Licensing M365 Security Plus

M365 Security Plus is available in three editions - Trial, Free, & Standard editions. All Editions come packaged as a single download. During the evaluation phase, the standard edition is installed and can be evaluated for 30 days. After 30 days, it is automatically converted to the free edition, unless the standard edition license is purchased.

M365 Security Plus Trial Edition

The trial edition of M365 Security Plus allows you to secure unlimited users for a period of 30 days. And it allows 3 Help Desk technicians and 1 Super Admin.

M365 Security Plus Free Edition

Once the evaluation period expires, M365 Security Plus automatically converts to a free edition which offers:

• Auditing, monitoring, alerting,and content search for 25 users or mailboxes.

To manage more users, please upgrade to the standard edition. If you have further questions, write to us at m365securityplus-support@manageengine.com. To get a quote or buy the solution, please contact sales@manageengine.com.

M365 Security Plus Standard Edition

The standard edition of M365 Security Plus offers:

• Microsoft 365 auditing, monitoring, alerting, content search, and virtual tenant features for the number of users or mailboxes purchased in your standard edition license plan.
• Delegation features with one Help Desk Technician (HDT). You can delegate more HDTs by purchasing additional technician licenses.
• Backup and restore mailboxes from Exchange Online with Exchange Online backup add-on.

Steps to upgrade from Trial/Free Edition to Standard Edition

Managing M365 Security Plus License

M365 Security Plus is licensed based on the number of users. This section allows you to manage licenses and select the users that you wish to manage. M365 Security Plus is licensed based on the number of users that you wish to manage. To manage licenses, click Manage Licenses. (Click Tenant Settings found in the top right corner → Manage Licenses). The Manage Licenses screen displays the following information at the top of the table.

• Total License Count – This shows the number of licenses purchased.
• Managed Users – This shows the number of users being managed by the product.
• Available License Count – The number of unused licenses is shown here.

To modify the users to be managed

• Click on the icon under the Action column to manage all users for that tenant.
• Click on the icon under the Action column to stop managing all users for that tenant.
• To handpick the users to be managed, click the Total Number of Users in the Managed Users column. This will open a pop-up.
  • In the pop-up, select the type of users that you wish to see, i.e., only the managed users, or the unmanaged, or both.
  • Click icon to search for the user by name
  • Click the drop-down box on the right hand side of the pop-up to manage the number of users that will be displayed.
  • Select the check-boxes against each user to manage/unmanage them.
  • Click OK to save the selection.

In some cases, the number of Microsoft 365 users managed and the number of licenses purchased might be different. In such cases, when new users/ additional licenses are added, the product automatically adds users to the managed users list.

Case 1 - Licenses purchased is greater than the number of users managed : In such a case, all existing users will be managed by the product. When new users are added, the product will automatically link the unused licenses with the new users.

Case 2 - Licenses purchased is lesser than the total number of users : In such a case, only the selected users will be managed by the product. When additional licenses are purchased, the unmanaged users will automatically be added to the managed users list based on availability of licenses.

Note: If you haven’t installed the Azure AD module, the pop-up while clicking the count in Managed Users column, gives details on mailboxes.