Case Study: COWI achieves greater transparency and future-ready Microsoft licensing with COMPAREX

Claus Hagen Nielsen (COWI A/S) on COMPAREX SoftCare

COWI, a global consulting company with 6,200 employees across 35 countries, needed a more secure and transparent way to manage Microsoft licensing as the business grew and licensing requirements varied by country and department. COMPAREX helped COWI address the complexity of its Microsoft agreements, including EA, ECI, EAP, and SPLA arrangements, through a tailored license management and consulting approach.

COMPAREX ran a two-day Microsoft evaluation workshop to assess licensing, compliance, procurement, and pricing, then presented COWI with future agreement scenarios and recommendations. As a result, COWI gained better visibility into its software agreements, aligned licensing more closely with its IT strategy, and continued central license purchasing with local support from COMPAREX, which now manages the overall Microsoft engagement for thousands of users and datacenters.

COWI

Claus Hagen Nielsen

Chief Information Officer