Microsoft Licensing · Right-sized for Up to 1,000 Users

Microsoft licensing advice that puts your interests first

Most organisations are paying for Microsoft licences they do not need. Inspizer reviews your current subscription, identifies wasted spend, and recommends the right licence tier for what you actually use — with no incentive to sell you anything.

Independent advice No reseller commission Fixed-price review UK organisations
£££
Typical overspend
uncovered per client

Growing organisations frequently over-license by 20–40%. A licensing review typically pays for itself within the first renewal cycle.

Microsoft Partner
Independent — No Reseller Commission
Microsoft 365 · Business & Enterprise Plans
Copilot Readiness Assessments
Licence Right-Sizing for Up to 1,000 Users
The problem with Microsoft licensing

Why most organisations pay more than they should

Microsoft's licence portfolio has grown significantly complex. Without specialist knowledge, it is easy to end up paying for the wrong thing — and Microsoft's own sales channel has a commercial interest in selling you more, not less.

Licence landscape

Microsoft 365 plans — at a glance

The right plan depends on your actual usage. Inspizer reviews what your organisation uses, not just what you are subscribed to.

BUSINESS BASIC Web/mobile apps only Exchange + Teams + SharePoint 1 TB OneDrive £4.50 user/month BUSINESS STANDARD Desktop + web + mobile apps Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams Bookings + MFA £10.30 user/month MOST COMMON RECOMMENDATION BUSINESS PREMIUM All Standard features Intune + Entra ID P1 Defender for Business Advanced compliance tools £18.20 user/month ENTERPRISE (E3/E5) 300+ seat organisations Advanced eDiscovery Enterprise compliance suite From £28 user/month

Indicative pricing. Actual costs vary by agreement type and volume. Copilot for M365 is an add-on to all plans (additional cost per user). Inspizer is not a reseller and earns no commission on licence sales.

The Inspizer licensing review

What a Microsoft licensing review covers

A structured review of your current Microsoft 365 subscription, mapped against your actual usage — producing clear recommendations with quantified savings.

Licence audit

We review every active and assigned licence in your tenant: active users, inactive accounts, shared mailboxes, and unassigned licences that are still billing. Most organisations are surprised by what they find.

Usage analysis

Microsoft 365 admin centre provides detailed adoption data. We review which features your users are actually using to identify where higher-tier licences are providing no incremental benefit relative to a lower tier.

Right-sizing recommendation

A written recommendation by user segment: which licence tier is appropriate for each group in your organisation, with the annual cost difference quantified and a clear rationale for each change.

Copilot readiness assessment

Before adding Copilot licences, your environment needs to be ready. We assess whether your M365 governance, data labelling, and SharePoint structure are in a state where Copilot will deliver useful results — or create data exposure risks.

Duplicate capability review

We identify where your current licence bundle overlaps with standalone products you may already be paying for — security tools, backup solutions, collaboration platforms — so you can eliminate the duplication.

Renewal preparation

If your Microsoft 365 renewal is approaching, we give you the analysis you need to negotiate from a position of knowledge — rather than renewing on default settings under commercial pressure from your reseller.

Microsoft Copilot

Before you buy Copilot licences, read this

What Microsoft won't always tell you

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is priced at a significant premium over existing plan costs. Microsoft's own research shows that value is highly dependent on how well your Microsoft 365 environment is configured — specifically around data governance, permissions, and content organisation.

Organisations with poor SharePoint governance, overly permissive access controls, or unstructured OneDrive content often find that Copilot surfaces sensitive documents to users who should not see them — or returns unhelpful results because content is disorganised.

Before purchasing Copilot licences, Inspizer conducts a readiness assessment to determine whether your environment is in a state to get value from the investment — and if not, what needs to change first.

Copilot readiness — what we assess

  • SharePoint permissions and information architecture
  • Sensitivity labels and data classification
  • Guest access and external sharing settings
  • Entra ID group and role hygiene
  • OneDrive structure and access controls
  • Content volume and recency — Copilot needs good signal
  • Admin consent and app governance configuration
  • Existing licence utilisation — is there a business case?
Book a Copilot readiness call
Find out if you are overpaying for Microsoft licences. A licensing review typically pays for itself within the first renewal cycle. The first call is free.
Our position

Why independent advice matters

Inspizer is not a Microsoft reseller

Many IT partners, managed service providers, and consultancies resell Microsoft licences. This creates a structural conflict of interest — the more licences they sell you, and the higher the tier, the more revenue they generate.

Inspizer does not earn commission or margin on Microsoft licence sales. Our licensing reviews are priced as a fixed-fee advisory service. Our only incentive is to give you accurate, independent advice about what you actually need.

Where you purchase your licences after a review — whether through your existing reseller, a new partner, or directly through Microsoft — is entirely your choice. We will tell you what makes sense for your organisation, not what benefits our revenue.

Who typically engages Inspizer for licensing advice

  • Organisations approaching Microsoft 365 renewal who want independent advice before the call
  • Finance and operations directors who want to understand what the Microsoft line on their IT invoice actually covers
  • Companies that have grown through acquisition and now have inconsistent licence tiers across former entities
  • Organisations that were recently migrated to M365 and want to check whether the licence tier their MSP chose is still appropriate
  • Companies evaluating whether to add Copilot licences and wanting an honest readiness assessment before committing
FAQs

Frequently asked questions

How much does a licensing review cost?

Inspizer charges a fixed fee for a licensing review, scoped to the size of your organisation. The fee is agreed before the review begins. For most organisations in the 50–300 seat range, the review is completed and delivered within one to two weeks, and the identified savings typically exceed the review cost within the first billing cycle.

Do you need Global Administrator access to our tenant?

For a full licensing and usage review, we require read-only access to the Microsoft 365 admin centre and, where relevant, the Microsoft Entra admin centre. Global Reader is typically sufficient. No changes are made to your tenant as part of a licensing review.

Can you help us negotiate with our reseller or Microsoft directly?

Inspizer can provide the analysis and recommendations that allow you to approach your reseller or Microsoft renewal from a position of knowledge. We can advise on what terms and pricing to push for, and review any proposal you receive. We do not act as a procurement agent, but we can make sure you understand what you are agreeing to.

We are on Microsoft 365 E3 — is that likely to be right for our size?

Enterprise plans are designed for 300+ seat organisations with specific compliance and eDiscovery requirements. Many organisations in the 50–1,000 seat range have been placed on E3 by their MSP when Business Premium would provide similar core functionality at a lower per-seat cost. This is one of the most common findings in our licensing reviews.

Our IT support company handles our Microsoft licences. Should we involve them?

You can share the findings with your IT support company after the review — or involve them in the implementation of any changes. What matters is that you have independent advice about what you need before any renewal conversation, so that the people with a commercial interest in the outcome do not have an information advantage over you.

Get in touch

Book a free licensing conversation

Tell us your organisation size, your current Microsoft plan, and when your renewal is due. We will tell you whether a licensing review makes sense and what it would typically save organisations of your size.

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