๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ก
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐-๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ?
I warned our customers for years that this could happen. Microsoft tolerated license noncompliance in tenants for a long time.
This summer I noticed one thing changed in Microsoft 365 that is here to fight it.
๐น ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐
Quite a few Microsoft 365 features become active for the full tenant when you buy one license. One Defender for Office 365 license turns on Safe Links and Safe Attachments for everybody. One Entra ID P1 license lets every user in the tenant work with Conditional Access.
Technically it works. It does not agree with the Microsoft licensing rules.
The admin center reports now show Conditional Access overage. You do not need to be super smart to assume that Microsoft prepares to enforce proper licensing. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ.
I believe that we can assume Microsoft does know about this discrepancy already. We’re just one step from enforcing licensing compliance.
๐ ๏ธ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ:
Entra ID portal >> Billing >> Licenses >> Manage | License usage
Author: Martin Strnad
