Case Study: HomeLane cuts M365 E5 spend and reclaims unused licenses with CloudEagle

HomeLane reclaims 260 M365 E5 licenses in 1 day with CloudEagle

Homelane, a company that had standardized on Microsoft 365 E5 licenses, faced a challenge with high SaaS spend. They lacked visibility into which users were actively utilizing the premium features of their E5 licenses, leading to manual and time-consuming annual audits. This process took weeks and resulted in new license requests being fulfilled through new purchases instead of reallocating unused licenses that already existed within the organization.

CloudEagle.ai implemented its solution to provide Homelane with feature-level visibility into M365 usage. This allowed for the automatic identification and harvesting of inactive licenses. As a result, Homelane reclaimed 260 unused licenses, which were then reallocated to new employees, preventing unnecessary purchases. The solution drastically reduced the time required for license reviews from three weeks to just one day, turning a manual audit into a process of continuous optimization and delivering significant cost savings.

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