Microsoft SPLA audits target service providers, hosters, and ISVs with some of the most complex and punitive compliance requirements in enterprise software. Audit claims can reach tens of millions. We manage the entire process, protect your business, and dramatically reduce exposure.
SPLA audits are uniquely aggressive — Microsoft can audit your entire hosting environment, customer-by-customer, server-by-server. Without expert defense, claims escalate rapidly. We control the process from day one.
If your services rely on Windows Server, SQL Server, RDS, or other Microsoft technologies, SPLA compliance is existential. A bad audit outcome can threaten your business. We ensure you're protected.
SPLA requires monthly usage reporting to your distributor. If those reports have been inaccurate — even unintentionally — the back-billing exposure can be enormous. We assess your position before Microsoft does.
We manage all auditor interactions — Deloitte, Ernst & Young, or other Microsoft-appointed firms. We control data sharing, challenge scope expansion, and protect your customer information.
We independently verify your SPLA deployments against historical reporting. We identify legitimate gaps vs. auditor overreach — including measurement errors, product use rights misinterpretation, and customer-owned license scenarios.
We negotiate directly with Microsoft on audit findings — challenging inflated claims, applying correct product use rights, and structuring resolutions that protect your SPLA agreement and your business.
Post-audit, we help you implement robust SPLA tracking, reporting, and governance processes — automated reporting, customer entitlement verification, and ongoing compliance monitoring.
Microsoft's auditor initially claimed $11.5M in SPLA back-billing across our hosting environment. Redress Compliance challenged the measurement approach, identified customer-owned licenses that were miscounted, and negotiated the claim down to $1.7M. They literally saved our business.
We don't partner with Microsoft, sell licenses, or take vendor incentives. Our advice is built entirely around your interests.
Our team includes former Microsoft licensing specialists who know the tactics, tools, and technicalities from the inside.
500+ enterprise clients across 50+ countries trust us to protect their interests in the most complex licensing environments.
Our engagements typically deliver 10-30x return on investment. We save you more — significantly more — than we cost.
Talk to our Microsoft licensing experts. Confidential, no-obligation consultation.