Fragmented views
Licence usage in M365 admin, resource cost in Azure, Cloud PC utilisation in Windows 365. Each view is partial; nobody owns the combined picture.
Solution
Cut Microsoft 365 and Azure waste you can already measure.
Most Microsoft estates carry 15 to 30 percent unused licences, oversized Azure resources, and stranded Windows 365 capacity. EtherInsights finds it, names the owner, and turns it into a savings plan you can run next week.
15-30%
of M365 licences typically inactive or downgradeable on first scan
10-20%
recurring Azure savings from right-sizing and reclaim
1 week
from tenant access to first prioritised savings report
The problem
Finance sees the total. Ops sees the line items. Nobody sees the waste clearly enough to act.
Microsoft 365 licences, Azure resources, and Windows 365 Cloud PCs live in three different admin centres with three different owners. By the time spend hits finance, the signal has already left the estate. Spreadsheets can catch up once a quarter, but the waste keeps recycling.
Savings without owners
Opportunities get surfaced, then stall. Reclaim and right-size work needs a named owner, a deadline, and follow-up evidence. Without those, it slips into next quarter.
One-off spreadsheets
A consultant-led savings sprint helps once. What teams actually need is a repeatable monthly or quarterly rhythm that survives re-orgs and governance pressure.
What changes
A measurable monthly savings rhythm, not another dashboard.
Savings pipeline with named owners
Every opportunity has an assignee, a commercial impact estimate, and a target close date. Reclaim and right-size work moves through a visible queue.
M365 licence reclaim in weeks, not quarters
Inactive users, underused SKUs, duplicate premium licences, and leaver-cleanup gaps are surfaced automatically with reclaim actions ready for IT to run.
Azure right-sizing with audit evidence
Oversized VMs, idle App Services, unattached disks, and stale snapshots flagged with before-and-after cost and a change log that holds up in governance review.
The operating view
One review across licences, Azure, and Cloud PCs.
M365 licences, Azure spend, and Cloud PC fleet feed a single review pipeline - inactive licences (reclaim), right-size opportunities (resize), and cohort drift (re-plan) - producing a savings evidence pack with owners and next actions for finance and operations.
Video walkthrough
See savings evidence flow.
A focused walkthrough of Microsoft 365 licence waste, Azure spend, and owner-backed savings actions.
- Connect Microsoft 365 and Azure savings signals.
- Turn waste into owner-backed actions.
- Use the clips below for focused cost views.
Cost clips
Microsoft 365 and Azure cost views, broken down.
Use these shorter clips when finance, IT, or MSP teams need a focused cost conversation.
Microsoft 365 cost optimisation
Reduce licence waste by finding inactive users, underused SKUs, and reclaim candidates.
Azure cost optimisation
Review subscription and resource evidence for right-sizing and stranded-resource cleanup.
How we deliver it
EtherInsights is the engine. Delivery is your call.
EtherInsights handles the estate-wide visibility, the monthly savings report, the reclaim workflow, and the governance evidence. You can self-serve on a trial, have us run the first review with you, or bring in an MSP partner to operate the cadence.
EtherInsights started as the cost management platform for Microsoft 365 and Azure. It shows where spend is going, which owners need to act, and how to turn waste into savings. It now extends that operating view into full Windows 365 lifecycle support, plus tenant, user, security, device, and Intune reporting.
Where this fits
- Quarterly Microsoft 365 licence true-up and leaver reclaim.
- Azure right-sizing and stranded-resource cleanup across subscriptions.
- Windows 365 and Cloud PC capacity review against licence entitlement.
- Finance-led FinOps pilot that needs a credible engineering partner.
- MSP running cost optimisation as a recurring customer engagement.
Start here
Start with a savings report, not a sales cycle.
One business week of tenant access, one review call, one prioritised savings pipeline you can take to finance. No commitment to continue.
- 15 to 30 percent of M365 licences typically inactive or downgradeable on first scan.
- 10 to 20 percent recurring Azure savings from right-sizing and stranded-resource reclaim.
- First savings report ready within one business week of tenant access.