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In the FAQ#5 of https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/active-directory/external-identities/ it states:
|Q: Do I need to have an Azure AD Premium P2 license to enable Premium P2
features for my external users?
A: No, you are not required to purchase Premium P2 licenses for employees
in order to provide External Identities at Premium P2 to external users. You
may need to purchase at least one Azure AD Premium P2 license for your admin
to enable and manage Premium P2 features.|
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We assume the same applies with an Azure AD Premium P1 license too. Is this correct?
We ask because currently we have another company’s development team create an account on our production environment’s Azure AD. We have applied a Premium P1 license to them in order for them to operate.
However, if external users can make use of P1 license features, we are wondering if external users can create an account in the production environment of the Azure AD tenant, and not need to be assigned a P1 license. Can the External users use P1 features so long as the admin enables Premium P1 features?
Thank you|
Hi,
Yes, it is the same for Azure AD Premium Plan 1. If you want to use Monthly Active Users (MAU) billing please make sure to link your tenant to subscription and resource group.
Billing model for Azure AD External Identities
If the above is useful please click Accept Answer.
Thanks.
-TP
Hello TP,
Thank you for this response.
So from your answer it seems external Users DO NOT need Azure AD Premium P1 assigned to them in order to authenticate onto the Azure AD tenant. All that is necessary is that the admin enables Premium P1 features, correct?
If so, is there any reason to assign the external users a P1 License?
With Premium P1 features turned on, external users don't get ALL the P1 features enabled do they?
I see this table in "Feature comparison based on licenses."
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-licensing#feature-comparison-based-on-licenses
But do not see MAU listed here.
Is there a list somewhere of the P1 features that require an external user to have an assigned a P1 License in order to use instead of simply authenticating onto a AD tenant that has P1 features enabled?
I guess my ask reworded is,
"What P1 features are available to an external user with P1 license assigned, vs not assigned on an AD tenant where admin has enabled P1 features?"
There is no reason to assign the external users a Azure AD P1 license. They should have access to all P1 features. The subscription(s) should be linked so that the Monthly Active Users tracking/billing can happen properly
Thank you TP