Integrations
CHAOS is Microsoft-first—Entra identities, group topology, entitlement assignments and selective usage-derived hints feed the optimisation core. Companion partner billing platforms, ticketing systems or BI stacks hook in pragmatically behind architecture reviews aligning least-privilege realities.
Microsoft 365 & Entra ID
Baseline ingestion covers users, memberships, SKU assignments plus configurable utilisation fingerprints when consented scopes allow—unlocking repeatable refresh cycles without brittle CSV archaeology.
- Decision logic honours your deliberately crafted Entra group architecture
- Least-privilege-aligned Graph privileges—document per engagement
- Extensible ingestion roadmap for sanctioned supplemental signals beyond core Graph
CSP / NCE partners
Resellers juggling dozens of tenants juxtapose optimisation outputs with proprietary billing artefacts without cross-tenant data bleed—multi-tenant safety is foundational, not incidental.
- Operational isolation safeguards customer confidential datasets
- Alignments with distributor price files or SKU catalogues clarified case-by-case
- Friction reduction before chaotic renewal cram sessions
API surfaces & exports
Standardised KPI / delta exports hydrate FinOps spreadsheets, warehouses, dashboards and ITSM escalation hooks. Deeper reactive SIEM or SOAR ingestion remains feasible where security mandates demand it—tiering aligns to commercial packaging.
- Finance-grade consistency—no departmental metric forks
- Optional ITSM ticketing bridge for gated automation waves
- Roadmap-aligned expansion during contract planning discussions
CHAOS — scopes and paths documented so security can approve.
From the field
Scenario
The tenant is connected to Graph/Entra; ITSM and finance workflows run in parallel. Without clear scope documentation, security concerns and duplicate CSV maintenance appear.
Why (evidence layer)
Read/write paths are modeled least-privilege with rationale: which API, which scope, what fallback on failure—so security approvals are evidence-based, not guessed.
Before/after in EUR per month (run-rate). Annual savings = difference × 12. Figures reflect typical mid-market profiles consolidated from completed optimisation programmes (anonymised, rounded); your organisation will differ by inventory and governance.
Total before (monthly)
€ 42,000
Total after (monthly)
€ 28,140
Savings / year
€ 166,320
Savings
33%
Run-rate cost: before vs. after
License mix by SKU (after)
Split by Microsoft 365 / online SKUs (after — readable)
Exchange Online (Plan 1)
€ 4,221 · 15.0%
Microsoft 365 E3
€ 10,693 · 38.0%
Microsoft 365 F3
€ 6,191 · 22.0%
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Plan 1)
€ 4,221 · 15.0%
Other online SKUs / add-ons
€ 2,814 · 10.0%
Consolidated metrics from comparable customer programmes (anonymised under GDPR, rounded). This is how finance and IT teams usually read run-rate before a live tenant connect. Your authoritative view is built in the demo with your tenant.
| Total before (monthly) | 42000 |
|---|---|
| Total after (monthly) | 28140 |
| Savings / year | 166320 |