fragmented. This guide cuts through the confusion by explaining what each Copilot does, how they differ, and what enterprises should expect in terms of licensing and cost.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Licensing Guide
Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing explained: editions, pricing, agent costs, Graph access, and rollout strategy. ROI depends on training, governance, and usage control.

Financial Efficiency in the Cloud: A CFO's Guide to FinOps
Cloud spending is variable, opaque, and easily mismanaged. FinOps is the practice of making it visible and controllable. The guide explains what FinOps actually is, why it exists (because cloud providers profit from confusion), and how to implement it without buying expensive tools that create more problems than they solve.

Negotiating the Microsoft Audit 125% Penalty
Microsoft’s 125% audit penalty can be reduced or even eliminated through a two-phase negotiation. Success depends on challenging findings, documenting complexity, and aligning settlement with future commercial value.

The Decisive 30 Minutes After You Open the Audit Letter
Microsoft audit letter in your inbox? The first 30 minutes set the tone: identify the audit type, take control of communication, and prevent costly missteps.