Licensing Insights

Microsoft licensing,
explained plainly

Practical breakdowns of where Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 spend quietly leaks, and exactly how to find and recover it in your own tenant.

Dynamics 365June 22, 2026 · 5 min read

Dynamics 365 base and attach licensing: stop paying full price for every app

When one person needs more than one Dynamics 365 application, you do not buy two full licenses. You buy one base license and add the others at a reduced attach rate.

ComplianceJune 30, 2026 · 6 min read

Two licensing rules that quietly cost or save you money: multiplexing and dual use rights

Multiplexing is the saving that is not real: pooling access through middleware does not reduce your license count. Dual use rights are the cost that is not real for parallel cloud/on-prem deployments.

Dynamics 365June 29, 2026 · 6 min read

Right-sizing light Dynamics 365 users with Team Members and limited-use licenses

Managers who approve time off, employees who submit expenses, staff who only read reports. If they sit on full licenses, you are paying full-access prices for read-and-approve activity.

License & CostJune 15, 2026 · 6 min read

Microsoft 365 E3 versus E5: how to right-size without losing protection

Putting all staff on E5 by default is a common, expensive default. The choice is not only E3 or E5; add-on suites let you add advanced protection to only the users who need it.

License & CostJune 8, 2026 · 6 min read

The Microsoft 365 add-ons you are probably paying for twice

A standalone subscription bought before a suite rollout rarely gets canceled afterward, and Microsoft publishes exactly which standalone services each suite already includes.

License & CostJune 1, 2026 · 5 min read

Reclaiming Microsoft 365 licenses from people who no longer use them

Licenses tied to accounts that left months ago keep billing forever. Disabling sign-in does not stop the charge. Here is how to find and reclaim them.

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Microsoft licensing,explained plainly