Which action should be used to reduce license usage without deleting content?

Which action should be used to reduce license usage without deleting content?

• A. Disable the user account.
• B. Delete the user account.
• C. Move the user to a different directory.
• D. Hide the user from view.

Answer: (A)

Licensing is typically tied to active user accounts, not to content. To reduce license usage while keeping all content intact, disable the user account. When a user is disabled, they can no longer log in, so they no longer occupy an active license, but everything they contributed—pages, comments, attachments, and space ownership—remains in place and accessible. You can reactivate the account later if needed, preserving history and permissions. Deleting the user would risk losing access to or ownership of content and can require reassigning ownership or dealing with orphaned contributions, which is why it’s not the preferred approach for saving licenses while keeping content. Moving the user to a different directory or simply hiding them from view doesn’t reliably reduce license usage, because licensing usually still counts that account as active or does not affect what’s provisioned. So, disabling the account freely frees up a license while preserving all content and history.

Licensing is typically tied to active user accounts, not to content. To reduce license usage while keeping all content intact, disable the user account. When a user is disabled, they can no longer log in, so they no longer occupy an active license, but everything they contributed—pages, comments, attachments, and space ownership—remains in place and accessible. You can reactivate the account later if needed, preserving history and permissions.

Deleting the user would risk losing access to or ownership of content and can require reassigning ownership or dealing with orphaned contributions, which is why it’s not the preferred approach for saving licenses while keeping content.

Moving the user to a different directory or simply hiding them from view doesn’t reliably reduce license usage, because licensing usually still counts that account as active or does not affect what’s provisioned.

So, disabling the account freely frees up a license while preserving all content and history.