Microsoft licensing On-prem and cloud

MDM

Microsoft Deployment Manager. Turns raw Microsoft deployment data, on-premise and cloud, into a complete licensing requirement with detailed evidence and analysis logs.

Resolving
ProductSQL Server
EditionEnterprise
Version2022
Per core 48 core licenses
Cores
Resolved from discovery. Edition and version matched.

How it works

Connect. Analyze. Report.

Connect your Microsoft deployment data from any source. MDM resolves the licensing position and surfaces the evidence behind it.

Pipeline
01 Connect
microsoft_estate_2026.csv
Drag & drop API

Drag your discovery files in, or connect a source through the API. Works with the tools you already run.

02 Analyze
SQL Server 2022
Enterprise · 48 cores · 2 sockets
Edition matched Per-core

Every deployment matched to its edition, version, and the correct licensing metric, on-prem and cloud.

03 Report
48 core licenses
Enterprise · with Software Assurance
Evidence ready Export

A complete licensing position, with the evidence and analysis log behind every number.

What you get

Editions. Metrics. Evidence.

The detail a raw inventory will never give you.

Edition and version aware

SQL Server, Windows Server, and Microsoft 365 resolved to the right edition, version, and licensing metric. The part that makes Microsoft licensing hard, handled.

On-prem and cloud

Per-core server licensing and per-user cloud subscriptions in one analysis. The full hybrid picture, not half of it.

Audit-ready evidence

Every requirement backed by the evidence and the analysis log behind it. Exportable and defensible, without the manual chase.

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Your full Microsoft licensing requirement, at the click of a button.

A walkthrough of analyzing Microsoft deployment data inside MDM.

Coverage

One app. The whole Microsoft estate.

SQL Server, Windows Server, and Microsoft 365. On-prem and cloud, resolved to the right metric in a single analysis.

Microsoft products MDM resolves

SQL Server Per core / Server + CAL

Enterprise and Standard, across versions, with the core factor applied.

Windows Server Per core + CALs

Standard and Datacenter, VM density and host topology aware.

Microsoft 365 Per user

E3, E5, and F-plans across the tenant.

Infrastructure Mapper The hardware layer

Licensing SQL Server or Windows Server per core? Pair with IFMP for the mapped hardware topology behind every core count.

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Resolve the Microsoft estate in MDM, and reach for the rest of the platform when you need it.

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Further reading

Guides from the blog

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