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License Utilization Visibility

License Management control for Microsoft 365 and Entra ID

Why This Control Matters

Most organizations overpay for M365 licenses. Unused licenses represent wasted budget. Understanding your license utilization helps optimize costs and ensures users have appropriate entitlements.

Expected State

When this control is compliant, your tenant should meet these criteria:

  • 1License assignments are tracked across the organization
  • 2Unused or underutilized licenses are identified
  • 3License changes are monitored

Enforcement

Default Mode
Advisory

Alerts on deviations but does not make changes

Auto-Remediation
Manual Only

Reports on license utilization from Microsoft Graph licensing APIs

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