We are looking to upgrade from Azure AD free to Premium 1. How is the user count determined?

Jason 0 Reputation points
2023-01-11T19:29:21.9533333+00:00

We currently sync our on premise AD with Azure AD. I noticed the user count in Azure is over 800. We have around 300 employees. In Azure AD I noted shared email accounts/resources as well as disabled user accounts. My question is if we move the Azure AD premium 1 ($6 per user/month) how is the user count determined?

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  1. TP 103.2K Reputation points
    2023-01-12T00:45:18.7266667+00:00

    Hi,

    You need a license to assign to each user (person) that accesses the service. For example, if you have 300 unique employees (persons) that will access AAD P1, then you need 300 licenses. External users, if you have any, are licensed differently (see Product Terms). Excerpt from Universal Product Terms for Online Services:

    Licensing the Online Services

    Customer must acquire and assign the appropriate subscription licenses required for its use of each Online Service. Each user that accesses the Online Service must be assigned a User SL or access the Online Service only through a device that has been assigned a Device SL, unless specified otherwise in the Online Service-specific Terms. Subscription License Suites describes SL Suites that also fulfill requirements for User SLs. Customer has no right to use an Online Service after the SL for that Online Service ends.

    Excerpt from Product Terms - Glossary:

    Licensed User means the single person to whom a License is assigned.

    It is critical for you to read the Product Terms for your specific licensing program since there are many important details not included in the excerpts above. You can find them at the page below:

    https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure/all

    If the above is helpful please Accept Answer.

    Thanks.

    -TP


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