Microsoft is fundamentally changing its Enterprise Agreement (EA) licensing from 1 November 2025. This shift means organisations, of all sizes, will pay the standard list price, resulting in cost increases of 6–12% for many businesses. The change is not just a price adjustment but an overhaul that impacts budgeting, procurement, and long-term IT strategy.

In light of these changes, it may be time to consider transitioning to a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) model, which offers significant advantages for IT leaders:

• Financial Agility: CSP enables pay-as-you-go licensing, monthly or annual billing, and eliminates the need for large upfront capital expenditure.
• Operational Flexibility: Licences can be scaled up or down, aligning costs with actual usage and business needs.
• Enhanced Support: CSP partners provide integrated, proactive support and cost optimisation services, reducing reliance on expensive, separate Microsoft support agreements.

In this guide we breakdown all of the changes being implemented and outline a practical path forward for your business. Download the full guide below.

As an award-winning Cloud Managed Service Provider (CMSP), we know that transformation projects aren’t cheap. Costs are often one of the biggest barriers to entry for organisations, with projects often delayed or – worse – shelved altogether.

We also know that cloud projects don’t happen overnight. They are complex in nature, affecting each and every aspect of the business, and take plenty of time and resource to get right.

To help you and your team navigate the management of your next project, we’ve put together a complete guide to accessing Microsoft-funded resources that should give you all the answers you need – and if it doesn’t, you know where to find us.

We recently hosted a virtual roundtable focused on the ‘Realities of Innovating in the Cloud’.

We invited a group of IT directors, product managers, and digital transformation directors to discuss how their organisations are innovating in the cloud.

We also touched on:

• The challenges inherent in Cloud transformations
• Promoting a Cloud Culture
• Driving innovation while being secure
• Managing the messaging around cost, ROI, and securing buy-in.

Our panel of IT experts emphasised the importance of inviting staff along on the Cloud journey. By bringing them into the discussion at the very beginning, businesses can use their insights to inform new developments and transformations.

Read more on our website to better understand the ‘Realities of Innovating in the Cloud’ and the importance of ‘keeping up’ with Cloud culture.

Zero Trust is an end-to-end security strategy that’s based on ‘never trust, always verify, and has been adopted by millions of organisations around the world to protect their technology ecosystem.

Our Zero Trust security checklist will help you self-assess your progress in adopting a Zero Trust security strategy and determine your Hybrid Working readiness. We’ll dive into the specific Microsoft tools available for you to start defending the six pillars of Zero Trust; Identities, Devices, Applications, Data, Infrastructure and Networks.

It’s about your journey to the cloud, not just the destination. In this straight-talking guide, we look at six misconceptions around migrating to Azure, from planning to post-migration upkeep. Find out what an Azure migration really looks like with insight from organisations that have already been there and got the t-shirt.

Unlocking Business Growth with Microsoft Azure. Every business is now a digital business, whether you like it or not. Find out how to adapt your business to the speed that modern technology and market changes require by reading our guide.

This guide explains how your business can use Microsoft Azure to enable business growth and stay ahead, including:

• Benefits Azure can unlock for your business
• 5-step plan to ready your business for a move to the cloud
• Real Azure business growth case studies

 

Want to know how other software vendors are adopting the cloud? We’ve partnered with ISVWorld to find out how other Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and businesses with digital or software applications, of all ages and sizes, are currently adopting the cloud.

We ran a survey asking ISVs how they’ve adopted the cloud, whether they have any future cloud plans and what their growth plans are in the next five years. We’ve put the results in this guide to help you learn how to keep up with your competitors and understand how they’re adopting the cloud.

Set yourself up for success with a clear Azure migration strategy. For any successful Azure Migration, you need to ensure you have the right strategy in place. It can often be overwhelming trying to know exactly where to start, what you need to consider and how you make it a reality for your business. Whilst every migration is unique, ultimately the way in which everyone creates a strategy is the same.

In this guide, we will walk you through the things you need to consider in order to create a clear Azure Migration Strategy and move to the cloud with confidence.

Discover how to accelerate your journey to Azure with the Cloud Adoption Framework. When migrating to Azure it can be difficult to know where to start. This is why Microsoft created the Cloud Adoption Framework, to help ensure you have a successful Azure migration – no matter what stage you’re at. The Cloud Adoption Framework is made up of documentation, implementation guidance, best practices and tools to help you adopt Azure.

We’ve put together a beginner’s guide to help guide you through leveraging the Cloud Adoption Framework.