Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM

Before investing in artificial intelligence, modernization initiatives or broader business transformation efforts, organizations need a clear understanding of whether their Microsoft environment can support future objectives.

Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM provides a data-driven assessment of your Microsoft environment across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and Azure. Using approved, read-only access, the analyzer identifies potential risks, highlights cost optimization opportunities and helps your organization prioritize technology investments based on business impact and available data.

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Gain clarity before making your next technology investment

Many organizations have a vision for growth, AI adoption and modernization but lack visibility into whether their current technology environment is prepared to support those goals.

Security, governance and operational risks can be difficult to identify. Licences and cloud resources may be underutilized, and underlying issues may not become visible until a transformation effort is already underway.

Traditional discovery efforts often require weeks of stakeholder interviews and manual reviews. Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM accelerates the assessment process through an automated, read-only scan that delivers evidence-based findings in minutes, helping your organization identify priority areas before budgets and roadmaps are finalized.

With Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM, your organization can:

• Identify where technology, security and governance risks may exist.
• Assess readiness for growth, modernization and future AI initiatives.
• Evaluate licence utilization and Azure cost optimization opportunities where data is available.
• Prioritize actions based on risk, business impact and potential value.
• Establish a baseline for measuring progress over time.

A more efficient and consistent starting point

Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM reviews your environment without making configuration changes or disrupting business operations.

Initial findings in less than 30 minutes

The automated scan can generate initial findings in less than 30 minutes compared with the two-to-four-week effort often associated with traditional manual discovery.

Broad visibility across the Microsoft ecosystem

The analyzer reviews 68 data sources using 75 extractors, helping provide visibility across key areas of your Microsoft environment.

Consistent scoring methodology

A weighted composite score ranging from 0 to 100 provides a consistent framework for prioritization, planning and future comparisons.

Low-impact assessment

The assessment uses approved, read-only access and does not require downtime, configuration changes or interruptions to day-to-day operations.

Understand your environment through 6 critical dimensions

The analyzer translates findings into a single health score, calculated using a consistent methodology across six weighted dimensions. This structure helps your organization establish a baseline, compare results and monitor improvement over time.

Answer key planning questions before you invest

Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM gives business and technology leaders a shared, fact-based view of their current environment. It provides detail into critical questions, including:

How the engagement works

1. Confirm scope and access

   Your team provides approved, read-only access to the designated environment. This typically requires approximately 30 to 60 minutes of administrator effort. An executive sponsor confirms scope and participates in a findings review.

2. Run the assessment

   The automated scan is completed in less than 30 minutes during normal business operations without downtime or system changes.

3. Review and prioritize findings

   RSM specialists review the results and help prioritize findings based on potential risk, business impact and opportunity. The health score serves as a discussion point, not a stand-alone conclusion.

4. Receive findings and recommendations

   Your organization receives an interactive report and supporting data workbook outlining findings, business implications and recommended next steps.

5. Measure progress over time

   The same methodology can be applied again following remediation, optimization or licensing changes to provide a consistent measure of progress.

What differentiates Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM?

Unlike traditional assessments that rely primarily on interviews and manual review, Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM provides a repeatable, technology-enabled assessment approach:

• Faster discovery: Initial findings in less than 30 minutes
• Broader visibility: Analysis across 68 data sources and 75 extractors
• Consistent methodology: Weighted scoring across six assessment dimensions
• Cost visibility: Licence and Azure cost optimization analysis where supported by available data
• Repeatable measurement: Consistent methodology for future comparisons
• Action-oriented deliverables: Interactive reporting and detailed supporting data

Plan for modernization with greater confidence

Microsoft Value Analyzer by RSM helps your organization establish a fact-based understanding of your current Microsoft environment before committing significant transformation investments.

By identifying strengths, potential risks and priority areas for improvement, the analyzer helps leadership make more informed technology and investment decisions. Bringing core technology requirements into planning discussions earlier can also help reduce the likelihood of unexpected remediation needs later in the transformation journey.