Assign add-ons to users

Identillect#Security#Billing#Administration#Add-insUpdated 10/15/2026

Add-ons are paid features your organization buys with its subscription. Each add-on comes with a number of licenses, and as a business administrator you decide which users get them. A user only gets an add-on's features after you assign it to them.

To buy add-ons or more licenses, see View your plan and change your subscription.

What each add-on gives a user

Add-on What the user gets
Outlook Add-in (Classic) Send secure messages from the Outlook Windows desktop client.
Outlook Add-in (New) Send secure messages from Outlook on Mac, PC and in the browser.
Gmail Add-in Send secure messages directly from Gmail.
MFA Authentication The SMS passcode authentication method when composing: recipients get a one-time code by text message.
Email Integrity The Enforce email integrity option when composing, which blocks viewing if the message fails tamper or authenticity checks.
Secure Scan Scans messages and attachments for sensitive content when the user sends regular (not secure) email. Requires a mail add-in. Learn more in Secure Scan.

Users who have a mail add-in see Get Add-ins in their profile menu, with download links. See Get the Outlook and Gmail add-ins.

Additional Users isn't assigned here: it adds user seats to your subscription. Manage it under Subscription & Billing.

Assign licenses on the Add-on assignments tab

  1. Click your name or initials in the top-right corner, click Organization, then open the Add-on assignments tab.
  2. Under Your Add-ons, click the add-on you want to manage. Each card shows how many licenses are assigned, how many are open, or Full.
  3. In the user list, click Assign next to each person who should have it. Assigned users show Assigned. To take a license back, point to Assigned and click Remove.

    Add-on assignments tab with Outlook Add-in (New) selected and the user list

Changes save automatically, and the portal confirms "Add-on assignments updated".

To find people quickly, use Search users... or the filters in the Role, Status and add-on column headings (for example, show only users who are Not assigned).

  • Unavailable means the person can't get this add-on right now, for example because they're suspended, or because they don't have a mail add-in yet (Secure Scan).
  • No licenses and All licenses assigned mean every license is in use. Remove one from someone else, or click Buy licenses to add more to your subscription.

If you assign yourself a mail add-in, the tab also shows install options so you can set it up on your own device.

Assign add-ons to one person

  1. On the Users tab, click the three-dot menu at the end of the person's row.
  2. Click Manage add-ons.
  3. Click the add-ons to turn them on or off for this person. Each one shows how many of its licenses are in use.
  4. Click Save.

    Manage add-ons window for Jordan Lee with two add-ons selected

You can also choose add-ons when you invite someone. See Invite and manage users.

Rules to know

  • Secure Scan needs a mail add-in. Removing a person's Outlook Add-in (Classic), or their last mail add-in, also removes Secure Scan.
  • When you suspend a user, their add-ons go back to the organization. Unsuspending them doesn't give the add-ons back; assign them again.
  • You can't assign more licenses than you've purchased.

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