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Licensing Cloud App Security
I have a question regarding licenses in Office 365 and especially the special services Microsoft offers (for example Office 365 Cloud App Security). Do I need to license only users who use the C...
Like some features in Office 365, and many features in Azure Active Directory or the Enterprise Mobility+Security suite of services, you need to license every user that will benefit from the use of the services. It's a common misconception that you only need to license administrators for Office 365 E5 to cover the use of this functionality, but that is not the case.
There are, unfortunately, no technical gates in the product to assist you with license compliance or to prevent non-compliance.
Thank you very much for your response.
So if I understand you correctly, the product (in this case Cloud App Security) will function for every user even if you don't license them properly, but you will be non-compliant and violating the terms if you do so (which is probably even worse).
So if I understand you correctly, the product (in this case Cloud App Security) will function for every user even if you don't license them properly, but you will be non-compliant and violating the terms if you do so (which is probably even worse).
Unfortunately, that is correct.