Video: Top 10 most expensive Microsoft Licensing mistakes
Our top 10 of the most expensive mistakes in Microsoft License Management. In one recorded stream.
Presented by Alexander Golev, Microsoft Licensing Expert and Daryl Ullman, Negotiation Expert.
Blunt. Subjective. True. And you can learn from it.
Please use chapters in the play bar to navigate through this extended session.
Here is the complete list of chapters:
00:00 Top 10 Microsoft License Management mistakes
00:54 What are the kinds of losses and inefficiencies related to licensing
03:46 Is there a knowledge gap affecting resellers and Microsoft itself?
05:26 The most frequent mistake made by Enterprise Agreement customers
09:17 What tools does Microsoft have to stop a wrong purchase
10:40 Are there ways to fix the issue with the licences you cannot use?
11:45 How a customer bought licences they could not use
13:34 Are you saving through Azure Hybrid Benefit?
14:53 Requirements for Azure Hybrid Benefit
15:40 Subscription licences are cheaper than Azure, even in Azure
16:16 Why you should renew Software Assurance even if you're moving to Azure
16:51 Do not forget to configure your Azure machines to use your own licences and save
19:10 Tax on optimism? What is Azure commitment
20:20 Are there any benefits of Azure commitment
22:10 Why do some companies commit to Azure even if they don't migrate
22:52 How to assess if you need Azure commitment
24:13 Have you asked for a true-up discount?
26:34 Do you check what you receive from your reseller?
30:00 Whose responsibility it is to check license purchase at every step of the process
31:40 What procurement can do to make sure they are granted what they paid for
32:20 Have you got all concessions and discounts in writing?
36:23 What is the difference between core licences and core packs
39:10 What is the recommendation: buy 2-core packs or 16-core packs?
40:00 16-core pack riddle, can you solve it?
42:45 Daryl's recommendation about buying core packs
44:50 Are Client Access Licences simple to understand?
46:12 Not every Client Access Licence (CAL) is included in Core CAL or Enterprise CAL
48:27 Is it more economical to buy CALs with maintenance (SA) or without it?
54:57 How to deal with dirty sales tactics when mixing developer and production machines
57:24 Better be safe than sorry: consolidate, separate, dedicate
1:00:27 Is SQL Server Unlimited Virtualisation a way to save or lose money?
1:03:45 Why DBAs and procurement need to communicate closer
1:06:30 Can you get discounts through license bundles and bundled products?
1:09:26 Six more Microsoft licensing mistakes to watch out for
1:13:26 Free Microsoft Licensing, License Management training in August
1:15:30 Closing statement from Daryl