Microsoft Licensing Risk Assessments
Identify vulnerabilities, reduce exposure, and optimize your licensing posture before Microsoft comes knocking
Audits Are on the Rise
Microsoft has significantly increased audit activity in recent years, with hosting providers and cloud service providers receiving particular attention. The financial exposure from an unprepared audit can be devastating—we've seen settlements ranging from tens of thousands to millions of dollars.
The best defense is a proactive offense. Our Risk Assessment service identifies compliance gaps, quantifies your potential exposure, and provides a clear remediation roadmap—all before you're under the pressure of an active audit.
What's Included:
Comprehensive Compliance Review
- SPLA agreements and reporting history
- Deployed Microsoft products and versions
- License assignment and utilization patterns
- Infrastructure and virtualization architecture
- Internal processes and controls
Gap Analysis
- Under-licensed (compliance exposure)
- Over-licensed (wasted spend)
- Using the wrong license types
- Missing optimization opportunities
- Exposed to audit triggers
We identify specific areas where you're:
Risk Quantification
We quantify your actual financial exposure based on:
- Microsoft's typical settlement terms
- Historical compliance engagement outcomes
- Current market pricing for remediation
- Your specific deployment patterns
Who Needs a Risk Assessment?
- You've never had a professional licensing review
- Your SPLA reporting is done manually or ad-hoc
- You've experienced rapid growth or infrastructure changes
- You're planning a merger, acquisition, or divestiture
- It's been a year or more since your last assessment
- You've received communication from Microsoft compliance
- You're concerned about potential audit exposure