How to find expiry date of Microsoft 365 licenses

When a Microsoft 365 license expires, users may lose access to critical applications such as Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint, halting productivity until renewals are processed. Proactively monitoring Microsoft 365 license expiry dates helps organizations plan renewals in advance, avoid unnecessary downtime, and maintain uninterrupted access for end users.

This article outlines three methods to identify expiring or expired Microsoft 365 licenses: using the Microsoft 365 admin center, querying license details throughthe Get-MgDirectorySubscription cmdlet in Microsoft Graph PowerShell, and generating Microsoft 365 license expiry reports through ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, a dedicated Microsoft 365 administration tool.

Method 1: How to find Microsoft 365 license expiry date with Microsoft 365 admin center

Prerequisites

You must have at least the Billing Administrator or Global Administrator role to view the expiry date of Microsoft 365 licenses in the Entra admin center.

Steps

1. Log in to the Microsoft 365 admin center and navigate to Billing > Your products.
2. Locate the Subscription status filter pill and enable the Active, Pending, Scheduled, Expired, and Disabled filters.
3. For subscriptions with recurring billing off, you will see a specific Renewal or expiration date listed.
4. For subscriptions with recurring billing on, you will see the Next invoice date, which indicates the end of the current billing cycle.

Limitation to consider

The Microsoft 365 admin center view requires you to check each subscription manually. If your organization manages many diverse license packs, tracking these individually can be time consuming. For a consolidated view across all SKUs, you will have to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell scripting or a reporting tool dedicated to present this data with just a few clicks, such as ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus.

Method 2: How to find soon to expire Microsoft 365 licenses with Microsoft Graph PowerShell (Get-MgDirectorySubscription)

Prerequisites

Before using Microsoft Graph PowerShell, please verify that:

1. The Groups Administrator or Global Administrator role is applied to the account you use to sign in to Microsoft Graph PowerShell.
2. You are connected to the Microsoft Graph PowerShell module.
   1. To check if the Microsoft Graph PowerShell module is installed, use this script:
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      Get-Module Microsoft.Graph -ListAvailable

      If it does not return a value, you will have to install the module.

   2. To install the Microsoft Graph PowerShell module, execute this script:
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      Install-Module Microsoft.Graph -Scope CurrentUser

   3. To connect to Microsoft Graph, run this script:
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      Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"

Using Get-MgDirectorySubscription to find expiry date of Microsoft 365 licenses

The Get-MgDirectorySubscription cmdlet retrieves Microsoft 365 license details such as subscription name, status, and expiration date.

Run the following cmdlet after signing in to Microsoft Graph PowerShell to find out the current status and expiry date of your Microsoft 365 licenses.

Get-MgDirectorySubscription | Select-Object SkuPartNumber, NextLifecycleDateTime

Find expiring Microsoft 365 licenses before March 2026

Scenario: You are an IT admin tasked with identifying all licenses that have already expired or are set to expire before April 1, 2026, to ensure renewal budgets are approved in time.

Checking each subscription manually is inefficient for multiple license types. Instead, you can use the following script to filter your Microsoft 365 licenses based on their lifecycle date and status.

# ==============================
# Microsoft 365 Subscription Lifecycle Monitoring
# ==============================

# Define the threshold date for lifecycle evaluation
$TargetDate = Get-Date "2026-03-01"

# Define export path
$ReportPath = "C:\Reports\M365_Subscription_Lifecycle_Report.csv"

# Retrieve and filter Microsoft 365 directory subscriptions
$Subscriptions = Get-MgDirectorySubscription |
Where-Object {
    $_.CapabilityStatus -in @("Warning", "Suspended") -or
    (
        $_.NextLifecycleDateTime -ne $null -and
        $_.NextLifecycleDateTime -lt $TargetDate
    )
} |
Select-Object `
    SkuPartNumber,
    CapabilityStatus,
    NextLifecycleDateTime

# Export results if matching subscriptions are found
if ($Subscriptions) {
    $Subscriptions | Export-Csv -Path $ReportPath -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
    Write-Host "Report generated successfully at: $ReportPath" -ForegroundColor Green
}
else {
    Write-Host "No subscriptions matched the specified criteria." -ForegroundColor Yellow
}

Supported parameters for the Get-MgDirectorySubscription cmdlet

The following table describes the key properties and parameters used in the Get-MgDirectorySubscription script to monitor the expiry date of Microsoft 365 licenses.

Method 3: How to find soon to expire Microsoft 365 licenses with M365 Manager Plus

Steps

1. Log in to M365 Manager Plus and navigate to the Reports tab > Azure Active Directory > License Reports and select the Soon to Expire Licenses report. This report displays a list of licensed users and the number of days until their Microsoft 365 licenses expire.
2. Set the maximum expiration date after which the Microsoft 365 licenses shown in the Soon to Expire Licenses report will expire, using the Account expiry within dropdown.
3. Export the list of expiring Microsoft 365 licenses using the Export As option.

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