Microsoft 365 software for internal IT teams
Checked October 28, 2026 by Accred Consulting
An in-house IT team runs its own Microsoft 365 tenant, which is what Accred Manage covers today: findings, access reviews, a Conditional Access baseline check, Secure Score, and a read-only Teams Phone inventory, free for every role except Viewer. Add Accred Assess to check AI and Copilot readiness, the Connect preview to enroll Windows devices, and Accred Migrate, in early access, when a merger or divestiture needs a tenant-to-tenant move.
What is not there yet
Manage runs access-review removals only after an Owner or Admin approves them, and its Teams Phone inventory needs three added read-only Microsoft permissions. Remote screen, files, and PowerShell in Connect are coming soon. Backup (Protect, $2.50 per protected user per month) covers only Exchange mail and OneDrive, and license optimization (License, included in Hub) runs simulated orders.
Internal IT jobs and the Accred app for each
| Job | Accred app | Status today |
|---|---|---|
| Administer and govern our Microsoft 365 tenant | Accred Manage | Live, free |
| Check the Conditional Access baseline and Secure Score | Accred Manage | Live, read-only |
| Find unused Teams Phone licenses and numbers | Accred Manage | Live, read-only; needs three added permissions |
| AI governance and Copilot readiness | Accred Assess | Live, free to start |
| Windows device enrollment and inventory | Accred Connect | Free; private preview |
| Remote screen, files, and PowerShell | Accred Connect | Coming soon |
| Tenant-to-tenant migration after a merger or divestiture | Accred Migrate | Early access |
| Microsoft 365 backup and restore | Accred Protect | Open in Hub; $2.50 per protected user per month, 30-day trial; Exchange mail and OneDrive only |
| License optimization | Accred License | Included in Hub; orders simulated |
What an internal IT team can run on Accred today
- Accred Manage: work tenant findings, review access, watch baselines and drift, and follow supported changes to a verified, pending, or failed result. Access-review removals, such as taking someone out of a group, run in the live tenant only after an Owner or Admin approves them.
- Accred Assess: build an AI governance readiness plan for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT from read-only discovery and your team’s decisions.
- Accred Connect: enroll Windows devices by location and see their status and inventory, free, in private preview.
- Accred Migrate: plan a tenant-to-tenant move by wave and workload. Its support matrix marks each item as tested live between Accred test tenants or tested with recorded data, and items still marked coming soon are not available for customer migrations.
Guides for the jobs above
What it costs
Hub is free for every member, Manage is free for every role except Viewer with no seat needed, and Connect is free once an Owner or Admin turns it on. Assess is free to start. Migrate has no seats: it is paid only with a license per migrated object. For current prices and trials, see pricing.
Questions
Does Accred work for a company’s own Microsoft 365 tenant?
Yes. Accred Manage administers one Microsoft 365 tenant per organization, which fits an in-house IT team. Accred Fleet, a multi-tenant view for MSPs, is included in Hub.
Which Accred apps are free for an internal IT team?
Hub and Connect are free for every member, and Manage for every role except Viewer. Protect is $2.50 per protected user per month, or $2.00 billed annually ($24.00 per protected user per year), with no minimum. Assess is free to start. Migrate has no seats and is paid per migrated object; current prices are on the pricing page.
Does Accred Manage change settings in our tenant?
Only supported changes, each ending in a verified, pending, or failed result. Access-review removals, such as taking someone out of a group, run in the live tenant only after an Owner or Admin approves them. The Security and Teams Phone areas are read-only.
Create your organization, then turn on the apps you need.
Hub, Connect, License, and Fleet are free. Manage is free for every role except Viewer, Assess is free to start, and every paid app starts with a 30-day free trial with no card.