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Petri-X
Bronze Contributor
Sep 20, 2018

Group based licensing on O365

Hi there, We like to minimize the required licences on the O365 E5 (not sure does it affect to cost). Basically we would like to have one group like "O365 users" and assing default lincenses to regu...
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Nestori Syynimaa's avatar
Nestori Syynimaa
MVP
Sep 21, 2018

Yes, you need another group for different license configuration. Just make sure that users are only members of one of those groups.

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Petri-X
Bronze Contributor
Sep 21, 2018

Hi Nestori,

May I ask what do you mean by "only members if one of those groups"? Is there some limitations that you cannot assign lisences by multiple groups? Do you have any reference?

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    Nestori Syynimaa
    MVP
    Sep 21, 2018

    Good point Petri! To be honest, I don't know if there is any technical limitation. What I meant to say was that you don't want users to have for example both E5 and E3 as they have overlapping features.

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      Petri-X
      Bronze Contributor
      Sep 23, 2018

      Ok, big thanks for your clairfication :)

      I was a "bit" worried after your first answer :D

       

    • Pontus Själander's avatar
      Pontus Själander
      Iron Contributor
      Sep 23, 2018

      Hi,

      I agree about the E3 vs E5 licensing, they should of course be assigned due to two different security groups.
      However, there is a couple of scenarios when you need to assign several licenses with one security group. For examples PSTN licenses who only is an addon to an E3 license for example.

       

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