MICROSOFT Licensing Specialist

Client & Project: We are seeking a new talent to join the Software Engineering team where you will have the opportunity to collaborate in the project SAM_India Ops. The client is Cross Client, a company that provides diverse services across multiple industries, focusing on delivering tailored solutions to meet complex business needs.

• Experience Required
• 5 years of Microsoft licensing experience, including creating full Effective License Positions
• Strong skills and has deep expertise in:
• o Using and interpreting Microsoft’s current and past Product Terms
• o Managing Microsoft’s many licensing agreements, including Select Plus, Enterprise, and MPSA, with deep expertise in how to approach and complete renewals for these agreements
• o Navigating Microsoft’s portals (Azure, M365, Visual Studio, etc) and read usage reports from these portals
• o Licensing Microsoft products deployed both on-prem and in cloud, with knowledge of BYOL requirements for different cloud providers
• o Understanding virtual technology terms, reports, and set-up to create overviews of server software deployment
• o Reading and interpreting Contracts, MLS and CPS reports, beyond the overviews, to create detailed entitlement summaries
• o Create detailed license usage reports by analyzing entitlement reports and comparing the total available entitlement to software deployment data
• Ability to seamlessly work on a global, cross-functional team located in different time zones
• Strong communication skills
• Extensive experience in using Microsoft Office Suite, especially Microsoft Excel
• Nice to Have
• Experience working with and configuring different Industry SAM Tools like Flexera or ServiceNow
• Audit support experience
• Contract negotiation experience
• Licensing knowledge of other publishers, including Adobe, IBM, Oracle, SAP, and m

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