Case study ii · Microsoft · EA Restructuring · Fixed Fee

International bank restructures its Microsoft EA. 35% annual reduction.

A European-headquartered bank operating in 24 countries approached the end of a three-year Microsoft EA with $28M annual spend. The Group CIO had flagged E5 licensing for users consuming only E3 features, Power Platform licences bought for a deprioritised initiative, and an Azure commitment 40% under-consumed.

Result · $9.8M Annual Savings

The engagement

What Admodum did.

  1. Per-user licence audit across 47,000 seats; 8,200 E5 users needed only E3.
  2. Power Platform review confirmed $1.6M annual spend on unused premium licensing.
  3. Azure consumption review modelled the pay-as-you-go alternative to the under-used commitment.
  4. Built the renewal package: right-sized M365 mix, premium licensing eliminated, Azure commitment reduced, Copilot pilot at controlled scale.
  5. Conducted the renewal negotiation alongside bank procurement.
The outcome

What the client achieved.

The lesson

What the case teaches.

Enterprise Agreements accumulate over-licensing because the renewal cycle rewards growth, not optimisation. A buyer-side licence audit before renewal almost always reveals material rationalisation that Microsoft's own renewal process will never surface.

Engagement details

How it ran.

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