5 Things you can do to beat Microsoft

Microsoft Commercial trends – how they affect your budgets, discounts, sourcing and procurement. But most importantly, actions that YOU CAN TAKE to overcome this.

🟢 Licensing agreements
🟢 Azure and Cloud discounts
🟢 Unified Support negotiations
🟢 Savings with Bring Your Own Licenses – Azure Hybrid Benefit
🟢 "Single front" negotiation tactic

Presented by Daryl Ullman, Chief Negotiation Officer of SAMexpert

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CHAPTERS

0:00 What are the PAIN POINTS of 2021
2:00 Two problems CFOs have to deal with
3:19 What is going on with Microsoft audits now
4:00 Is Microsoft doing well as a business?
5:40 The Microsoft's cheeky tactic you must be aware of.
7:47 What to do with Microsoft 365 price increase in March 2022
9:09 Unified Support "surprise" and how to mitigate it
10:43 How Microsoft sales reps are compensated in 2021-2022
11:48 Why you should have a multi-cloud approach.
12:37 What is the best practice to get a good discount?
14:26 High-level takeaways

#Microsoft #MicrosoftLicensing #ITProcurement

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