group: assignLicense

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Add or remove licenses on the group. Licenses assigned to the group will be assigned to all users in the group. To learn more about group-based licensing, see What is group-based licensing in Azure Active Directory.

To get the subscriptions available in the directory, perform a GET subscribedSkus request.

This API is supported in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

For delegated scenarios, the calling user needs one of the following Azure AD roles.

• Directory Writers
• Groups Administrator
• License Administrator
• User Administrator
• Global Administrator

HTTP request

POST /groups/{id}/assignLicense

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
addLicenses	assignedLicense collection	A collection of assignedLicense objects that specify the licenses to add. You can disable servicePlans associated with a license by setting the disabledPlans property on an assignedLicense object.
removeLicenses	Guid collection	A collection of skuIds that identify the licenses to remove.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 202 Accepted response code and a target group object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Add licenses to the group

The following example adds licenses to the group.

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/assignLicense
Content-type: application/json

{
  "addLicenses": [
    {
      "disabledPlans": [
        "113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318",
        "14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f"
      ],
      "skuId": "b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"
    },
    {
      "disabledPlans": [
        "a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c"
      ],
      "skuId": "c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"
    }
  ],
  "removeLicenses": []
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new Microsoft.Graph.Groups.Item.AssignLicense.AssignLicensePostRequestBody
{
	AddLicenses = new List<AssignedLicense>
	{
		new AssignedLicense
		{
			DisabledPlans = new List<Guid?>
			{
				Guid.Parse("113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318"),
				Guid.Parse("14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f"),
			},
			SkuId = Guid.Parse("b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"),
		},
		new AssignedLicense
		{
			DisabledPlans = new List<Guid?>
			{
				Guid.Parse("a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c"),
			},
			SkuId = Guid.Parse("c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"),
		},
	},
	RemoveLicenses = new List<string>
	{
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].AssignLicense.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc groups assign-license post --group-id {group-id} --body '{\
  "addLicenses": [\
    {\
      "disabledPlans": [\
        "113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318",\
        "14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f"\
      ],\
      "skuId": "b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"\
    },\
    {\
      "disabledPlans": [\
        "a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c"\
      ],\
      "skuId": "c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"\
    }\
  ],\
  "removeLicenses": []\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphgroups "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/groups"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphgroups.NewAssignLicensePostRequestBody()


assignedLicense := graphmodels.NewAssignedLicense()
disabledPlans := []uuid.UUID {
	uuid.MustParse("113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318"),
	uuid.MustParse("14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f"),
}
assignedLicense.SetDisabledPlans(disabledPlans)
skuId := uuid.MustParse("b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968")
assignedLicense.SetSkuId(&skuId) 
assignedLicense1 := graphmodels.NewAssignedLicense()
disabledPlans := []uuid.UUID {
	uuid.MustParse("a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c"),
}
assignedLicense1.SetDisabledPlans(disabledPlans)
skuId := uuid.MustParse("c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df")
assignedLicense1.SetSkuId(&skuId) 

addLicenses := []graphmodels.AssignedLicenseable {
	assignedLicense,
	assignedLicense1,
}
requestBody.SetAddLicenses(addLicenses)
removeLicenses := []string {

}
requestBody.SetRemoveLicenses(removeLicenses)

assignLicense, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").AssignLicense().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

LinkedList<AssignedLicense> addLicensesList = new LinkedList<AssignedLicense>();
AssignedLicense addLicenses = new AssignedLicense();
LinkedList<UUID> disabledPlansList = new LinkedList<UUID>();
disabledPlansList.add(UUID.fromString("113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318"));
disabledPlansList.add(UUID.fromString("14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f"));
addLicenses.disabledPlans = disabledPlansList;
addLicenses.skuId = UUID.fromString("b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968");

addLicensesList.add(addLicenses);
AssignedLicense addLicenses1 = new AssignedLicense();
LinkedList<UUID> disabledPlansList1 = new LinkedList<UUID>();
disabledPlansList1.add(UUID.fromString("a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c"));
addLicenses1.disabledPlans = disabledPlansList1;
addLicenses1.skuId = UUID.fromString("c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df");

addLicensesList.add(addLicenses1);

LinkedList<UUID> removeLicensesList = new LinkedList<UUID>();

graphClient.groups("1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd")
	.assignLicense(GroupAssignLicenseParameterSet
		.newBuilder()
		.withAddLicenses(addLicensesList)
		.withRemoveLicenses(removeLicensesList)
		.build())
	.buildRequest()
	.post();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const group = {
  addLicenses: [
    {
      disabledPlans: [
        '113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318',
        '14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f'
      ],
      skuId: 'b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968'
    },
    {
      disabledPlans: [
        'a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c'
      ],
      skuId: 'c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df'
    }
  ],
  removeLicenses: []
};

await client.api('/groups/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/assignLicense')
	.post(group);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new AssignLicensePostRequestBody();
$addLicensesAssignedLicense1 = new AssignedLicense();
$addLicensesAssignedLicense1->setDisabledPlans(['113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318', '14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f', 	]);
$addLicensesAssignedLicense1->setSkuId('b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968');
$addLicensesArray []= $addLicensesAssignedLicense1;
$addLicensesAssignedLicense2 = new AssignedLicense();
$addLicensesAssignedLicense2->setDisabledPlans(['a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c', 	]);
$addLicensesAssignedLicense2->setSkuId('c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df');
$addLicensesArray []= $addLicensesAssignedLicense2;
$requestBody->setAddLicenses($addLicensesArray);

