Licensing Requirements for SharePoint Advanced Management

From my understanding, if you have at least one Copilot licensed user in your tenant then you get SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) Copilot version (limited features). However, to use SAM via the SharePoint Admin Center you will need at least the SharePoint Administrator role.

Please be careful not to assign an actual SAM license to any users though as this will enable full SAM features and there will be a significant cost for your company. You get the limited features via Copilot license so no need to assign a SAM license to anyone.