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Unlicensed Global Administrator
Is there any reason that a global administrator must be a licensed user? We have a very small organization. The principal was a global administrator, but as a security matter we are going to chan...
JosephNierenberg With regard to the Admin account, you could set it up as a shared mailbox, and provide relevant access to people who need it (or forward the emails to an individual). If you don't intend on receiving emails to the Admin account, you probably don't need to license it at all.
The Only reason i see a Global admin to be licensed is to do E-Discovery searches and View them , but you can overcome that by creating a Shared Mailbox from Exchange first, then in O365 Admin Center, make that user as Global Admin :) .(only workaround - Microsoft never recommends that)
Because organization is small, i won't recommend you with PIM solution as it will add additional costs and licensing to your Organization.
Cheers !
Ankit Shukla