Microsoft Licensing renewal season is the ideal time for every Government agency to consider setting out on, accelerating
or optimising the journey to the cloud.
Are you ready?
Preparing for Microsoft Licensing Renewal starts now. Wherever you are on your journey to the cloud, Microsoft Licensing Renewal offers a window of opportunity in which your organisation can calibrate position, assess progress, and chart the way forward.
Insight is here to support you
With multiple options and a high degree of service granularity, cloud licensing is complex and confusing.
Insight’s Cloud Specialists assess your needs and optimise investments for value outcomes.
Avoid under-licensing risk exposure. And avoid fruitless expenditure from over-licensing.
Essential information for every Government organisation.
As you ready your organisation for Microsoft Licensing Renewal,
there are crucial dates and milestones you need to know
Be prepared with Insight
Insight is dedicated to making your Microsoft Licensing Renewal process easy and rewarding. Wherever you are on your journey to the Microsoft cloud. Divided into three streams, Insight’s cloud specialists guide your path to Microsoft cloud service optimisation.
- Licensing Readiness
- Cost Optimisation
- Discover Session for Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Azure M365 Healthcheck
Licensing Readiness
Insight’s Microsoft Landscape Assessment is designed to help customers collect the information they need for their Microsoft True-up or Renewal with minimal business impact. This solution leverages Insight's licensing expertise to optimise Microsoft spend and provide a complete view of current Microsoft product deployments and licensing positions. With Insight's Microsoft Landscape Assessment, customers can save time, monitor and optimise costs, control business and legal risks, optimise hardware and software investments, and align IT with organisational goals.
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Cost Optimisation & Improving User Adoption
Microsoft Profiling Service is a service provided by Insight to help organisations identify and analyse user profiles and their needs for Microsoft licences. By understanding user profiles, organisations can map them to the appropriate online services, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Windows 10/11 Enterprise, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Microsoft 365 Defender. This ensures that each user has access to the right tools and features they need to perform their tasks effectively and securely. Insight’s Microsoft Profiling Service also helps organisations evaluate their current usage of online services and identify any gaps or overlaps that might exist. By addressing these issues, organisations can optimise their Microsoft subscriptions and save money.
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Discover and Envision Session for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI-powered tool that integrates with your business data and Microsoft 365 apps to help you work more efficiently and productively. Insight offers a 90-minute interactive session for NZ Government organizations to learn more about Microsoft 365 Copilot and Generative AI. The session includes a live demonstration, exploration of implementation considerations, and identification of use cases. Each session is unique and catered to your needs, providing a deeper understanding of Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI challenges and considerations, data and security factors, and immediate steps to prepare for implementation. With Insight's Microsoft 365 Copilot discover and envision session, you can unlock the power of AI to deliver exceptional employee and customer experiences with increased productivity, efficiency, and ROI.
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Streamline your Spend and Maximise Value
The Azure and M365 Heath check, is a discreet optimisation analysis of your environment, surfacing opportunities to optimise costs, resources and cloud functionality. The Health Check requires read-only access and is a secure means of uprooting hidden opportunities to right-size, optimise and enhance your M365 or Azure resource usage. To maximise the value on offer, the Health Check report contains both summary and deep-reaching insights – starting with a brief overview of findings and recommendations.
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Licensing readiness is gauged with Insight’s Microsoft SAM (Software Asset Management) Baseline Review. A comprehensive review of your Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, the Baseline Review identifies cost avoidance and optimisation, including baselining on-premises software and equipping for planning ahead for changes over the coming 12 months.
Microsoft 365 Foundations for organisations setting out on their Microsoft 365 journey. Delivering accelerated configuration of the base Microsoft 365 platform with a focus on productivity, security and governance, Foundations offers a proven strategy and approach to mitigate identified risks. The service can be used as a blueprint for provisioning services into Microsoft 365 to ensure security and increased productivity.
Azure Migration in a Month supports those looking to make their first move into the Microsoft Cloud – and equips you with everything required for a migration in minimal time. Azure Cost Management, Security and Governance Assessment assists existing Azure Customers with ongoing attention focused on continual optimisation and improvement in a dynamic environment .
Whakatāne District Council: Moving to M365 the easy way
Insight helped The Whakatāne District Council (WDC) undergo a significant technological transition, migrating to the Microsoft 365 Foundations solution. This comprehensive move included the integration of Azure Active Directory, Exchange, and Microsoft 365 Office applications. The delivery of this project was strategically spread out over six weeks, encompassing several days dedicated to planning, workshopping, and configuration exercises. This structured approach significantly accelerated WDC's journey to the cloud. The results of this migration have been overwhelmingly positive, leading to a successful transition to Microsoft 365. Moreover, the council has observed a notable increase in employee satisfaction and productivity, underscoring the benefits of this digital transformation.
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Evette Thorp
New Zealand Country Manager
Hamilton
Leanne
Nydam
Account Manager
Wellington
Melanie Teo
Account Manager
Auckland
Rachael Lattimore
Account Manager
Christchurch
Adam Saunders
Account Manager
Wellington
Seth Rackham
Account Manager
Auckland
Holly Duncan
Account Manager
Auckland
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW (AND DO)
is detailed in the Insight All of Government
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Why Insight for Microsoft
Insight offers a combination of local insight and knowledge of New Zealand government, backed by global Microsoft licensing experience. Few can compare with our relationship with Microsoft. Partners for 30 years and counting, we are the largest Microsoft global partner with more than 6,000 consultants and 1,000 dedicated Microsoft resources globally.
Globally we have earned all seven Microsoft Solutions Partner designations which represent our best-in-class capabilities, unmatched expertise, and our ability to successfully deliver solutions built across all areas of Microsoft technology. We are also recognised by Microsoft as a specialist in 22 areas which represent our deep technical expertise and extensive experience in delivering Microsoft services and solutions.
Top 1% of Microsoft Partners Globally
Achieved All Microsoft Solutions Partner Designations
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Customised help for every step
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