M365 Audit Saves 40% Annually

A fast-growing investment firm in the DIFC was experiencing uncontrolled "Shadow IT" sprawl. Different departments were independently expensing overlapping SaaS tools like Zoom, Dropbox, and Slack, completely ignoring their existing Microsoft 365 enterprise licenses.

Furthermore, they were paying for premium Microsoft E5 licenses for all 150 employees, despite 80% of the workforce only requiring basic webmail and Teams access. The CFO required an immediate forensic audit to halt the bleeding.

NOCKO’s vCIO conducted a comprehensive forensic licensing audit. We analyzed active usage telemetry across their entire tenant. We identified that the firm was paying for $45,000 worth of redundant third-party applications that were natively included in their Microsoft subscription.

We executed a strict consolidation roadmap. We migrated all data from Dropbox to SharePoint, transitioned video conferencing to Teams, and right-sized their Microsoft licensing—downgrading non-essential staff to Business Basic while reserving E5 licenses solely for executives handling highly classified financial models.