Getting started with Microsoft Licensing
Microsoft offer a lot of choice when it comes to buying their products and solutions. Whether you want to provision Office 365 for your entire organisation or set up temporary implementation project, or undergoing a Server Infrastructure refresh, there is a Microsoft solution to meet your needs. With options to tailor the features within them, you can build your agreement and subscriptions to your users’ job role or individual requirements.
Public or Private Sector?
There is a wide range of purchase models and structures available from Microsoft to help and support the adoption of products and services. This is largely dependent on which sector your organisation operates. Within the Private Corporate sector Microsoft do not provide any discounts as such, however through smart purchasing, funding requests and management, Private Sector organisations can make cost savings.
To support the Public Sector (Government and Healthcare), Microsoft offer an Enterprise pricing alongside with Government pricing programmes such as the NHS N365 Discounts and the Digital Transformation Agreements 2021 which help your transition to modern licence and subscription services.
The Education, Academic and Non-Profit sectors have their own available discount offerings, such as Student Use Benefits and discounted agreements to help you with the provision, investment, and management of the latest Microsoft offerings.
Regardless of your organisation’s sector there is a route for your requirements.
Speak to your Trustmarque Account Manager for advice on your own circumstances.
Licensing for your needs
Under Microsoft Volume Licensing there are a numerous options and products available. In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the current customer focus is on a flexible work anywhere cloud model and the need for licencing to meet these needs and ensuring business continuity.
Microsoft 365 and Windows 365 products offer a range of options to cater for all your users in your organisation but give them different levels of functionality depending on their requirements or specific budgets.
You can provide the Firstline Worker Licences to users whose role is not computer application based and may only need a web browser connection, through to the desk-based users who need access to a full office suite, telephony services and BI and Analytics reporting tools of the E5 offering.
Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Apps enables you to create, share, and collaborate from anywhere on any device with a cloud-based suite of productivity apps and services.
- Apps For Business up to 300 Users
- Apps for Enterprise
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic\Standard\Premium
- Office 365 F3\E1\E3\E5
- Microsoft 365 Enterprise F1\F3\E3\E5
- Windows 365 – Business\Enterprise
For infrastructure services, Microsoft Azure cloud platform provides a growing collection of integrated services including compute, storage, data, networking, VDI, and more, which are all designed to empower organisations to move faster, do more and save money. Azure can be a standalone solution and be integrated with on-premise Windows Server and SQL Server environments and provisioned through Azure Hybrid Use Benefits and disaster recovery entitlements.
All these can be bought via CSP or an EA.
Get in touch to find out what is available for you.
Why Trustmarque
We have been a Microsoft reseller since 1987 and are recognised as one of the most highly accredited Software Resellers in the UK. Our levels of accreditation and expertise provide us with insight and access to information that means we can deliver the licensing innovations needed to support change over the life of your agreement contracts.
Our extensive experience in managing the full range of Microsoft Licence Agreements will get you started with Microsoft Licensing and ensures our customers across all sectors and all types of organisation, obtain maximum value from their investments.
Getting started with Microsoft Licensing is easy with Trustmarque. We can advise on your choice of Microsoft solution to meet your needs.
By partnering with Trustmarque, we will help you:
- Cut through the complexity of Microsoft Licensing and choose the right agreement that fits your needs
- Help define your licensing strategy beyond the initial purchase and into the future with an agreement timeline and roadmap
- Provide a consultative approach which will ensure valuable returns on any investment with introductions to our Professional Services, SAM Services and LSS Services to maximise investment and control spend
- Build an implementation plan that will see your investment deployed quickly and efficiently
- Know where your licensing and infrastructure fit on the Microsoft Product and Technology Roadmaps through a regular communication
- Constantly review usage and adoption ensuring compliancy and licence best practice is maintained
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Our Microsoft Advanced Specialisations
Security Advanced Specialisations
Identity & Access Management
Verified expertise in Microsoft Identity workloads to ensure greater security in authenticating and accessing services and resources.
Azure Advanced Specialisations
Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft AzureÂ
Demonstrating our expertise in migrating and optimising Windows Server and SQL Server-based workloads to Microsoft Azure.
Windows Virtual Desktop Advanced Specialisation
Recognised expertise in deploying and scaling virtualised desktops and applications on Azure using Windows Virtual Desktop.
Modern Workplace Advanced Specialisations
Teamwork Deployment
Proven expertise in using Microsoft engineering approved methodologies for deploying Office 365.
Adoption and Change Management
Extensive experience and proven success driving organisational change by providing adoption and change management services.
Meetings & Meeting Rooms for Microsoft Teams
Confirmation of our verifiable expertise in deploying meeting solutions for Microsoft Teams.
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Endorses our success and extensive expertise in deploying Microsoft 365 Phone System.
In addition to our Microsoft accreditations, we are also an Azure Migration Partner (AMP), and a FastTrack Programme Partner and as such can provide access to all Microsoft commercial programmes as well as the technology.
We employ a large number of Microsoft qualified professionals who cover a wide range of technologies and competencies and a skilled licensing team of Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCP).
