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.
Guides: Microsoft licensing decisions
Agreements and contracts
- 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 365 price increase: the action plan Five steps to limit what the 1 July 2026 increase costs.
- Microsoft licensing consulting in Switzerland What a consultant does, how to choose one, fee models and a typical engagement.
- Microsoft EA renewal: how to negotiate A 12 to 18 month timeline and the levers left after the November 2025 changes.
- MACC explained What counts toward an Azure Consumption Commitment, how shortfalls work and how to size one.
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft 365 cost optimization: a practical guide The four levers (usage, rate, licensing, contract) and where the savings sit.
- 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.
- Microsoft 365 E3 vs E5 What E5 adds over E3 and when the upgrade pays for itself.
- Microsoft 365 F1 and F3: who needs which Who qualifies for Frontline plans, what each includes and when F is the wrong plan.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing and ROI Who should get a seat, whether it pays off and how to measure it.
- Entra ID P1 vs P2 What each tier adds and how to avoid paying twice.
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium vs E3 The 300 seat cap, what each plan includes and the July 2026 list prices.
- E5 Security add-on vs full E5 What the add-on (now Defender Suite) contains, what full E5 adds and where the break-even sits.
- Microsoft 365 license management tools compared Five tool categories for finding unused licenses, compared on six criteria.
Azure
- Azure Reserved Instances vs Savings Plan What each commits you to, which is applied first and how to layer both by workload pattern.
- Azure cost optimization tooling What a tool has to do beyond the free Cost Management and Advisor.
- Azure Hybrid Benefit: who qualifies Which Windows Server and SQL Server licenses qualify and how the benefit stacks with reservations.
- Windows 365 vs Azure Virtual Desktop Fixed per-user against consumption pricing, with a 100 user cost example.
Reference
- 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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