Thank you for your FOI request received by the FOI office requesting the following information:

1/ Are Supply Chain Coordination (SCC) currently using Microsoft Office M365/O365 subscriptions to licence its desktops?

2/ If the answer to question 1 is yes, can you confirm the date (SCC) initially migrated to Microsoft Office M365/O365?

3/ If the answer to question 1 is yes, can you confirm what version(s) and quantities of perpetual (owned outright)/On Premise desktop application licences (such as Microsoft Office) were previously used to licence your desktops?

4/ Did (SCC) use the ‘FromSA’ product SKU when it initially migrated to M365/O365 to obtain discounts?

If SCC have migrated to M365/O365 please answer the following

5/ Did Microsoft (or a third party on its behalf) carry out an audit of your Microsoft software assets in the period prior to your potential migration to O365/M365?

6/ If so, what date did any such audits start and finish?

7/ What is the corporate identity of the party carrying out the audit, e.g. Microsoft or the name of the third-party auditing company?

8/ Did the audit identify any breaches of, underlicensing, or non-compliance with, your licensing conditions?

9/ If so, were any incentives relating to such breaches or non-compliance given by Microsoft to encourage your organisation to move to Microsoft cloud subscription licences?

10/ If so, please provide details/documentation of these incentives.

Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and SCCL are able to provide a response in the attached document.