Articles on FinOps & Cloud Economics

Moving to Azure doesn’t eliminate Microsoft licensing. It often increases it. vCPU inflation, limited BYOL scenarios, and Azure-specific restrictions mean you may need more licences in the cloud than on-premises. Where costs hide and how to reduce them.

Microsoft’s Copilot strategy shifts enterprise economics: price list unification cuts discounts, ARPU becomes ARPA, and ROI remains uncertain as costs rise by 15–25% annually.

CIOs in 2024: optimising cloud use and reducing costs while enhancing service delivery and efficiency.

Optimising cloud costs starts with right-sizing your VMs. Traditional on-prem habits of over-provisioning can lead to inflated cloud bills. Scale smartly.

When on-premises IT professionals encounter Public Clouds, their valuable knowledge and habits may become less so due to the vast differences in economics.

As we are coming out of the “Covid” era, some of us are waking up to a new era of accelerated Cloud-related spending that no one expected.

Microsoft has announced significant updates to Cloud and licensing terms and conditions. The changes will affect everyone: Cloud providers and their clients.

What areas should we focus on while looking for cost savings in Microsoft Cloud and licensing in 2022?

Microsoft is about to uplift the prices of Microsoft 365 subscriptions. What are the reasons? What should we expect?

Microsoft has more practice at large Azure negotiations than most buyers. This guide explains how to estimate consumption accurately, structure the MACC, stack Hybrid Benefit, RIs and ACDs, and factor in Unified Support over a 3-5 year planning horizon.

Enterprises continue to debate whether Microsoft 365 Copilot’s AI features justify the cost, as measurable ROI remains elusive.

Microsoft moves from licensing human users to licensing digital agents, with Entra Agent ID, Copilot orchestration, and embedded knowledge creating a new revenue model where ARPAA joins ARPU in EA negotiations.