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Simplified Software and Cloud Licensing for Your Business

Managing software licenses across a growing organization can be complex, expensive, and time-consuming. Sherdil Cloud’s licensing solutions are designed to help businesses navigate the licensing landscape with clarity and confidence. We work with you to identify the right licensing models, avoid unnecessary costs, and ensure full compliance with vendor requirements.

Our team has experience with licensing across major platforms, including Microsoft Office 365 and Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud. Whether you need help with new license procurement, renewal management, license optimization, or transitioning from on-premise licensing to cloud-based subscription models, we provide end-to-end support.

We also help businesses take advantage of volume licensing agreements, enterprise agreements, and partner pricing through our relationships with major cloud providers. The result is a licensing strategy that aligns with your actual usage, eliminates waste, and supports your long-term technology roadmap.

If you are unsure whether your current licensing setup is optimized, contact us for a free licensing review. We will assess your environment and recommend adjustments that can save you high costs.

Licensing Types Breakdown

Software & Cloud Licensing: What We Cover
Managing software licenses across a growing organization is complex, expensive, and easy to get wrong. Sherdil Cloud’s licensing specialists help you navigate the licensing landscape for all major platforms, ensuring you select the right models, avoid unnecessary costs, and maintain full compliance.

Microsoft Licensing (Office 365, Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server): Microsoft’s licensing structure is one of the most complex in the industry, with multiple models including per-user, per-device, subscription-based (Microsoft 365), and consumption-based (Azure). We help you choose between Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard, and Premium plans based on your team size and feature requirements. For Azure, we optimize your licensing by leveraging Azure Hybrid Benefit (which lets you use existing on-premise licenses in the cloud, saving up to 40%), Reserved Instances for predictable workloads, and Dev/Test pricing for non-production environments. For enterprises, we negotiate Enterprise Agreements (EA) and Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) agreements that provide volume discounts and flexible payment terms.

AWS Licensing (Amazon Web Services): AWS uses a pay-as-you-go consumption model, but there are significant savings available through proper license management. We help you implement AWS License Manager to track and manage your third-party software licenses (Oracle, SAP, IBM) running on AWS. We optimize costs through Savings Plans and Reserved Instances for EC2, RDS, and other services. We also help you bring your own licenses (BYOL) to AWS when applicable, and ensure compliance with vendor audit requirements through automated license tracking and reporting.

Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud Licensing: We manage licensing across Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), Google Cloud Platform committed use discounts, Alibaba Cloud subscription models, and cross-platform license portability. Our team ensures you are on the right tier for each platform and leverages committed use contracts for predictable savings.
Oracle and Other Enterprise Licensing: Oracle licensing is notoriously complex with its processor-based and Named User Plus models, and non-compliance can result in massive audit penalties. We help you navigate Oracle Database, Middleware, and Application licensing, ensure compliance with Oracle’s virtualization and cloud policies, and identify opportunities to consolidate or migrate workloads to reduce Oracle license fees. We also handle licensing for VMware, SAP, Red Hat, and other enterprise software vendors.

Volume Licensing and Enterprise Agreements: For organizations with 50+ users, volume licensing programs offer significant savings over retail pricing. We help you evaluate and negotiate Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (EA), Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programs, AWS Enterprise Discount Programs (EDP), Google Cloud committed use and enterprise contracts, and Alibaba Cloud partnership pricing. We act as your licensing advisor throughout the negotiation process, ensuring you get the best terms while maintaining flexibility for future growth.

Launch your business in the UAE

Sherdil Cloud provides business setup services in Sharjah, helping investors and entrepreneurs establish their companies efficiently and cost-effectively. With our strong connections with government authorities, we ensure a smooth company formation process tailored to your specific needs.

As part of this package, our experienced business setup specialists will guide you through every step, making the process seamless and hassle-free. From selecting the right business activity and company structure to choosing the ideal location, we provide full support, including business licensing and visa services.

Additionally, this package includes your UAE residence visa, enabling you to settle comfortably in Sharjah as you grow your business.

Package Benefits

UAE Residence Visa

Third-party visa proccessing

Immigration file/E-channel

Emirates ID/Medical

Pre-approval

Business Licence

Shared Workstation

Our Licensing Optimization Process

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Step 1: License Audit & Discovery (1–2 weeks)

We scan your environment to create a complete inventory of all software licenses in use across your organization. We identify every license type, version, and deployment model (on-premise, cloud, hybrid). We compare your actual usage against your license entitlements to identify gaps (under-licensing that puts you at audit risk) and waste (over-licensing that costs you money unnecessarily).

