License , Active Directory, etc

Question

Hello all,

i'm new of azure and i have some questions about license P1. P2, E5, etc

for question, for example I know that for "Dynamic Group" I need a P1 License but i do not understand who needs this license... I mean, i activated Trial P2 license (for 30 days) and after this aciton i'm able to create a dynamic group without assign any P2 license to any users...

i was thinking that in order to create a "DYNAMIC GROUP" from my "global admin" account i had to associate a P1/P2 license to my gloabl admin account but it's not...

is it enougn to have licenses available in order to create dynamic group? if yes, in what case i have to associate P1/P2 license to users?

And last question, what is the difference between P2 and E5 license?

I have trial license P2 and E5... when i have to use P2 and when E5?

Sorry for these simple questions...

thanks

Answer 1

Hi,

Each user that will be a member of a dynamic group needs a P1 license or higher. You don't have to assign the licenses, just have enough to cover the total number of unique users that are members. Excerpt:

This feature requires an Azure AD Premium P1 license or Intune for Education for each unique user that is a member of one or more dynamic groups. You don't have to assign licenses to users for them to be members of dynamic groups, but you must have the minimum number of licenses in the Azure AD organization to cover all such users. For example, if you had a total of 1,000 unique users in all dynamic groups in your organization, you would need at least 1,000 licenses for Azure AD Premium P1 to meet the license requirement. No license is required for devices that are members of a dynamic device group.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/enterprise-users/groups-dynamic-membership

Enterprise Mobility and Security E5 (EMS E5) includes Azure Active Directory Premium P2 plus many additional features.

Enterprise Mobility + Security pricing options

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise-mobility-security/compare-plans-and-pricing

Here is link to .csv file that has the different products and what is included in each:

https://download.microsoft.com/download/e/3/e/e3e9faf2-f28b-490a-9ada-c6089a1fc5b0/Product%20names%20and%20service%20plan%20identifiers%20for%20licensing.csv

NOTE: Having the above .csv can be very helpful once you dig into the different products/features available. Eventually you will need to decide what to buy, and in order to be certain the specific product (AAD P1/P2, EMS E3/E5, M365 Business Premium, M365 Enterprise E3/E5, etc.) you are choosing has all the features at the lowest price you need to know exactly what is in each.

-TP

Answer 2

Hi @Luca ,

maybe the following links are helpful for your questions:

Features comparison of Azure AD P1 and Azure AD P2:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-licensing#feature-comparison-based-on-licenses

Features comparison of Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 and Enterprise Mobility + Security E5:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise-mobility-security/compare-plans-and-pricing

With these 2 links you should be able to compare Azure AD P2 and Enterprise Mobility + Security E5 as well.
The individual licenses can be assigned according to the feature requirements.

To track the usage of the licenses you shout assign/associate the license to the user. This can be done with assigning he license per user or to a group.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/license-users-groups#to-assign-a-license-to-a-group

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 3

hellp @TP ,

thanks for quick feedback

you told that each user included in a dynamic group needs a P1 license.

i created a dynamic group and using a query I included there 4 users but now, if I see the license page I see 100 P2 license 0 used and 250 E5 license 0 used...

I have only P2 and E5 license (trial) and i thought that after included 4 users in dynamic group i had to see 4 P2 license used...

Why I still see 0 used license?

thanks