Question

Difficulty: MediumAdministrative Units and License Management

You plan to implement group-based licensing for a set of new users in a Microsoft Entra ID tenant. You need to configure the group-based licensing workflow and ensure any potential license assignment issues are addressed. Which four actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

  1. 1Create a Microsoft Entra ID security group.
  2. 2Assign the required licenses to the security group.
  3. 3Add the target users as members of the security group.
  4. 4Verify the license assignment status and resolve any assignment errors.

Answer

To implement group-based licensing, you must first create a Microsoft Entra ID security group, assign the licenses to that group, add the target users to the group, and finally verify and resolve any license assignment errors.
The correct sequence begins with creating the Microsoft Entra ID security group, followed by assigning the license to the group. Once the group is licensed, adding the users to the group triggers the automatic assignment engine. Finally, the administrator verifies the licensing status and resolves any assignment errors, such as users with missing usage locations.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Create a Microsoft Entra ID security group.
A security group is created to act as the licensing container.
Licenses in Microsoft Entra ID are assigned to groups, which must exist before they can be configured.
2
Assign the licenses to the security group.
The licenses are configured on the group level, specifying which services are enabled.
Configuring licenses on the group before adding users ensures immediate license propagation upon membership.
3
Add the target users as members of the security group.
Users inherit the group's licenses.
Group membership triggers the Microsoft Entra ID group-based licensing engine.
4
Verify the license assignment status and resolve any assignment errors.
Any errors, such as missing usage locations or license conflicts, are identified and fixed.
License assignment errors are only generated and visible after the system attempts to assign licenses to the group members.

Key Concept

Group-based licensing configuration and troubleshooting workflow in Microsoft Entra ID.
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