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Step 2: Cost Analysis & Optimization Report (3–5 days)

We analyze your licensing spend and produce a detailed report showing current total licensing costs broken down by vendor and product, optimization opportunities with projected savings for each recommendation, compliance risks that need to be addressed, and licensing model recommendations (subscription vs perpetual, per-user vs per-device, cloud vs on-premise).

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Step 3: Implementation & Migration (1–4 weeks)

We implement the approved recommendations. This may include migrating from perpetual licenses to subscription models, consolidating redundant licenses across departments, setting up license management tools for automated tracking, negotiating new volume licensing agreements with vendors, and transitioning from on-premise licensing to cloud-based subscription models.

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Step 4: Ongoing License Management (ongoing)

Licensing needs change as your organization grows, adds new tools, and evolves its technology strategy. We provide quarterly license reviews to identify new optimization opportunities, vendor audit preparation and support, new employee onboarding and offboarding license management, renewal negotiation and contract management, and compliance monitoring and reporting.

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Licensing Solutions FAQs
1. What types of software licensing does Sherdil Cloud manage?
We manage licensing across all major software and cloud platforms including Microsoft (Office 365, Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, Dynamics 365), Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, and third-party licenses via AWS License Manager), Google (Workspace, GCP committed use), Alibaba Cloud (subscription and pay-as-you-go models), Oracle (Database, Middleware, Applications), VMware, SAP, Red Hat, and other enterprise software. We handle everything from selecting the right licensing model to negotiation, procurement, compliance tracking, and renewal management.
2. How much can licensing optimization save our business?
Most organizations are overspending on software licenses by 15–30% due to unused licenses, wrong tier selections, missed volume discounts, and failure to leverage hybrid benefits. Our clients typically see savings of 20–40% on their total licensing spend after optimization. Common savings sources include eliminating unused licenses (the average organization has 15–20% of licenses sitting idle), downgrading users from premium tiers they do not need, leveraging Azure Hybrid Benefit for existing on-premise licenses, and negotiating volume discounts through Enterprise Agreements. We provide a detailed savings projection during our initial audit before any engagement.
3. Can you help us prepare for a software license audit?
Yes, audit preparation is one of our core licensing services. Software vendor audits (especially from Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP) can result in significant financial penalties if non-compliance is found. We help you by conducting a pre-audit assessment to identify and resolve compliance gaps before the vendor arrives, creating accurate license deployment documentation, reconciling your license entitlements against actual usage, negotiating with the vendor on your behalf during the audit process, and implementing ongoing compliance monitoring to prevent future audit risks. We recommend proactive compliance reviews at least twice a year rather than waiting for a vendor audit notice.
4. What is the difference between perpetual and subscription licensing?
Perpetual licensing means you pay a one-time fee to own the software license permanently, but you typically need to pay additional annual maintenance fees for updates and support (usually 18–22% of the license cost per year). Subscription licensing means you pay a monthly or annual fee to use the software, with updates and support included. The total cost over 3–5 years is often similar, but subscription licensing offers lower upfront costs, always-current software versions, easier scaling (add or remove users monthly), and predictable budgeting. We analyze your specific usage patterns, budget preferences, and growth plans to recommend the right model for each product.
5. Do you handle licensing for the UAE business setup packages?
Yes. Our Sharjah business setup package includes all necessary business licensing for company formation in the UAE, including trade license procurement, commercial registration, and regulatory approvals. The package starts from AED 10,000 and includes a business license, UAE residence visa, Emirates ID, medical, immigration file, and E-channel setup, pre-approval processing, third-party visa processing, and shared workstation access. We handle the entire process end-to-end so you can focus on growing your business while we manage the regulatory complexity.
6. How do volume licensing agreements work?
Volume licensing programs are offered by major software vendors for organizations purchasing licenses in bulk (typically 50+ users or devices). Instead of buying individual retail licenses, you sign an agreement that provides discounted pricing (typically 15–40% below retail), flexible payment terms (annual payments instead of upfront), centralized license management and tracking, simplified compliance with a single agreement covering multiple products, and upgrade rights to new software versions during the agreement term. We help you evaluate which volume licensing program is right for your organization (Microsoft EA, CSP, or MPSA; AWS EDP; Google Cloud contracts), negotiate the best terms, and manage the agreement throughout its lifecycle.

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