What Happens After the Licensing Optimization Assessment

Your Findings Are In. Here’s How Fast You Can Lock In the Savings.

The Accelerator already delivered your findings and a specific recommendation, so here’s exactly how fast you can turn that into locked-in pricing.

The Cost of Waiting

• EA discount tiers (Levels B/C/D) are already eliminated and renewals default to full list price.
• MCA-E has already replaced EA for organizations transitioning through this renewal cycle, shifting account management back to Microsoft. The EA seat minimum is rising to 2,400 seats, moving many mid-market organizations out of EA entirely.
• Microsoft’s global cloud price increase took effect July 1, 2026, adding further cost on top of the EA changes already in motion.
• Unified Support, running 8 to 12% of total Microsoft spend, continues to compound with every license added.
• Azure MACC commitments now require 25 to 40% annual growth. Falling short means discount reductions of 25 to 50% at renewal, plus shortfall penalties.

Every week without a locked-in CSP agreement is a week of exposure to both the EA changes already in effect and the new pricing layered on top of them.

Your Fastest Path to a Signed Agreement for Microsoft Governance

Last-Mile Questions Worth Addressing Before You Sign

Microsoft EA Off-ramp VS. Microsoft EA Replacement, At a Glance

Need Internal Alignment First?

If you need to bring other stakeholders to the table before proceeding, DCG’s companion working-session guide walks through building that internal alignment after you have taken the License Optimization Assessment. You won’t need to rebuild the case from scratch. Ask your DCG contact for it.

Why Organizations Choose DCG

• 100% Microsoft-focused, every resource and every hour.
• SOC II Type 2 compliant, with governance discipline built in at the enterprise level.
• Senior engineers handle every escalation directly.
• A self-service licensing portal built for full visibility into your Microsoft environment.

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