How to remove multiple licenses from a security group when licenses depend on each other

Question

I have a security group that has two licenses assigned. These licenses are dependent on each other:

• Microsoft Teams Domestic and International Calling Plan
• Microsoft Teams Phone Resource Account

Ultimately, I want to delete the group. Here are the problems I'm facing:

• Cannot delete the group because licenses are assigned
• Cannot remove the D&I calling plan license because the other license relies on this one being assigned
• Cannot remove the Phone Resource Account license because the D&I calling plan relies on it.
• There is no facility in Entra Admin Center (that I can find) to remove multiple licenses at a time.

What is the solution to delete this group?

Answer 1

Hello @Jeff Lamb,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Q&A.

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Issue: How to remove multiple licenses from a security group when licenses depend on each other

Solution: Resolved by @Jeff Lamb.

# Define the group ID to remove licenses from
$groupId = "3343fcff-a8a5-4b70-9543-48c3cad059b3"
$group = Get-MgGroup -GroupId $groupId -Property AssignedLicenses
$licensesToRemove = $group.AssignedLicenses.SkuId

# Create the parameters for the cmdlet
$params = @{
    addLicenses = @()  # Empty array for addLicenses
    removeLicenses = $licensesToRemove
}

Set-MgGroupLicense -GroupId $groupId -BodyParameter $params

If you have any other questions or are still running into more issues, please let me know. Thank you again for your time and patience throughout this issue.

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Thanks,
Raja Pothuraju.

Answer 2

I figured it out with the MGGraph module:

# Define the group ID to remove licenses from
$groupId = "3343fcff-a8a5-4b70-9543-48c3cad059b3"
$group = Get-MgGroup -GroupId $groupId -Property AssignedLicenses
$licensesToRemove = $group.AssignedLicenses.SkuId

# Create the parameters for the cmdlet
$params = @{
    addLicenses = @()  # Empty array for addLicenses
    removeLicenses = $licensesToRemove
}

Set-MgGroupLicense -GroupId $groupId -BodyParameter $params

Answer 3

I kept running into issues so I opened a support case. Here was the final solution.

Below is a summary of your support request #2502250040009493

Issue Description:

How to remove distribution groups when Exchange is no longer in the tenant?

Discussed Resolution:

We ran the PowerShell cmdlets below to remove the distribution groups

Install-Module Microsoft.Graph -Force

Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "EntitlementManagement.ReadWrite.All","Group.ReadWrite.All"

Get-MgApplication

Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read","Application.Read.All"

Remove-MgGroup -GroupId 'f6b9791b-dfc1-40d6-9ab6-7b29126c534a'

We used the PowerShell cmdlets below to remove the licenses from the security groups

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Groups

         $groupId = "your-group-id"

        $skuId = "f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"

        Set-MgGroupLicense -GroupId $groupId -AddLicenses @() -RemoveLicenses @($skuId)