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It’s been a little sketchy on the details on how Workplace Analytics is licensed so I thought I’d share what our PM has said is the general costs (sans Volume Discount) of the new technology.

Workplace Analytics is available for enterprise level organizations (5,000+ seats) and costs $6/license/mo for enterprise SKUs (with the exception of E5 customers, which is $2/license/mo).

Workplace Analytics is not included in E5 because we made a strategic decision to deliver the Workplace Analytics value in a different fashion.  The pricing reflects an investment in our customers that are invested in the Microsoft innovation cycle.

We understand that this is a significant departure from the typical licensing model, but Workplace Analytics is a unique solution that will significantly enhance the value of Office 365 by augmenting the layer of intelligence surrounding Office 365 products.

– Nathan Barrett, Office Product Marketing Manager (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/MyAnalytics/Microsoft-Workplace-Analytics/td-p/84884)

GETTING STARTED WITH WORKPLACE ANALYTICS
If you’d like instructions on how to get started with Workplace Analytics, there’s a page that goes over exactly that:

• Getting started with Workplace Analytics
  https://support.office.com/nl-nl/article/Get-started-with-Workplace-Analytics-05d19452-b41f-430d-a4b6-4cac8bbacbb1

METRICS FOR WORKPLACE ANALYTICS
Additionally, Metrics used to measure Workplace Analytics are listed and defined at the following web site:

• Metric descriptions and glossary for Workplace Analytics
  https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Metric-descriptions-and-glossary-for-Workplace-Analytics-bdb79fd3-dac8-4101-83ed-8221e79a0318

WORKPLACE ANALYTICS COMMUNITY
There is a new community site for folks interested in asking questions about Workplace Analytics specifically. 

• Workplace Analytics TechCommunity
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Workplace-Analytics/bd-p/WorkplaceAnalytics