usageLocation for users not inheriting tenant location.

Question

My tenant location is set to "US" but users are not inheriting that attribute. I can run PowerShell and update them all in AzureAD but would like all users to just get that set during creation. I have tried changing a few attributes i.e.. c and co in Active Directory but that didn't seem to help. We aren't currently using Exchange, so I don't have the MxExchangeUsageLocation attribute. Shouldn't users just default to the same location as the tenant? If not, how would I add this as a field to map and transform into the usageLocation for licensing automatically?

Answer 1

Hi, you have to assign the usagelocation as part of your onboarding process, there is no inheritance process:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/assign-licenses-to-user-accounts-with-microsoft-365-powershell?view=o365-worldwide

Even with group licensing, you must assign the usage location per account:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/enterprise-users/licensing-group-advanced