Enza Zaden is an independent family business with more than 3,000 employees and offices in over 26 countries. As its digital workplace grew, limited usage data made efficient Microsoft license allocation increasingly difficult.
Enza Zaden suspected savings were possible, but lacked the monitoring tools and current usage data needed to act with confidence. Overprovisioned licenses, inactive accounts and no clear cost view per business unit made the Microsoft environment difficult to govern.
Datafitters connected Control Tower to the Microsoft environment and analyzed actual usage across Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Azure. The platform translated those patterns into concrete recommendations that Enza Zaden could implement immediately.
Continuous monitoring, automated reporting and proactive deviation alerts gave the IT team an ongoing view instead of a one-off audit.
Within one year, Enza Zaden reduced Microsoft 365 licensing cost by 22% and achieved an ROI above 900%. The same data supported the True-up process and negotiations for a new Microsoft contract.
For the first time, the team could see actual license usage and cost distribution by company, department and team, strengthening both decision-making and compliance.
Enza Zaden continues to implement Microsoft 365 recommendations and is expanding the collaboration into Dynamics licensing and preparation for the MCA-E agreement.
Control Tower makes license management far simpler for me, and together we work on improvements that are quickly implemented.Sidney van Vliet · IT, Enza Zaden
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