Optimize Microsoft 365 licenses

Pay less, use more: We bring your M365 license mix to the point.

Reduce M365 licensing costs and make full use of available features

Microsoft 365 is constantly evolving: new features, new license plans and regular price adjustments. Without a clear licensing strategy, companies can quickly end up paying for functions nobody uses, while valuable features in existing licenses remain untapped. 

As a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider, we analyze your license inventory, identify savings potential and ensure that every license matches the actual requirements of your employees.

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Where companies create unnecessary costs with Microsoft 365 licenses

No clear overview of the license inventory

It is often unclear which licenses are active, who is using them and what costs are actually being incurred. Without this overview, savings potential remains undiscovered.

Unused licenses simply continue to run

When employees change roles or leave the company, licenses often remain active. This creates ongoing costs without any corresponding value.

Too many employees have licenses that are too expensive

Not everyone needs the same range of functions. When licenses are assigned across the board, companies quickly pay for services that are not actually needed in everyday work.

Add-ons are more expensive than a license upgrade

Individually booked add-ons or third-party tools are often more expensive than a suitable Microsoft 365 plan in which these functions are already included.

How to improve your Microsoft 365 licensing

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Reduce licensing costs without losing functionality

Role-based licensing ensures that each user group receives exactly the plan that fits its tasks. Downgrade where possible, upgrade where necessary.

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Activate new functions in existing licenses

 

Microsoft continuously expands M365 with features for security, AI and collaboration. Many companies only use a fraction of what their license already includes.

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Consolidate third-party providers and simplify your IT landscape

Separate tools for security, telephony or project management can often be replaced by services already included in M365. This reduces licensing costs and complexity.

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Planning certainty for IT budget and compliance

 

A clear license overview, defined governance processes and regular reviews protect against surprises during audits and contract renewals.

Microsoft 365 licenses at a glance: E3, E5 and E7

Microsoft 365 offers different enterprise plans with varying scopes of functionality. Which plan is right for your company depends on your requirements for productivity, security and AI.

E3: The productive foundation for companies

Office apps, email, Teams and SharePoint create the foundation for the digital workplace. E3 is suitable for companies that need a stable and secure working environment and focus on productive collaboration. New from July 2026: E3 will be expanded to include advanced device protection with Intune Plan 2 and email protection with Defender for Office Plan 1.

E5: More security, compliance and analytics

E5 builds on E3 and adds comprehensive functions for security, compliance and analytics. This makes E5 the right choice for companies with higher requirements for IT security, regulatory compliance and data-driven decisions. New from July 2026: Security Copilot will also be included for AI-supported threat analysis and faster security processes.

E7: The platform for AI and agents

E7 extends E5 with advanced AI and agent functions. The plan is aimed at companies that do not just want to test AI, but want to firmly integrate it into processes, collaboration and automation. Available since May 2026: Included features include Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Agent 365 and the Entra Suite. 

More than 15 license plans, hundreds of add-ons and constantly new functions: The right choice does not depend on the plan itself, but on your actual needs. We help you find the optimal license mix for your organization.

Our services for optimizing your Microsoft 365 licensing costs

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License audit and inventory analysis

We create transparency across your entire Microsoft 365 license inventory. Together, we compare the current situation with your actual needs: Which licenses are assigned? Which are actively used? Where is there overlicensing, and where are functions missing? 

You receive a clear assessment with concrete recommendations for action.

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Licensing strategy and cost optimization

Based on the audit, we develop the optimal licensing strategy for your company. We evaluate which license mix fits your user groups, review upgrade and downgrade scenarios, consolidate add-ons and third-party tools and assess your contract structure. 

As a Cloud Solution Provider, we have access to current Microsoft promotions and funding opportunities, which we activate for you in a targeted way.

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Ongoing license governance

License optimization is not a one-time task. Microsoft publishes more than 700 changes and innovations to the M365 platform every year. We help you establish lifecycle management for your licenses that keeps your inventory permanently up to date: through regular reviews, proactive assessment of new Microsoft releases and consistent alignment of inventory and demand. 

With our Evergreen Service, we take care of this task for you on an ongoing basis.

Why novaCapta is the right partner for your M365 licensing consulting

More transparency, better decisions and the right licensing strategy

Direct access to Microsoft as a Cloud Solution Provider

As a Cloud Solution Provider, we procure and manage your M365 licenses directly. You benefit from flexible terms, fast response times and a direct line to Microsoft when it matters.

Access to funding programs and Microsoft promotions

We support you in using suitable funding opportunities, workshops and discount campaigns for your licensing and cloud initiatives. This makes investments easier to plan and allows additional potential to be leveraged in a targeted way.

Full transparency with the self-service portal

With our self-service portal, you always have your subscriptions in view. You can see inventories, changes and developments at a glance and adjust licenses more quickly when needed.

Technical and commercial consulting from a single source

We do not only advise on licensing models, but also on which functions your company truly needs. This creates a licensing strategy that is economically sound and, at the same time, matches your requirements for security, collaboration and scalability.

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Real added value only begins with usage

More functions alone do not create value. Real added value only emerges when employees understand, accept and use them in their daily work. 

We support you in introducing Microsoft 365 functions such as Teams, SharePoint and Copilot in a targeted way and using them so that they noticeably improve collaboration, access to information and productivity.

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Our services for the successful implementation of M365

Start your Microsoft licensing consulting with novaCapta

Let us jointly assess where there is optimization potential in your M365 license inventory.

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Sebastian Nipp

Head of Cloud Operations & Security