Tenant does not have a SPO license.

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Tenant does not have a SPO license.

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Hi all, I am getting this error: Tenant does not have a SPO license. while using this API: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$select=ageGroup,city,birthday

To get an access token with grant-type client credentials I am using this API: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant-id}/oauth2/token

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Can you please provide steps for creating credentials that do not give this error?
Which license do we need to provide for this issue and what are the steps for it?

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Hello @Vinay Sharma ,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft QnA platform. The error “Tenant does not have a SPO license” typically occurs when the tenant you’re trying to access does not have a SharePoint Online (SPO) license.

Here are the steps to resolve this issue:

Assign a SharePoint Online License: You need to assign a SharePoint Online license to the user. You can do this by logging into the Office 365 admin center, selecting the user, and checking the “SharePoint Online” box in the “Manage Product Licenses” section.
Use a Work/School Account: Ensure you’re using a work or school account, not a personal Microsoft account. The /tenant id or /contoso.onmicrosoft.com endpoint only allows users with work/school accounts of a specific Azure AD tenant to log in to the application.

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Darryl Baker 20 Reputation points

2024-08-12T13:20:37.4+00:00

You need to say up front that you cannot use Graph API if you have don't have a work or school account. I have wasted days in learning MS Graph and access authorities, I simply wanted to read. all my files in a one drive folder that I don't sync to my PC. Complete waste of my time.
Jose Luiz Berg 0 Reputation points

2025-03-23T11:38:35.6433333+00:00

In fact, the Graph API supportd personal accounts. I spent a whole weekend for figuring that, because the actual documentation is terrible.

If you are having this error message, is because you are authenticating againt Azure endppoint. If you switch to AD endpoint, it works properly.

This was my original code:

var clientApp = PublicClientApplicationBuilder.Create(clientId) .WithAuthority(AzureCloudInstance.AzurePublic, tenantId) .WithDefaultRedirectUri() .Build();

I was having the same error message, requiring a SharePoint license. I just changed to:

var clientApp = PublicClientApplicationBuilder.Create(clientId) .WithAuthority("https://login.microsoftonline.com/consumers") .WithDefaultRedirectUri() .Build();

And now is working fine, but only for personal account.

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