Essex County Fire & Rescue Service
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What is Node4 CSP Advantage?
Node4 CSP Advantage is a next‑generation Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) service, designed specifically for organisations that want more than licence resale. Powered by an AI‑driven FinOps platform, CSP Advantage brings Microsoft 365 and Azure spend into a single, transparent view, enabling proactive optimisation, clearer forecasting, and better financial control as you plan for the year ahead. Rather than rolling last year’s cloud costs forward, CSP Advantage gives you the insight needed to reset spend before April.
We help organisations clean up unused licences and overspec’d workloads as part of a structured optimisation exercise, rather than a one‑off cost‑cutting initiative. By reclaiming unwanted spend ahead of April, organisations can redirect budget into Copilot readiness, security and tenant hardening, AI governance and data foundations, and automation initiatives.
Spend clarity before the new financial year
Before optimisation can happen, you need a clear baseline. CSP Advantage provides real‑time visibility into Microsoft 365 and Azure usage versus spend, so you go into renewals and FY planning with confidence.
Key Features
Why Switch to Node4 CSP Advantage?
- Switching is straightforward and hassle-free. Our team manages the entire migration process from start to finish, ensuring minimal disruption to your business.
- Advanced optimisation tools consistently uncover hidden inefficiencies and waste, delivering real savings that often surpass traditional point-discounts.
- Start with essential services and add managed FinOps or advanced support as your needs evolve, giving you complete flexibility.
- We offer unified support with the ability to escalate issues directly to Microsoft, ensuring you receive fast and effective assistance whenever you need it.
Who is it for?
Node4 CSP Advantage is designed for organisations that:
Request a free cost optimisation assessment
April is a financial reset point. Does your Microsoft cloud spend reset with it or carries last year’s waste forward?
Enter your details, and we’ll perform a free evaluation of how you could optimise your cloud set-up.
How to get started
Getting started with Node4’s CSP Program is quite simple.
Get your 30‑Day CSP Savings Snapshot
We take read‑only access to your Microsoft tenant to assess usage and spend.
See reinvestment opportunities
You receive a clear report highlighting waste, savings potential, and funding options.
Switch to CSP Advantage and reset spend
We manage the transition and begin optimisation immediately.
Success Stories
Company 1
Licensed Accounts
4,600+, 7 countries
Sites
300+
M365 Annual Spend
£2.4 Million
Total licenses to manage
12,000
Annual Saving
£71,000
How we helped
We began by conducting a comprehensive Cost Optimisation Licensing Assessment to identify opportunities for efficiency and savings. As part of the process, we deployed our Cloud Optimisation Platform (COP) for Microsoft 365, an AI-driven FinOps analytics tool.
This platform provided deep insights into account activity and licensing, enabling us to identify inactive accounts with assigned licenses, disabled accounts still consuming resources, and overlapping licenses that could be reclaimed. It also highlighted opportunities to downgrade licenses where appropriate, reducing unnecessary costs.
Along with saving £71k a year, it flagged vulnerabilities such as accounts without MFA, orphaned access, and inactive yet enabled accounts. Additionally, it forecasted renewals based on real usage trends, ensuring future licensing decisions were data-driven. The assessment even uncovered incompatible hardware quickly, allowing for timely remediation and improved operational efficiency, thereby providing compliance and strengthened data security across the organisation.
Company 2
Licensed Accounts
550
M365 Annual Spend
£200k
Total licenses to manage
1100
Year 1 Savings
18%
Year 2 Savings
8%
How we helped
We began by conducting a comprehensive Cost Optimisation Licensing Assessment to uncover opportunities for efficiency and savings. It generates a detailed view of licensing, usage, and security gaps across the Microsoft 365 environment.
As part of the process, we deployed our Cloud Optimisation Platform (COP), an AI-driven FinOps analytics tool tailored for Microsoft 365. COP enabled us to identify inactive accounts with assigned licenses, disabled accounts still consuming licenses, and overlapping licenses that could be reclaimed. It also highlighted licenses that could be downgraded based on actual usage, ensuring cost alignment with business needs.
Along with savings of 18k per year, the platform flagged critical security vulnerabilities such as accounts without MFA, orphaned access, and inactive but enabled accounts. It also forecasted renewals based on real usage trends and quickly detected incompatible hardware, giving the organisation actionable insights to improve both financial and operational efficiency.
Unlock more value with Node4
Want a deeper dive?
Watch our full-length webinar that explores exactly what CSP can do for your business.
Book your cost optimisation assessment.
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Get in touch
If you’d like to know more about our cloud solutions, or the wider range of services we provide that can benefit your organisation, get in touch with us today. Our team of certified professionals will be happy to help with any query you may have.
You can also learn more about our range of services, including our IT security, data centre services, colocation hosting and managed IT services.
