Review Licenses

To quickly view a user license information, go to Home > Users and click on any user in the list. The Info Panel displays the information related to that user including the user's services and permissions

To have a general view of the list of licenses, their unassigned /total quantity, and descriptions:

1. Go to Home > Licenses. For the latest available licenses and services at 8x8, Inc., visit https://support.8x8.com.
2. Expand the license type whose details you want to review, and click the desired license.
3. In the license panel that opens, review how many of those licenses have been assigned to which user.
4. Optionally, you can filter the licenses by assigned, unassigned or suspended.

The suspended licenses in your system are not usable and cannot be assigned to users. A license may be placed in suspended status:

• If the license was removed from your system by the 8x8 team with the intent of reducing the billable license number. Upon removal, the license will remain in a suspended state for 30 days before being actually removed from the inventory, during which you may reinstate the license.
• If the license is associated with a user who is deactivated, then the license will be moved to a suspended state. Reactivating the user revokes the suspended state of the license.

A user without a license is just a contact. The contact cannot function as a user until a service or license is assigned to them.

To assign licenses to users:

1. Go to Home > Users and click to edit an existing user account or create a new user.
2. Open Services and permissions.
3. Select and Assign a policy profile. The 8x8 Master User Template is selected by default.
   With the 8x8 Profile Policy you are able to restrict users from using certain capabilities of Virtual Office, such as accessing Virtual Office Meetings, upgrading to recent version of Virtual Office Desktop app, or accessing and deleting call recordings. You can disable these features company wide by using a master profile policy. To modify the 8x8 Master User Template, go to Home > User policies and click to edit the options. See Review Profile Policy.
4. Click to Assign one or more services to user from the list.
5. Click Save.

You can choose any license from the license drop-down, whether upgrade or downgrade. When you downgrade a license, the user's phone number, extension number, call forwarding rules, and other shared settings between licenses are preserved. The system automatically changes the features that are not shared between the licenses such as Switchboard Pro or Analytics for 8x8 Work. For example, when you downgrade a user license,Analytics for 8x8 Work automatically changes from Supervisor to Essentials. When you upgrade a license, however, you still need to configure the user profile to allow the new feature capabilities. In the above example, you need to modify the user profile to allow the supervisor capabilities instead of regular user for Analytics for 8x8 Work.

To upgrade or downgrade the user license:

1. Go to Home > Users, and click Services and permissions while editing a user.
2. Select a different license from the drop-down list.
3. If you already have a license and would like to add a second 8x8 Work, or a 8x8 Contact Center, click + next to the first license.
4. Select and add a new license from the list.

5. Save the user.
   

Each license is associated with a service address based on the sales order location. Let’s say your company orders licenses in bulk from the headquarters (NewYork) location, but then distributes it to your branch offices in Seattle, Delaware, and Washington. The service address of the assigned licenses get updated while the unassigned licenses remain bound to New York. With the varying state taxes in the US, the amount billed for unassigned licenses may not be accurate. To resolve this issue, you have the ability to manually update service addresses for unassigned licenses as well.

To manually updated the service address of unassigned licenses:

1. Go to Licenses.
2. Select a license type and expand the countries the license is available to.
3. Select a country to view the license details panel.

4. Unselect the filters Assigned and Suspended to view just the unassigned licenses.

   Note: By default, you can view licenses that are assigned, unassigned, and suspended.

5. From this list, in the service address column, select the site address to associate the license to.
6. To update the service address for multiple licenses, simply select the desired licenses and choose a service address from the available service address options.
7. Notice the unsaved changes link at the top of the list. Click to view a summary of the address changes including the previous address and the newly opted address for each license.
   
   
   
   
8. Click Save to save all the address changes.

These service address changes will reflect immediately in the licenses list in 8x8 Admin Console, while it takes around 15 minutes to cascade to the 8x8 Billing portal.

Suspended licenses are not usable and cannot be assigned to users. A license may be placed in suspended status:

• If the license was removed from your system by the 8x8 team with the intent of reducing the billable license number. Upon removal, the license will remain in a suspended state for 30 days before being actually removed from the inventory, during which you may reinstate the license.
• If the license is associated with a user who is deactivated, then the license will be moved to a suspended state. Reactivating the user revokes the suspended state of the license.

Users can use from a variety of desk phones and softphones:

• With Virtual Office Editions or Virtual Office Classic and 8x8 Contact Center licenses, you can use 8x8 Work for Desktop softphone or any desk phone supported by 8x8, Inc., such as Polycom.
• With 8x8 Contact Center license and dedicated extensions you must use a locked-down 8x8 Contact Center desk phone. Users do not need a Virtual Office Editions or Virtual Office Classic license for dedicated extension. Only 8x8 Contact Center services are assigned to these users.
• The 8x8 Contact Center users can also use a compatible third-party softphone or desk phone (such as Bria or any landline or mobile number for users working from home). See the third-party phones and 8x8 services for more information.