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For multi-campus institutions where every dollar reports back to a board

Microsoft A1/A3/A5 entitlements, ServiceNow facilities rollouts across 10-15 campuses, and federated buying across departments and affiliates. We know the academic pricing rules, the Mormon Church contracts, and the stalled Notre Dame and BYU deployments.

$277K Savings on 8,000-license university EA
10-15 Campuses in active ServiceNow rollouts
Notre Dame, BYU Active engagements
Who This Is For

Education profile

Higher education and K-12 institutions running A1/A3/A5 academic SKUs, ServiceNow, and multi-campus IT estates.

SPEND $500K-$5M annual software and cloud
SAVINGS $277K verified on an 8,000-license university EA
Compliance Overlays

What we account for on day one

/01 FERPA for student records
/02 Microsoft A1 / A3 / A5 academic licensing
/03 Research compliance (NIH, NSF data plans)
/04 State higher-ed privacy regimes
The Challenge

Where education estates leak the most.

/01

A1/A3/A5 entitlements left on the table

Academic SKUs have specific eligibility rules across faculty, staff, and student populations. Most universities are paying commercial rates on a meaningful slice of their estate.

/02

Decentralized campus buying

Each campus, department, and research center buys its own seats. The same vendor sells fifteen contracts where one university-wide EA would deliver better price and terms.

/03

ServiceNow rollouts across 10-15 campuses

Facilities, IT, and research-asset rollouts stall on data modeling and governance across distributed campuses. We're actively running deployments at this scale today.

/04

Legacy facilities tech

POTS lines, analog campus telephony, and 30-year-old PBX systems sit on campus floor plans. Migration to UC and modern facilities management releases real cash.

How UMS Helps

Built for education estates

/01

A1/A3/A5 entitlement audit

We benchmark academic licensing against your actual faculty, staff, and student populations. Reclassification typically returns mid-six figures on a single university EA.

/02

University-wide EA consolidation

One negotiation across the system. Multi-campus institutions get coordinated leverage that decentralized buying can't deliver.

/03

ServiceNow at campus scale

Active rollouts spanning 10-15 campuses for facilities and IT-asset management. Deployment, configuration, and governance handed back to your team.

/04

Telecom modernization across campus

POTS, PBX, and UC migration coordinated with facilities and IT. Single engagement covering software, cloud, and telecom.

"UMS has been an invaluable partner in managing our software costs - across multiple administrations, multiple agencies, and over $800M in cumulative savings."
Adam Barski - Former CFO / Budget Director, City of New York
Proven Results

Verified savings in education

Relevant Services

Services we run for education

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