Microsoft Assessment Tool
Are you ready for the 2026 Microsoft EA renewal?
Seven dimensions. Three result bands. A composite score that tells you whether to engage Microsoft, remediate, or wait.
Seven dimensions. Three result bands. A composite score that tells you whether to engage Microsoft, remediate, or wait.
A seven dimension readiness assessment that scores whether your team, your data, and your contract posture are ready for the 2026 Microsoft EA renewal.
Microsoft renewals reward preparation more than they reward bluster. The companies that hold the discount band do the work in months twelve to six. The companies that wing it pay for the privilege.
We built this assessment after running EA renewals for hundreds of enterprises. The dimensions are weighted by what we actually saw determine the outcome, not by what looked plausible on paper.
Each dimension carries a weight based on engagement evidence. Estate baseline and internal alignment carry the highest weights because they are the most common failure points.
Do you know your current SKU footprint, assigned versus active users, and the unit prices on the current EA? If not, the negotiation is already drifting.
Is the 24 month forecast credible? Has it been pressure tested by IT and FinOps? Microsoft can read a fragile forecast in one meeting.
Are sourcing, IT, security, and the business owners aligned on the priorities for the renewal? Misalignment shows up in the proposal cycle as scope creep.
Do you have a credible alternative analysis on the two most exposed workloads? Empty threats are worse than no threats.
Have you decided how Copilot fits into the renewal? A measured ramp with a price hold is the standard buyer side answer.
Are you tagged, showbacked, and reservation covered to a defensible standard? Azure cost discipline shows up in the discount band.
Do you know which clauses you need to upgrade from the last EA? Price protection, ramp rights, exit windows, audit posture.
Dimension weights and the question behind each
| Dimension | Weight | Question we are answering |
|---|---|---|
| Estate baseline | 20% | Do you actually know what you are paying for today? |
| Forecast quality | 15% | Is the 24 month forecast defensible under pressure? |
| Internal alignment | 20% | Are sourcing, IT, security and the business agreed? |
| Competitive credibility | 10% | Could you walk away on the two most exposed workloads? |
| Copilot posture | 10% | Do you have a measured ramp and a price hold? |
| Azure discipline | 15% | Is your Azure cost discipline visible to Microsoft? |
| Order form readiness | 10% | Which clauses do you need to upgrade? |
Microsoft can read a fragile forecast in one meeting. The discount band moves with the forecast that holds up.
The result page returns a composite band, a sub score by dimension, and a calibrated remediation list.
The remediation list is sector aware. A bank receives different recommendations than a manufacturer.
Confirm the renewal sequence. Brief Microsoft early. Run the proposal cadence on your timeline.
Fix the two lowest scoring dimensions first. Re run the assessment after 60 days. Engage Microsoft once the score is at least 65.
Hold the renewal conversation. Build the estate baseline. Stabilize internal alignment. Re run the assessment in 90 days.
Copilot readiness measures whether you can roll Copilot out. EA renewal readiness measures whether you can land a defensible renewal across the full Microsoft estate. The two work together.
Eight to twelve minutes if you run it solo. Twenty five minutes if you run it as a workshop across sourcing, IT, security, and a business owner.
Not necessarily. Some companies remediate on their own and we never hear back. The point is to know what to fix. We are happy to help when the work is bigger than the team can take on alone.
Yes. The remediation timing scales with the renewal date. The closer the term end, the more compressed the remediation window.
Yes if it helps. Many of our clients use a redacted version of the result to brief the Microsoft account team during the renewal sequence.
Yes. The dimensions are agnostic to whether the agreement is EA, MCA E, or a CSP setup. The specific remediation steps differ by agreement type.
Microsoft renewal moves, the EA framework, the M365 SKU framework, the Copilot framework, and the buyer side moves across the full Microsoft estate.
Used across more than five hundred enterprise engagements. Independent. Buyer side. Built for procurement leaders running the next renewal cycle.
The buyers who scored green on internal alignment six months before the renewal were the buyers who held the discount band. Every time.
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