About Us

Reduce & Optimise Cost | Mitigate Risk | Maximise ROI

Discover SAM - Quick Facts

Discover SAM is a specialist Software Asset Management (SAM) firm providing tangible data-driven insights that drive digital transformation and SAM initiatives.

Founded: 2011 in Melbourne, Australia

Consulting, Advisory & Training Services; Microsoft Licensing Consulting, Microsoft Licensing Training Courses, Microsoft Cloud Assessments & Data Intelligence Services.

Key Points of Note;

  • Achieved Microsoft Gold Software Asset Management Competency in 2015.
  • Appointed to Microsoft SAM Partner Advisory Council and top-5 short listed for Microsoft Worldwide SAM Contributor of the year award in 2019.
  • Achieved Microsoft Silver Datacenter Competency in 2019.
  • All of our consultants have achieved one or more of the following certifications; 70-713 Software Asset Management (MCP), 70-672 Designing & Providing Licensing Solutions to Large Organisations (MCTS), AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals & MS-900 Microsoft 365 Fundamentals.

We help our clients make informed and strategic decisions…

Discover SAM

Founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2011, Discover SAM began as a boutique Software Asset Management (SAM) firm specialising in helping organisations of all shapes and sizes navigate the complexities of Microsoft licensing.

Our passion for sharing our knowledge and helping organisations make sense of licence terms led us to create our Masters of Microsoft Licensing training course which has become one of the most recognised and comprehensive training courses available anywhere. “The training was phenomenal” and “The best course i have ever done” are reflective of the feedback we continually receive from the hundreds of people who have attended the course.

Since our inception we have continued to be thought leaders in Microsoft licensing, providing services that ensure our clients are armed with the information, data and insights they need to make informed and strategic licensing decisions and get full value from the investments they make in software licences.

Today, we continue to evolve and expand our service offerings to support the digital transformation and SAM needs of our clients though our Data Intelligence Services and Microsoft Cloud Solution Assessments.

Our Data Intelligence Services utilise our proprietary Data Processing Engine (DPE) to process large volumes of IT data into interactive data workbooks that provide single-pane-of-glass views of the entire IT estate to support decision making for IT & SAM projects and initiatives.

Our Microsoft Cloud Solution Assessments provide data, insights and information to streamline and accelerate the adoption and optimisation of Microsoft Azure and Office 365 software and services utilising best-in-class cloud assessment tools from our partners Block 64 and UnifyCloud.   

Microsoft Licensing Consulting

We are specialists in Microsoft licensing and as we do not sell software licences we are uniquely positioned to provide truly independent and impartial advice.

Whilst our core Microsoft Licensing Services include Software Licence Reconciliation & Optimisation, Enterprise Agreement True-Up Advisory and Enterprise Agreement Renewal Advisory, we can help with any Microsoft licensing requirement no matter how big or small.

Microsoft Licensing Training Courses

Our instructor-led training courses provide you with the knowledge and expertise you need to make informed and strategic licensing decisions, identify and mitigate risk and optimise licence usage.

Our courses include Masters of Microsoft Licensing and Licensing Microsoft SQL Server and like the hundreds of participants that have already attended, you will learn everything you want to know and everything you need to know about Microsoft licensing.

Microsoft Cloud Solution Assessments

Are you looking to commence your journey to the Microsoft Cloud (Azure/Microsoft 365) but don’t know where to start? Or are you are already in the Microsoft cloud but looking to expand or modernise your cloud services and/or reduce and optimise your spend?

Using best-in-class analysis tools from Block 64 and UnifyCloud, our Microsoft Cloud Solution Assessments provide you with the data, insights and information you need to streamline your journey to the cloud, identify and reduce risk and optimise your spend.

Data Intelligence Services

IT estate data should be at the core of many IT related decision making processes but even organisations with discovery tools can struggle to get visibility of the data they require to make informed decisions.

Using your discovery tools, using our discovery tools, or a combination of both, we create single-pane-of-glass views of your IT estate data in interactive data workbooks (Server, Endpoints and Users). Our workbooks can be generated using a range of discovery tools including Altiris, Kace, Lansweeper, Microsoft Assessment & Planning Toolkit (MAP), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and many more.

Some words from our clients...

Microsoft Licensing Consulting Services

"We have used the services of Discover SAM to assist with Microsoft licensing compliance, preparing for new Enterprise Agreements and also Microsoft licensing training. The team at Discover SAM have provided assured and clear licensing support which has improved our compliance maturity over several years. The team at Discover SAM have consistently given sound advice on licensing decisions and compliance exposures. They have always provided clarity with what we would consider the most complex Microsoft licensing queries."

Stephen Mattern: Desktop Systems Administrator​ – City of Greater Dandenong
Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course

“Very comprehensive" & “Exceeded my expectations & "The training was phenomenal"

“The best course I have ever done”

"Thanks very much for the course, highly recommended!"

"It really was the best course I have ever attended & I have learnt a lot."

Microsoft Licensing Consulting Services

"Discover SAM’s advice was clear, concise, and most importantly, accurate. They saved us days of research, and provided us with the information we needed to minimize our licensing costs. For anyone navigating the labyrinthine world of Microsoft licensing, we would have no hesitation in recommending their consulting services, which are virtually guaranteed to save you money and maximize the value of your software investments"

Nazeer Gassiep: IT Operations Manager​ – Casey Business Centre
Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course

"You know you are in good hands and learning from the best at the business when your trainer spells the word ‘Licence’ accurately every time! I enrolled into this course with much unease since my background is not technical but the course content was so easy to follow. The trainer explained each topic at a level where every student was comfortable with the understanding."

Shanaz Khan: BT Contracts and Procurement Administrator – CSL Limited
Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course for Enterprise Agreement Renewal

"The course was very insightful and thought provoking; so much so that the team re-cut the numbers to model the different product licensing options discussed – in short it was exactly what we were looking for to get everyone aligned and focused on task at hand. This is the course that all organisations should be looking at if they want to take control of their Microsoft environment and get the most from their entitlements, while minimising their financial exposure"

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Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course

"I would recommend this course for anyone who has "Microsoft" in their daily vocabulary. Knowing how to (and not to) use your investment not only reduces compliance risk, but gives you commercial advantage too!"

Ashley Scott: Technology Asset Manager – ActewAGL
Masters of Microsoft Licensing Training Course

"This was a really great course that I would recommend for anyone who is involved in Microsoft licensing or implementation. There was a good mixture of formal explanation and discussion of issues along with random quizzes to keep everyone entertained. The time flew by."

Sarah Bailey: Manager IT Management Services – Coffey International

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