Licenses

How to monitor purchased, consumed, and available licenses

Turn subscribedSkus data into an operations-friendly capacity view that shows where license pressure is building.

5 min read Mar 28, 2026 Cengiz Yilmaz

License availability is where capacity planning becomes real. Instead of only showing purchased SKUs, M365 Tenant Reporter compares purchased capacity with consumed units so you can see the remaining headroom immediately.

What to look for first

Sort by the lowest available capacity to identify the subscriptions most likely to block new assignments soon.

Operational questions this answers

• Which SKU families are nearly full?
• Where do we still have safe growth capacity?
• Which license lines should be exported before a procurement meeting?

Export guidance

Excel is usually the best format for capacity planning reviews because it supports filtering, commentary, and easy redistribution.