Microsoft License Optimization Accelerator

Microsoft Licensing

Microsoft License Optimization Accelerator

Ron Kane

August 4, 2026

minutes read

Not sure how to transition from your Microsoft EA? Start here.

EA volume discount tiers were eliminated in November 2025. Every renewal since defaults to list price, regardless of seat count. For organizations renewing under these new terms, the cost difference against a governed CSP model is immediate and measurable. The License Optimization Accelerator finds your number and gives you a documented recommendation before you commit to anything.

What Changed in Your Licensing

6 - 12%

Volume discounts are gone. Every EA renewal since November 2025 defaults to list price, no matter how many seats you have.

2,400

The new EA seat minimum. Below this threshold, Microsoft moves you to CSP at renewal. The choice of partner is yours to make or miss.

What It Means for Your Team

The commercial model you negotiated under the old EA no longer applies. New terms, transparent pricing, and a partner accountable to more than a transaction.
Azure MACC commitments require 25 to 40 percent annual growth to hold discount levels. Flat consumption means lower discounts at renewal and shortfall penalties.
Unified Support runs 8 to 12 percent of total Microsoft spend and compounds with every license added. It is the cost line that grows without a purchase order.

Before you choose a licensing path, know what your Microsoft environment actually costs.

A Diagnostic of your Microsoft Environment.

We analyze your licensing, Unified Support, and Azure spend. We quantify what you are overpaying and recommend the right path. The fee credits toward whichever offer you choose.

How It Works

1 - We map your environment
License consumption against actual deployment. Unified Support as a percentage of spend. Azure against your MACC commitments. Everything in one picture.

2 - We quantify the gap
Your current cost set against DCG CSP. Over-provisioned licenses, duplicate spend, and the savings your seat count supports. Numbers on paper, not projections.

3 - You get a recommendation
Licensing-only or licensing with support. Documented with rationale your Procurement, IT, and Finance teams can review, challenge, and act on.

What You Receive

License consumption audit. Every seat is mapped against actual usage. Over-provisioned and underutilized licenses identified with dollar values attached.

Cost overlap report. Where Unified Support spend and Azure consumption compound against each other, and by how much.

TCO model. Your current annual spend versus DCG CSP, built to your seat count. A number you can put in front of Finance.

Recommended path. One recommendation, licensing-only or licensing plus support, with the reasoning written out. The decision is yours to make.

Internal-ready package. Findings your team can present, validate, and approve. No translation is required.
‍

1,000-Seat Savings Example

EA plus Unified Support:

$727,240/yr.

DCG CSP with Advanced Support:

$627,600/yr.

Annual savings:

$99,640 at 13.7%.

Your number will differ. The Accelerator finds yours.

Get your Microsoft License Optimization Accelerator

Download PDF

Start Your Transition. Lock In Your Pricing

Ron Kane

Most support conversations start at renewal time. Ron thinks that it is already too late. Support should make enterprise technology feel safer, not harder to defend. That is the lens Ron brings to his work as Chief Marketing Officer at Dynamic Consultants Group. With more than 25 years of hands-on experience helping organizations simplify complex decisions, improve sales effectiveness, and take the mystery out of digital strategy.

Ron’s background spans Health and Life Sciences, Software, Marketing Platforms, Specialty Retail, Outdoor Power, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Animal Science, and other industries. He has worked as a Principal Consultant and Senior Marketing Strategist, helping organizations develop practical programs, communicate value clearly, and drive measurable business outcomes.

At DCG, Ron’s work is closely tied to one of the biggest conversations enterprise leaders are having right now: whether their Microsoft support model is delivering the speed, accountability, and transparency their environments require. His perspective is practical and commercial. He helps leaders solve the questions that often get skipped: What are we actually paying for? Who owns escalation when something breaks? How fast can we reach the right expertise? Is the current model reducing risk or simply adding another expensive layer?

He is also a speaker and boardroom facilitator who helps executive audiences examine support models without the noise, helping CIOs evaluate where alternative support models improve outcomes, where they introduce risk, and what separates high-performing partner-led support from fragmented arrangements.

Ron Kane

In his role as Vice President of Digital Experience, Ron brings over 25 years of hands-on experience helping companies of every size drive success through common sense marketing strategy, sales effectiveness and helping organizations take the mystery out of digital marketing. Ron has worked as a Principal Consultant and Senior Marketing Strategist to some of America’s best companies in Specialty Retail, Outdoor Power, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Animal Science and other industries.

Microsoft License Optimization Accelerator

Not sure how to transition from your Microsoft EA? Start here.

What Changed in Your Licensing

What It Means for Your Team

A Diagnostic of your Microsoft Environment.

How It Works

What You Receive

1,000-Seat Savings Example

Start Your Transition. Lock In Your Pricing

Ron Kane

Ron Kane

Recent Posts

The Official DCG Blog

Consulting

Partner

About