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If you have ever been responsible for negotiating with Microsoft, you have most likely stayed up many nights trying to figure out how you were...

An Overview of GCP, AWS, and Azure’s Credit and Incentive Offerings Hyperscalers today are offering increased levels of credits and incentives to drive potential customers...

Since the creation of its cloud-based solutions, Microsoft has been focused on pushing customers to migrate to the cloud, preferably the more robust cloud bundle,...

Microsoft had an impressive Q4’21 bringing in revenues of $46.2B.  As part of the earnings presentation, it was clear that they would be making an...

Enterprise executives know that employees are most productive when they have the right tools and more importantly, know how to use those tools.  When employees...

Microsoft recently announced that they are going to be hitting their enterprise customers with price increases to some Office 365 and Microsoft 365 product suites....

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly discussed forming an alliance with Dropbox, Slack, Smartsheet, and others to create a bundle of cloud solutions (i.e., AWS...

For many large organizations, managing Microsoft is a multifaceted beast.  In addition to handling your day-to-day Microsoft interactions, there are likely other areas where you...

In nearly all of the Microsoft engagements where we have advised over the years, there has been some level of underutilization.  It comes in many...

On April 12th, Microsoft announced the $19.7B acquisition of Nuance Communications, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) and speech recognition software.  This is the second...

How the hyperscalers differ with their rights to modify agreements and more If you’re evaluating which hyperscaler is best for hosting your ERP environment, you’ll...

The Microsoft 365 all-in cloud bundle has become a household word at most enterprises.  For those where it is not, it is most likely only...

Is Microsoft’s product bundling grounds for antitrust scrutiny?  If you were to ask Slack, they would say it is.  Of course, Slack is also a...

Microsoft’s recent announcements will impact consumers, small businesses and enterprise customers. In 2016, Microsoft rebranded it’s Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS) and introduced it as the...

The majority of Microsoft 365 (M365) customers are simply not using a bulk of the products and features that are bundled into their subscription.  Identifying...

Microsoft had a strong 2019 and based on recent conversations I have had with enterprise customers, there is no reason to think things are going...

Embracing Linux In a recent Microsoft blog aimed at the open source community at work, the company announced that Teams is now available for Linux...

Last week, SAP announced that they’re doubling down on their relationship with Microsoft – betting big on Microsoft as their preferred cloud partner.  The three-year...

While Microsoft has had a comfortable position in large enterprises for years as the only truly viable productivity suite option, Google Cloud’s G Suite has...

It is an interesting time to be a Microsoft Support customer (to say the least).  Many of you reading this may have already started to...