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Assign specific Office 365 license to users
Steps on how to assign specific Office 365 license to users with PowerShell
Get the AccountSKU & Individual Service Plan
Get the AccountSKU for the Office 365 E1 Subscription
Get-MsolAccountSku
AccountSkuId ActiveUnits WarningUnits ConsumedUnits
------------ ----------- ------------ -------------
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:STANDARDPACK 1500 0 1425
List all the Service Plan available in the SKU
Get-MsolAccountSku | Select -ExpandProperty ServiceStatus
ServicePlan ProvisioningStatus
----------- ------------------
KAIZALA_O365_P2 Success
MICROSOFT_SEARCH Success
WHITEBOARD_PLAN1 Success
MYANALYTICS_P2 Success
OFFICEMOBILE_SUBSCRIPTION Success
BPOS_S_TODO_1 Success
FORMS_PLAN_E1 Success
STREAM_O365_E1 Success
Deskless Success
FLOW_O365_P1 Success
POWERAPPS_O365_P1 Success
TEAMS1 Success
SHAREPOINTWAC Success
PROJECTWORKMANAGEMENT Success
SWAY Success
INTUNE_O365 PendingActivation
YAMMER_ENTERPRISE Success
MCOSTANDARD Success
SHAREPOINTSTANDARD Success
EXCHANGE_S_STANDARD Success
Refer to the Product names and service plan identifiers for licensing for detail information on each Service Plan
Assign Specific Office 365 License to Users
Prepare a Customize License with Exchange Plan 1 $ Yammer disabled, and assign it to all users
Usage Location need to be configured first
$Users = Get-MsolUser -All
$SkuID = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:STANDARDPACK"
$LicOption1 = New-MsolLicenseOptions -AccountSkuId $SkuID -DisabledPlans EXCHANGE_S_STANDARD, YAMMER_ENTERPRISE
#Set Usage Location to MY (Malaysia) to all users
foreach ($User in $Users) {
Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName $User.UserPrincipalName -UsageLocation "MY" }
#Assign License to all users
foreach ($User in $Users) {
Set-MsolUserLicense -UserPrincipalName $User.UserPrincipalName -AddLicenses $SkuID -LicenseOptions $LicOption1 }
Verify on the License assigned to Users
To verify that user called test1@xxx is assigned with O365 E1 License with Exchange Plan 1 disabled
(Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName test1@xxx).Licenses.serviceStatus
ServicePlan ProvisioningStatus
----------- ------------------
KAIZALA_O365_P2 Success
MICROSOFT_SEARCH PendingProvisioning
WHITEBOARD_PLAN1 Success
MYANALYTICS_P2 Success
OFFICEMOBILE_SUBSCRIPTION Success
BPOS_S_TODO_1 Success
FORMS_PLAN_E1 Success
STREAM_O365_E1 Success
Deskless Success
FLOW_O365_P1 Success
POWERAPPS_O365_P1 Success
TEAMS1 Success
SHAREPOINTWAC Success
PROJECTWORKMANAGEMENT Success
SWAY Success
INTUNE_O365 PendingActivation
YAMMER_ENTERPRISE Disabled
MCOSTANDARD Success
SHAREPOINTSTANDARD Success
EXCHANGE_S_STANDARD Disabled