Microsoft 365 license optimization
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Summary of Microsoft 365 license optimization
Microsoft 365 license optimization provides ServiceNow customers with detailed insights and actionable recommendations for managing Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Power BI subscriptions. It helps identify active, inactive, and unassigned licenses, enabling more efficient license usage and cost savings through downgrades, license consolidations, and reclamations.
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Key Features
- Subscription Details Reporting: View numbers of active, inactive, and unassigned user subscriptions grouped by software models. Active subscriptions are those used within the last 90 days, inactive ones have no recent activity, and unassigned represent available licenses not allocated to users.
- Optimization Recommendations: Analyze monthly recommendations for downgrading licenses (e.g., Office 365 E5 to E3, E3 to E1, Microsoft 365 E5 to E3, E3 to F3), and consolidating or reclaiming double licenses to reduce unnecessary expenses. Users can drill down to specific candidates and take actions directly.
- Potential Savings Reports: Understand cost-saving opportunities based on recommended license optimizations. This includes monthly savings for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses as well as Windows Server licenses (for physical hosts and clusters), helping prioritize optimization efforts.
- Microsoft 365 Portal Subscription Details: Access data on purchased subscriptions, including software models, product details, rights assigned and available, and subscription profiles to maintain clear visibility of license allocations.
What This Enables ServiceNow Customers To Do
- Gain enhanced visibility into Microsoft 365 license usage and assignment status to prevent waste from inactive or unassigned subscriptions.
- Identify and act on downgrade opportunities to align license levels with actual user needs, reducing unnecessary spending on higher-tier licenses.
- Consolidate overlapping licenses and reclaim double assigned licenses to optimize license consumption.
- Track and quantify potential cost savings from license optimization efforts, supporting informed decision-making and budgeting.
- Access detailed subscription and usage data through intuitive reports to streamline license management and compliance.
Find Software Asset Management optimization recommendations for Microsoft 365 based on usage.
| Report | Description |
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| Microsoft 365 subscription details | Number of active, inactive, and unassigned user subscription details for Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Power BI products, which are grouped by software models. Select a data point to view more details about the user subscriptions for a software model.
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| Report | Description |
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| Microsoft 365 optimization recommendations | Number of licenses per month that can be downgraded or reclaimed based on recommended downgrade, double licensed, and consolidate candidates. This report displays data for the last 12 months. Select any bar to view more details and act on the recommended downgrade or dual license candidates for a given month.
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| Report | Description |
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| Potential savings by optimizing licenses | Potential cost savings for licenses on your physical hosts and clusters that are based on recommended license optimizations. Note: Select the report to view details about the recommended license optimizations and associated cost savings for each host or cluster. License optimizations include the
recommended license, recommended rights, and recommended spending.This report is available only for Microsoft Windows Server licenses. |
| Microsoft 365 potential savings by type | Potential monthly savings for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses that are based on recommended downgrade, double license, and consolidate candidates. This report displays potential savings for the last 12 months. Select any bar to view more details about the recommended downgrade or dual license candidates for a given month.
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| Microsoft 365 portal available subscription details | Number of licenses that are available on the Microsoft portal per subscription. Select a bar to view details about the purchased subscription details, such as software model, product, purchased rights, assigned rights, available rights, and subscription profile. |