Making the next acquisition routine, after the last one strained a regional MSP past its limits.
600
Users consolidated onto Microsoft E5
1
Global MSP replacing a regional relationship
E5
Security posture upgrade across the consolidated tenant
The situation
A UK acquisition pushed this business services company's regional MSP past what it could support. The company needed Microsoft licensing consolidated across entities, a global MSP that could actually scale with continued M&A activity, and a security posture upgrade to match.
Why this was hard without help
Post-acquisition tenant consolidation touches licensing, identity, security policy, and day-to-day IT operations all at once, and a regional MSP built for a single-entity company rarely has the reach or process maturity to support a newly multinational one. Each additional acquisition after this one would only add more strain without a structural fix.
What Resourcive brought
A sourced global MSP capable of supporting the company's ongoing acquisition strategy, paired with Microsoft licensing consolidation for 600 users onto E5 and managed Azure implementation. Tenant consolidation unified operations across entities rather than leaving them running in parallel.
"I see them as a partner. I can't necessarily say the same about my vendors."
SVP of Technology
Results
Documented outcomes
- 600 usersconsolidated onto Microsoft E5.
- Expedited migration timeline versus the prior regional MSP's pace.
- Enhanced security posture through the E5 upgrade.
- Operational efficiency built specifically for ongoing M&A activity.
What came next
Follow-on work in progress includes penetration testing, MSSP sourcing, and cybersecurity advisory professional services.