$requestBody->setRemoveLicenses([]);

$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->assignLicense()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Groups

$params = @{
	addLicenses = @(
		@{
			disabledPlans = @(
				"113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318"
				"14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f"
			)
			skuId = "b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"
		}
		@{
			disabledPlans = @(
				"a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c"
			)
			skuId = "c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"
		}
	)
	removeLicenses = @(
	)
}

Set-MgGroupLicense -GroupId $groupId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

request_body = AssignLicensePostRequestBody(
	add_licenses = [
		AssignedLicense(
			disabled_plans = [
				UUID("113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318"),
				UUID("14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f"),
			]
			sku_id = UUID("b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"),
		),
		AssignedLicense(
			disabled_plans = [
				UUID("a413a9ff-720c-4822-98ef-2f37c2a21f4c"),
			]
			sku_id = UUID("c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"),
		),
	]
	remove_licenses = [
	]
)

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').assign_license.post(body = request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The response is the updated group object.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-type: application/json
location: https://graph.microsoft.com/v2/e8e96c2a-d787-4eb1-98d7-9e57c965f1de/directoryObjects/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Group

{
  "id": "1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd",
  "createdDateTime": "2021-03-12T11:15:03Z",
  "groupTypes": [],
  "securityEnabled": true,
}

Example 2: Remove licenses from the group

The following example removes licenses from the group.

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/assignLicense
Content-type: application/json

{
  "addLicenses": [],
  "removeLicenses": [
    "c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df",
    "b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"
  ]
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new Microsoft.Graph.Groups.Item.AssignLicense.AssignLicensePostRequestBody
{
	AddLicenses = new List<AssignedLicense>
	{
	},
	RemoveLicenses = new List<Guid?>
	{
		Guid.Parse("c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"),
		Guid.Parse("b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"),
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].AssignLicense.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc groups assign-license post --group-id {group-id} --body '{\
  "addLicenses": [],\
  "removeLicenses": [\
    "c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df",\
    "b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"\
  ]\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphgroups "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/groups"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphgroups.NewAssignLicensePostRequestBody()
addLicenses := []graphmodels.AssignedLicenseable {

}
requestBody.SetAddLicenses(addLicenses)
removeLicenses := []uuid.UUID {
	uuid.MustParse("c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"),
	uuid.MustParse("b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"),
}
requestBody.SetRemoveLicenses(removeLicenses)

assignLicense, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").AssignLicense().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

LinkedList<AssignedLicense> addLicensesList = new LinkedList<AssignedLicense>();

LinkedList<UUID> removeLicensesList = new LinkedList<UUID>();
removeLicensesList.add(UUID.fromString("c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"));
removeLicensesList.add(UUID.fromString("b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"));

graphClient.groups("1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd")
	.assignLicense(GroupAssignLicenseParameterSet
		.newBuilder()
		.withAddLicenses(addLicensesList)
		.withRemoveLicenses(removeLicensesList)
		.build())
	.buildRequest()
	.post();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const group = {
  addLicenses: [],
  removeLicenses: [
    'c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df',
    'b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968'
  ]
};

await client.api('/groups/1132b215-826f-42a9-8cfe-1643d19d17fd/assignLicense')
	.post(group);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new AssignLicensePostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setAddLicenses([	]);
$requestBody->setRemoveLicenses(['c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df', 'b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968', 	]);

$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->assignLicense()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Groups

$params = @{
	addLicenses = @(
	)
	removeLicenses = @(
		"c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"
		"b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"
	)
}

Set-MgGroupLicense -GroupId $groupId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

request_body = AssignLicensePostRequestBody(
	add_licenses = [
	]
	remove_licenses = [
		UUID("c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df"),
		UUID("b05e124f-c7cc-45a0-a6aa-8cf78c946968"),
	]
)

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').assign_license.post(body = request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The response is the updated group object.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability..

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-type: application/json
location: https://graph.microsoft.com/v2/d056d009-17b3-4106-8173-cd3978ada898/directoryObjects/1ad75eeb-7e5a-4367-a493-9214d90d54d0/Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Group


{
  "id": "1ad75eeb-7e5a-4367-a493-9214d90d54d0",
  "deletedDateTime": null,
  "classification": null,
  "createdDateTime": "2018-04-18T22:05:03Z",
  "securityEnabled": true,

}