Note: You can only create a reserve entitlement from an existing
Microsoft Office 365 entitlement. The existing entitlement must meet the following
criteria.
- License type is Subscription.
- Metric group Microsoft.
- License Metric is User Subscription.
- Publisher is Microsoft for the product on the
software model.
- Subscription software is selected for the product on
the software model.
Run reconciliation to include the new reserve entitlement
in the true-up cost calculation. Navigate to to view the Office 365 & Adobe Cloud dashboard. The cost of the
reserve entitlement is included in True-up Cost and is not included in Current
Subscription Spend.When it's past the end date of the reserve entitlement, the SAM -
Subscription Maintenance scheduled job creates a new entitlement to replace it.
Note: The new entitlement is not added to the Reserve Entitlements related list
in
the original source entitlement.
Table 1. New entitlement record
Field |
Value |
Reserve entitlement |
Not selected |
Start date |
Date the new entitlement is created |
End date |
End date of the original source entitlement |
Source entitlement |
Reference to the original source entitlement |
Purchased rights |
Same number of purchased rights as the reserve
entitlement |
Active rights |
Same number of active rights as the reserve
entitlement |
Allocations available |
Same number of allocations available as the reserve
entitlement |
State |
In use |
The
State of the reserve entitlement changes to
Retired. On the Office 365 & Adobe Cloud dashboard,
the cost of the retired reserve entitlement is removed from True-up Cost. The cost
of the new entitlement is included in Current Subscription Spend.