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Free EditionIf not managed properly, Microsoft 365 licenses can significantly add to a company’s overhead. It's necessary to understand user requirements before assigning employees licenses, and to keep an eye on inactive users and unused Microsoft 365 licenses to optimize license management. Each employee's usage of Microsoft 365 services and applications will differ based on the nature of their work, and some may not use Microsoft 365 at all.
For example, the finance department may not need Skype for Business as much as they need Exchange Online or OneDrive for Business. On the other hand, support personnel rely heavily on Skype for Business as they need to connect with clients, but will probably never touch something like Power BI.
Unlike the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, M365 Manager Plus helps add, remove, and change Microsoft 365 licenses in bulk, without having to use PowerShell scripts.
With M365 Manager Plus' built-in license reports, admins can find inactive mailboxes, stale Microsoft 365 licenses, unlicensed users, and other details in a single click. These reports come in handy for efficient Microsoft 365 license management.
Idle Microsoft 365 users still consume Microsoft 365 licenses, adding to business costs. Using the management module in M365 Manager Plus' Inactive Mailboxes report, admins can find idle user accounts and remove their licenses.
Admins can find users who don't have an Microsoft 365 license with the Unlicensed Users Report. Using the advanced filter option, it’s easy to identify users based on their job title, department, city, and other attributes, and then add the Microsoft 365 licenses they need.
As you can see in the image above, admins can also enable or disable the services offered by Microsoft 365 licenses based on which services employees actually need.
When recruitment season kicks in, admins will need to provision accounts for many employees at once. Unlike native Microsoft 365, which forces admins to create user accounts and then assign licenses to each user individually, M365 Manager Plus allows admins to simultaneously create user accounts in bulk and add Microsoft 365 licenses to the new accounts.
When Microsoft 365 licenses have to be removed in bulk from employees leaving the organization, or from current employees who don't need licenses anymore, admins can create a CSV file with the names of these users and upload it in the License Modification page. M365 Manager Plus will parse through the CSV file and remove the Microsoft 365 licenses of those users, so their old licenses can be reassigned to users that need them.
M365 Manager Plus License Reports
