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MT.1083: Ensure Delicensing Resiliency is enabled

ID MT.1083
Severity Low
Suite Mito
Product Exchange Online
Feature Mailboxes
Security area Infrastructure hardening
Resource type Tenant
User impact of fixing Low
Effort to fix Low
Reads from Exchange Online, Microsoft Graph

Important: This test is only available if your tenant has at least 5000 non-trial Exchange Online licenses.

Delicensing Resiliency SHOULD be enabled to maintain access to mailboxes when licenses are removed.

Enable Delicensing Resiliency by running the following PowerShell command in Exchange Online:

Terminal window
Set-OrganizationConfig -DelayedDelicensingEnabled:$true

You can also configure notifications to inform administrators and end users about delicensing events:

Terminal window
# Enable tenant admin notifications for delicensing events
Set-OrganizationConfig -TenantAdminNotificationForDelayedDelicensingEnabled:$true
# Enable end user mail notifications for delicensing events
Set-OrganizationConfig -EndUserMailNotificationForDelayedDelicensingEnabled:$true

Note: These notification settings help ensure stakeholders are informed when licensing changes occur that could affect mailbox access.


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