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title: Licensing
description: Continuous license usage analysis and CIS-aligned security posture for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Savings and security from one read-only connection.
url: https://www.getobok.com/licensing
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# Licensing

> Continuous license usage analysis and CIS-aligned security posture for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, in one panel.

Obok's Licensing module gives you two capabilities from one read-only connection: savings from license usage optimization, and security from CIS-aligned benchmark assessments. Available for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

## Microsoft 365

### Savings: License usage optimization
Analyzes real usage data from Microsoft Graph API to identify savings opportunities across your entire tenant. No estimates, no assumptions.

- Unused Exchange mailboxes and inactive user accounts
- Over-allocated plans (E5 vs E3 vs F-series rightsizing)
- Redundant Power BI Pro when E5 already covers it
- Inactive Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint allocations

### Security: CIS v1 to v6 compliance
Audits your Microsoft 365 environment against every CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark control, from v1 through v6, delivering a clear gap analysis with severity classification and remediation guidance.

- Identity and access management controls (MFA, roles)
- Email security, anti-phishing and anti-spam policies
- SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive data exposure settings
- Admin center configuration and conditional access rules

## Google Workspace

### Savings: License usage optimization
Analyzes real usage data from the Google Admin SDK / Directory API to identify savings opportunities across your entire domain. No estimates, no assumptions.

- Suspended or never-logged-in user accounts holding paid licenses
- Over-allocated editions (Business Plus vs Standard vs Enterprise rightsizing)
- Redundant add-on licenses (e.g., Vault, extra storage) when core edition already covers usage
- Inactive Drive, Meet, and Chat allocations

### Security: CIS v1 compliance
Audits your Google Workspace environment against the CIS Google Workspace Foundations Benchmark v1, delivering a clear gap analysis with severity classification and remediation guidance.

- Identity and access management controls (2SV/MFA, admin roles)
- Gmail security, anti-phishing and anti-spam policies
- Drive and Docs external sharing and data exposure settings
- Admin console configuration and context-aware access rules

## What you receive

- **Savings Report**: Per-user analysis with savings estimates and recommended license/plan changes across all workloads.
- **CIS Gap Report**: Control-by-control benchmark evaluation with severity classification and step-by-step remediation for each gap found.
- **Prioritized Roadmap**: Actionable next steps ordered by business impact.

## How it works

1. Connect your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace tenant with read-only permissions
2. Obok processes usage signals, license inventory, and all CIS controls automatically
3. Receive your full report: savings findings, security gaps, and a prioritized roadmap

## Related products

- [Compliance Assessment](https://www.getobok.com/compliance-assessment): Score against 57 benchmarks including CIS, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA and NIST
- [Cloud Cost Optimization](https://www.getobok.com/cloud-cost-optimization): Find and eliminate cloud waste
- [Cloud Security](https://www.getobok.com/cloud-security): Continuous threat detection across your cloud

## Get started

[Request your Licensing Assessment](https://www.getobok.com/pricing): free, no commitment, results in days.