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Compare purchased, assigned, activated, and recently used license counts across your admin and inventory sources. Before reclaiming, check service-plan dependencies, shared or service accounts, and automation identities, and define inactivity using policy and workload evidence rather than a fixed day count.

Reconcile records using stable identifiers such as serial numbers or resource IDs, never display names alone. Classify discrepancies as missing, duplicate, stale, unassigned, or unknown-owner, then validate each against live state and accountable owners before correcting records.

Not from inactivity alone. Check group-based assignments, shared mailboxes, retention requirements, and reporting lag first, then notify the owner and provide a review window when policy requires before reclamation.

Verify data backup and transfer, account sign-out, management state, and physical condition on return. Sanitize the device using an approved standard with recorded evidence, and only dispose or redeploy after data and ownership checks complete.

Owner gaps occur when tags are missing or deployment records are incomplete. Trace deployment history, tags, activity, billing, and dependencies to identify accountability, and quarantine the resource pending a decision rather than deleting it from cost data alone.

Reclamation must never rely on inactivity signals alone, since shared accounts, automations, and reporting delays create false positives. Changes with user or financial impact require approval, and all actions need readback verification and preserved lifecycle evidence.