[KB] Cost Cutting with Effective License Management

[KB] Cost Cutting with Effective License Management

 

License management is always assumed to be a daunting task which must be carried out with much effort. But O365 Manager Plus with its unique refined reports makes license management simple, which also paves way for cost cutting. You can save much with effective license management than you think.

 

Identify the inactive mailboxes

 

Inactive mailboxes add up to the cost by consuming licenses, which can be reassigned if needed, or removed. Identifying the inactive mailboxes by perusing the user activity, is a tiresome job. To eliminate this, O365 Manager Plus provides you, Inactive Mailboxes Report, which lists you the inactive mailboxes which have been inactive for the specified number of days.

 

Inactive Mailboxes Report

  • Click Reports tab.
  • In the RHS, under Exchange Online, select Mailbox Reports.
  • Select Inactive Mailboxes, under the General Reports category.
  • Select the Office 365 account and the number of days for which the mailboxes should                have been inactive.
  • Click Generate Now.

 

Follow the Email Activity

 

Some mailboxes might not be inactive, they would be regularly accessed, but there won't be any user activity other than logging in. Such mailboxes can also be stripped of their licenses. O365 Manager Plus provides you Email Activity Report, which gives you the mailboxes with their inbound and outbound email activity details.

 

Email Activity Report

  • Click Reports tab.
  • In the RHS, under Exchange Online, select Mail Traffic Reports.
  • Select Email Activity by User, under the Mail Traffic Reports category.
  • Select the Office 365 account.
  • Click Generate Now.

 

O365 manager Plus also provides you, a dedicated set of reports on license management. Learn how to monitor the license usage, with these reports here.

 


 

 

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