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title group: assignLicense
description Add or remove licenses on the group. Licenses assigned to the group will be assigned to all users in the group.
ms.localizationpriority medium
author yuhko-msft
ms.reviewer mbhargav, khotzteam, aadgroupssg
ms.subservice entra-groups
doc_type apiPageType
ms.date 11/30/2024

group: assignLicense

Namespace: microsoft.graph

[!INCLUDE beta-disclaimer]

Add or remove licenses on a group. Licenses assigned to the group will be assigned to all users in the group. Group-based licensing is an alternative to direct user licensing. To learn more about group-based licensing, see What is group-based licensing in Microsoft Entra ID.

To get the subscriptions available in the directory, perform a GET subscribedSkus request.

[!INCLUDE national-cloud-support]

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

[!INCLUDE permissions-table]

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with the microsoft.directory/groups/assignLicense role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation:

  • Directory Writers
  • Groups Administrator
  • License Administrator
  • User Administrator

HTTP request

POST /groups/{id}/assignLicense

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
addLicenses assignedLicense collection A collection of assignedLicense objects that specify the licenses to add. You can disable servicePlans associated with a license by setting the disabledPlans property on an assignedLicense object.
removeLicenses Guid collection A collection of skuIds that identify the licenses to remove. Required. Can be an empty collection.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 202 Accepted response code and a target group object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Add licenses to the group

The following example adds licenses to the group.

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/assignLicense
Content-type: application/json

{
  "addLicenses": [
    {
      "disabledPlans": [
        "113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318",
        "14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f"
      ],
      "skuId": "b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"
    },
    {
      "disabledPlans": [
        "a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c"
      ],
      "skuId": "c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"
    }
  ],
  "removeLicenses": []
}

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Response

The response is the updated group object.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-type: application/json
location: https://graph.microsoft.com/v2/e8e96c2a-d787-4eb1-98d7-9e57c965f1de/directoryObjects/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Group

{
  "id": "1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd",
  "createdDateTime": "2021-03-12T11:15:03Z",
  "groupTypes": [],
  "securityEnabled": true
}

Example 2: Remove licenses from the group

The following example removes licenses from the group.

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/assignLicense
Content-type: application/json

{
  "addLicenses": [],
  "removeLicenses": [
    "c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df",
    "b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"
  ]
}

C#

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Go

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Java

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JavaScript

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PHP

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Response

The response is the updated group object.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability..

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-type: application/json
location: https://graph.microsoft.com/v2/e8e96c2a-d787-4eb1-98d7-9e57c965f1de/directoryObjects/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Group

{
  "id": "1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd",
  "createdDateTime": "2021-03-12T11:15:03Z",
  "groupTypes": [],
  "securityEnabled": true
}