In this podcast I was joined by some great experts who share their opinions on Microsoft.
- Tim Hegedus, Miro Consulting
- Mike Austin, Method 180
- Sumin Chen, Belarc
- Peter Beruk, 1E
- Kevin Suckow, SoftwareOne
- Mandi Sue Bleau, Flexera Software
This is our third podcast on Microsoft and follows similar discussions on Microsoft Virtualisation and Microsoft in the Datacentre.
In this podcast we cover:
- Safe harbour, Office 365, blockers to adoption
- Breaking up Microsoft bundles
- Office 365 meets commercial acceptance but blockers and uncertainty remain (security, performance, compatibility)
- Capex vs Opex
- M&A with Office 365
- Actual usage and Exchange Online
- Stepping back and identifying true needs
- Breaking down Microsoft bundles and picking a la carte
- Knowing what you don’t need is probably most important issue
- Tracking as a key issue
- Microsoft tooling configuration centric – no use for licensing
- Managing Azure costs and IAAS costs
- Client Immaturity and Education required “We have an enterprise agreement so we can install whatever we want”
- Leverage complexity for your advantage
- Monetizing mobility
- Microsoft SAM engagements as a revenue generator
- Microsoft SAM as Microsoft audit in disguise
- Microsoft’s support of ISO tags (-2 & -3)
- A vision of ISO and “push button compliance”
- API access to Microsoft services to support management
- Microsoft CSP
ITAM Review readers on the East Cost USA – please come and join us at a free Microsoft Licensing seminar on Wednesday 21st October at Baruch College, New York: https://itassetmanagement.net/event/usamicrosoft2015/
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