Lower Your Microsoft Costs Our expert analyst team will conduct a comprehensive license review of the organization’s Microsoft software deployments, entitlements, usage, contracts and purchasing documents to help the organization reduce it's Microsoft costs while still maintaining compliance with Microsoft licensing policies Microsoft Cost Savings The core purpose of Miro Consulting's services has always been to lower costs associated with software licensing. Software licensing costs and their associated maintenance costs can be a significant portion of an organization's IT costs. [...]
What We Do Audit Advisory Software License Management Oracle Support Renewal Management Miro Support Network Cloud Licensing Oracle Services Microsoft Services IBM Services—Old Salesforce Services Adobe Services Miro Consulting’s cost containment strategies begin with a confidential, comprehensive licensing and compliance review. Each client receives a customized plan to fit their business needs in order to obtain the best price as well as terms and conditions. The company also offers ongoing software asset management program that includes a meticulous audit, analysis [...]
Microsoft has done an abrupt about face by making Copilot, its generative AI tool, available to just about everyone who uses Microsoft 365. However, Copilot is not free. Anyone wishing to access it in Microsoft 365 – whether for professional or personal use – must pay for a license. Here is the question: is licensing Copilot worth the cost? As with all Microsoft products, Copilot is subject to compliance verification. A typical Microsoft license audit will account for every use […]
Virtualization Policy Errors Mistake – Virtualization polices can affect licensing for Microsoft products such as SQL Server, when moving instances in a cluster (“License Mobility”), or if hardware features such as hyperthreading are turned on. Example – A large multi-market media company was using hyperthreading without realizing it doubled their licensing needs. Miro showed them how to fix the problem and the solution saved them $10 million over three years. Lacking a Software Compliance Policy Mistake – Not having a […]
So, Microsoft is knocking some dollars off its software licensing costs for small and mid-sized businesses with subscription-based licensing for small businesses. The plan is called Open Value Subscription program and it costs about 1/3 of the expense of software licensing. Basically, Microsoft offers discounts when the software is initially purchased through the subscription program. The benefit: SMBs has an option of decreasing or increasing licensing over a 3-year period if their business needs change. So, the total cost of […]
As an ongoing effort, Miro will deliver the Microsoft products reaching end-of-life (EOL) in or by September 2024 in a clear, concise way. There are two (2) things that are very important – and potentially critical – to your organization: We wanted to call your attention to the classic Azure Cloud Services and to Year 2 of the Extended Security Updates for SQL Server 2012. Azure Cloud Services Microsoft gives its customers two (2) choices for its classic Azure […]
As an ongoing effort, Miro will deliver the Microsoft products reaching end-of-life (EOL) in or by March 2024 in a clear, concise way. Three (3) things are very important – and potentially critical – to your organization: Many of the listed products pertain to Windows Server. But we wanted to call your attention to Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 These versions of Windows Server begin their Extended Security Updates (ESU) for servers under […]
As an ongoing effort, Miro will deliver the Microsoft products reaching end-of-life (EOL) in or by October 2023 in a clear, concise way. Two (2) things are very important – and potentially critical – to your organization: Microsoft Office 2019 Including Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac and all the applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, the EOL is October 2023. That is this October! And this is for Mainstream Support. The Extended Support end is currently two (2) […]
