[henshao]

What kind of reoccurring microsoft expenses would an organization be able to shed? Can't really cut back on costs for word and excel/office suite. If your data is in Azure already, it would cost even more probably to move it all off and administer it yourself. Seems like they're pretty well locked in.

[klank]

There is efficient usage of the cloud and inefficient usage. How data is processed, moved around and things like fleet size can all greatly impact your final bill.

Most companies don't optimize for cloud costs to great lengths.