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Azure Virtual Desktop - use both Microsoft 365 license and per user license on same subscription
Is it possible to use both licensing methods on the same subscription. For example internal users with business premium and a few users without Microsoft 365 license so per user license. Or if the su...
You could do this YES.
The way i see this is some of the users will be external (outside your organization), with per user license, while the other will have the organizations benefits. After creating you different host pools you can go ahead and:
- Add internal users to the host pool.
- Assign external users to the host pool using per-user licenses.
See here for more on internal/external users: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/licensing
Here are also the different plans you can have on azure virtual desktop based on different requirements: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-desktop/
Feel free to ask for any further assistance 😉
- Thanks for your reaction!
That is indeed the situation but the users need to be working on the same host pool, will this still give the internal users organizational benefits and external users per user license?
Furthermore the per user license are automatically assigned if its enabled on the subscription and the entra user has the permissions to AVD? Or do i need to add the license to the "external" user, if yes where?- Yes you can work on the same host pool, you just need to add users in each host pool in a different way, while this of course can be automated.
The assignment can be done automatically for external users if per-user access pricing is enabled on your subscription. This setting is probably by default but you can check on host pools:
Properties>Assignment>Automatic
For permission to azure AVD for external users:
- Ensure they have Azure AD accounts.
- Confirm that their permissions allow access to Azure Virtual Desktop. (Azure resource settings)
- Azure AD will handle license assignment automatically.
