ManageEngine Rolls out Office 365 License Management and Reporting

ManageEngine today announced the addition of an Office 365 bulk license manager to its Active Directory management software, ADManager Plus, and an Exchange Online reporting module to its Microsoft Exchange server reporting solution, ExchangeReporter Plus.

While the new feature in ADManager Plus allows administrators to manage Office 365 licenses of multiple users at once, the new ExchangeReporter Plus provides administrators a better understanding of how Office 365 resources are being utilized.

“After we added Office 365 provisioning and reporting capabilities to ADManager Plus, our customers started asking for a bulk license management utility that would offer some flexibility in managing Office 365 licenses,” said ManikandanThangaraj, Director of Product Management, ManageEngine.  “So we not only  added that utility in ADManager Plus, we also upgraded ExchangeReporter Plus to report on Office 365 mailboxes. This way, administrators need not struggle with PowerShell to get mailbox statistics that ease license management.”

Flexible Office 365 License Management in ADManager Plus

The user interface lists all the Office 365 accounts, making it easy for administrators to select and modify the licenses of several accounts at a time. Depending on their needs, administrators can choose to add, replace, or revoke licenses completely or selectively.

CSV-based bulk licensing – Administrators can import a user list from a CSV file to manage the licenses of a specific group.  This provision helps when administrators need to change subscription plans for a department or revoke licenses of inactive users.

Customized, selective licensing – This feature enables administrators to revisit assigned licenses and enable/disable services based on user requirements. Given the design of the interface and user selection options, administrators will find it easy to bulk-enable services

The new ADManager Plus module also enables administrators to delegate Office 365 license management and reporting to help desk technicians for a certain location or OU.

Insightful Office 365 Mailbox Statistics in ExchangeReporter Plus

The new Office 365 reporting module in ExchangeReporter Plus offers information such as inactive mailboxes and top 10 mailboxes by size, which are not easily available on the default Office 365 management portal (can only be obtained by using elaborate PowerShell scripting). In addition to saving administrators the scripting effort, these reports equip them with a clear idea of how the Office 365 resources are being utilized.