Microsoft Optimization
Redefined
Deep know-how. Hands-on experience. An obsessive focus on optimization.
Unlock value
Drive utilization & adoption.
Reduce cost
Cut software & cloud spend.
Ensure sustainability
Sustainable strategy & GreenOps.
Reduce your Microsoft costs by 30%
We create a demand-oriented strategy that tailors Microsoft solutions to your business needs, optimizing contract rates, licensing, usage and cloud resources.
With our expertise, you gain an independent partner committed to finding the optimal solution for your environment.
Usage
Right-size consumption to what teams actually use.
Rate
Best unit price through commitments, reservations & savings plans.
Licensing
Match license types and tiers to real demand, no waste.
Contract
Optimize terms, discounts and timing at signing & renewal.
Sustainable, ongoing savings
More than a platform, a trusted advisor, available whenever you need one. We continuously optimize your Microsoft estate and keep you optimally advised, powered by our Swiss-hosted FinOps Platform across M365, Azure and GreenOps.
We bring your FinOps personas together, finance, IT, procurement and leadership, and steer your costs in a continuous Inform → Optimize → Operate loop, while governance always stays with you.
Foundation
Reactive guidance: alert-driven steering, expert access and an annual business review.
Professional
Proactive, continuous management with a dedicated practitioner and quarterly reviews.
Personas aligned
Finance, IT, procurement & leadership working off one daily data set.
GreenOps included
Cut cost and CO₂ in one move, ESG-ready, never an upsell.
The next level for professional Microsoft FinOps
Made in Switzerland. From invitation to actionable, audit-ready data in under a day.
M365 FinOps
License intelligence and user-level activity profiling across the full M365 family, Copilot and Dynamics 365, spot inactive seats and underused SKUs.
Azure FinOps
Cost evolution by service family with rolling forecast and anomaly detection, track commitments, reservations and right-sizing across Compute and Storage.
GreenOps
ESG-ready visibility on every workload. CO₂ per service, per user, per scenario, with benchmarking, reduction roadmaps and audit-ready reporting.
Delivered & built by the people who do Microsoft every day.
The Zation FinOps Platform isn't a generic cloud tool with a Microsoft skin. It's Microsoft-focused, deeply optimized, and includes GreenOps by default.
110% Microsoft Focus
Built specifically for the Microsoft estate, M365, Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics 365. No generic abstractions, no missing edge cases.
Optimization Deep Dive
Optimization reinvented. Dozens of Azure levers, user-level M365 profiling, and recommendations grounded in commercial context.
Platform + Advisory
Tools alone don't save money. Our licensing and Azure advisory experts turn platform insights into negotiated outcomes and implementation.
Fast Time to Value
From invitation to actionable data quickly. No exports, no manual data prep, no multi-week implementation projects.
GreenOps by Default
Every Zation customer contributes to saving the planet. GreenOps is always included, never an upsell. Our future is not optional.
Related guides
- Finding and reclaiming unused Microsoft 365 licences : The three kinds of licence waste and the seven-day NCE rule that decides what becomes a saving.
- EA vs CSP vs MCA-E: which agreement fits : Term, seat reduction, price protection and room to negotiate, compared.
- Microsoft licensing audit defense : How an audit starts, where findings get inflated and what to do in the first thirty days.
- Microsoft licensing and FinOps glossary : Plain definitions of NCE, MACC, true-up, Azure Hybrid Benefit and more.
Questions, answered
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What our clients say
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We really enjoyed working with Zation. Their blend of deep expertise and a collaborative mindset made the complex simple. They kept our goals in mind, achieved impressive cost savings and uncovered hidden value, while remaining committed to sustainability.
Florian HaasChief Commercial Officer
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We received excellent support in the area of FinOps and optimization. Their collaborative approach and strong team spirit truly made a difference. Highly recommended!
Frank DugrillonStrategic Supplier Manager
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Zation analysed our cost base quickly and made every figure traceable. The result is real transparency, and the trust that comes with it. Excellent service from the whole team.
Andreas KarrerHead of IT Operations and Applications
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Despite the tight timeframe, Zation delivered outstanding results in our license optimization. Thanks to the efficient and transparent collaboration, we achieved significant savings.
Arjan MeyerHead of IT
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