Azure cost optimisation without compromise
Your Azure bill grows quietly while nobody really owns the task of watching it. Oversized resources, missing tagging and absent governance are the classic culprits — and all of them are fixable.
Practical articles on Microsoft 365, Azure, security, Copilot and licensing — from two Microsoft MVPs based in Denmark.
Your Azure bill grows quietly while nobody really owns the task of watching it. Oversized resources, missing tagging and absent governance are the classic culprits — and all of them are fixable.
Many organisations use Intune, but fewer have a consistent baseline, a clear device lifecycle and a defined link to the access model. That is the difference between having Intune and actually using it well.
There is a difference between reviewing Microsoft licences and genuinely optimising them. It requires usage data, an understanding of security requirements and a clear picture of what the organisation actually needs going forward.
Most cloud migration projects do not fail on technology — they fail on planning, prioritisation and assumptions that were never made explicit. Here is what a realistic strategy should contain.
Copilot licences are easy to buy. The hard part is making sure your data is accessible in the right way, governance is in place, and users are genuinely ready to use it effectively.
Uncontrolled Teams channel sprawl, guest access accounts nobody has closed, and SharePoint sites with no clear owner: that is what missing governance looks like in practice.
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