Step 7 - License users

In order for users to use any Microsoft 365 services, their accounts must be licensed. There are three ways to license users:

• Assign licenses to individual users in Microsoft 365 Admin Center
• Assign licenses to groups in Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Microsoft 365 Education Plans

Assign licenses to individual users in Microsoft Entra admin center

To assign a license to an individual user in the Microsoft Entra admin center:

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center with a minimum of a license administrator role.
2. Browse to Identity > Billing > License.
3. Select the name of the license plan you want to assign to the user.
4. After you select the license plan, select Assign.
5. On the Assign page, select Users and groups, and then search for and select the user you're assigning the license.
6. Select Assignment options, make sure you have the appropriate license options turned on, and then select OK. The Assign license page updates to show that a user is selected and that the assignments are configured.
7. Select Assign.

For more information, see Assign a license to a user.

Assign a license to groups in Microsoft Entra admin center

To assign licenses to groups in the Microsoft Entra admin center:

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center with a minimum of a license administrator role.
2. Browse to Identity > Billing > License.
3. Select the name of the license plan you want to assign to the group.
4. On the Product page, select Assign.
5. On the Assign page, select Users and groups, and then search for and select the user you're assigning the license.
6. Select Assignment options, make sure you have the appropriate license options turned on, and then select OK.
7. Select Assign.

For more information, see Assign a license to a group

Next steps

Next, you're ready to set up your user identities.