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aad user license add

Assigns a license to a user

Usage

m365 aad user license add [options]

Options

--userId [userId]
The ID of the user. Specify either userId or userName but not both.
--userName [userName]
User principal name of the user. Specify either userId or userName but not both.
--ids <ids>
A comma separated list of IDs that specify the licenses to add.
-h, --help [help]
Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, response, full. Default is full.
--query [query]
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples
-o, --output [output]
Output type. json,text,csv,md. Default json
--verbose
Runs command with verbose logging
--debug
Runs command with debug logging

Remarks

Important

The user must have a usageLocation value in order to assign a license to it.

Examples

Assign specific licenses to a specific user by UPN

m365 user license add --userName "john.doe@contoso.com" --ids "45715bb8-13f9-4bf6-927f-ef96c102d394,bea13e0c-3828-4daa-a392-28af7ff61a0f"

Assign specific licenses from a specific user by ID

m365 user license add --userId "5c241023-2ba5-4ea8-a516-a2481a3e6c51" --ids "45715bb8-13f9-4bf6-927f-ef96c102d394,bea13e0c-3828-4daa-a392-28af7ff61a0f"

Response

{
  "businessPhones": [],
  "displayName": "John Doe",
  "givenName": null,
  "jobTitle": null,
  "mail": "John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
  "mobilePhone": null,
  "officeLocation": null,
  "preferredLanguage": null,
  "surname": null,
  "userPrincipalName": "John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
  "id": "eb77fbcf-6fe8-458b-985d-1747284793bc"
}

businessPhones   : []
displayName      : John Doe
givenName        : null
id               : eb77fbcf-6fe8-458b-985d-1747284793bc
jobTitle         : null
mail             : John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com
mobilePhone      : null
officeLocation   : null
preferredLanguage: null
surname          : null
userPrincipalName: John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com

businessPhones,displayName,givenName,jobTitle,mail,mobilePhone,officeLocation,preferredLanguage,surname,userPrincipalName,id
[],John Doe,,,John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com,,,,,John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com,eb77fbcf-6fe8-458b-985d-1747284793bc

# aad user license add --userName "John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com" --ids "f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d,606b54a9-78d8-4298-ad8b-df6ef4481c80"

Date: 16/2/2023

## John Doe (eb77fbcf-6fe8-458b-985d-1747284793bc)

Property | Value
---------|-------
businessPhones | []
displayName | John Doe
givenName | null
jobTitle | null
mail | John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com
mobilePhone | null
officeLocation | null
preferredLanguage | null
surname | null
userPrincipalName | John@contoso.onmicrosoft.com
id | eb77fbcf-6fe8-458b-985d-1747284793bc