Required licenses for admin and Conditional access

Question

Hi

So this is more of a license question that technical.

What are the license requirement for admin users holding a role in Azure AD when using conditional access? All users needs a P1/P2 license to be allowed to use the conditional access policies, but are the requirement the same for admin accounts?

If i recall right, they are exempt from this if they are only used as admin accounts, but can't find anything official to confirm or deny this.

Hope someone can bring some clarity on this subject.

Kind Regards
Martin

Answer 1

Hi @Martin Meiner Tästensen ,

The Licensing Requirements guide says that the license is required for every user who is making use of the service:

For the purposes of this article, a tenant-level service is an online service that—when purchased for any user in the tenant (standalone or as part of Office 365 or Microsoft 365 plans)—is activated in part or in full for all users in the tenant. Although some unlicensed users may technically be able to access the service, a license is required for any user that you intend to benefit from the service.

So if the policies are applied to the admins then it would still be a requirement.

You can also reach out to your licensing/billing representative for questions about specific requirements: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/options/

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