user: assignLicense

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2024-10-16

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Add or remove licenses for the user to enable or disable their use of Microsoft cloud offerings that the company has licenses to. For example, an organization can have a Microsoft 365 Enterprise E3 subscription with 100 licenses, and this request assigns one of those licenses to a specific user. You can also enable and disable specific plans associated with a subscription. Direct user licensing method is an alternative to group-based licensing.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	LicenseAssignment.ReadWrite.All	Directory.ReadWrite.All, User.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	LicenseAssignment.ReadWrite.All	Directory.ReadWrite.All, User.ReadWrite.All

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with the microsoft.directory/users/assignLicense role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation:

Directory Writers
License Administrator
User Administrator

HTTP request

POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/assignLicense

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json

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. Required. Can be an empty collection.

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK response code and user object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Assign licenses to the signed-in user

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/assignLicense
Content-type: application/json

{
    "addLicenses": [
        {
            "disabledPlans": [
                "8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0"
            ],
            "skuId": "84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"
        },
        {
            "disabledPlans": [],
            "skuId": "f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"
        }
    ],
    "removeLicenses": []
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Me.AssignLicense;
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new AssignLicensePostRequestBody
{
	AddLicenses = new List<AssignedLicense>
	{
		new AssignedLicense
		{
			DisabledPlans = new List<Guid?>
			{
				Guid.Parse("8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0"),
			},
			SkuId = Guid.Parse("84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"),
		},
		new AssignedLicense
		{
			DisabledPlans = new List<string>
			{
			},
			SkuId = Guid.Parse("f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"),
		},
	},
	RemoveLicenses = new List<string>
	{
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.AssignLicense.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc users assign-license post --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
    "addLicenses": [\
        {\
            "disabledPlans": [\
                "8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0"\
            ],\
            "skuId": "84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"\
        },\
        {\
            "disabledPlans": [],\
            "skuId": "f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"\
        }\
    ],\
    "removeLicenses": []\
}\
'



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphusers.NewItemAssignLicensePostRequestBody()


assignedLicense := graphmodels.NewAssignedLicense()
disabledPlans := []uuid.UUID {
	uuid.MustParse("8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0"),
}
assignedLicense.SetDisabledPlans(disabledPlans)
skuId := uuid.MustParse("84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b")
assignedLicense.SetSkuId(&skuId) 
assignedLicense1 := graphmodels.NewAssignedLicense()
disabledPlans := []string {

}
assignedLicense1.SetDisabledPlans(disabledPlans)
skuId := uuid.MustParse("f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d")
assignedLicense1.SetSkuId(&skuId) 

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

}
requestBody.SetRemoveLicenses(removeLicenses)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
assignLicense, err := graphClient.Me().AssignLicense().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.users.item.assignlicense.AssignLicensePostRequestBody assignLicensePostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.users.item.assignlicense.AssignLicensePostRequestBody();
LinkedList<AssignedLicense> addLicenses = new LinkedList<AssignedLicense>();
AssignedLicense assignedLicense = new AssignedLicense();
LinkedList<UUID> disabledPlans = new LinkedList<UUID>();
disabledPlans.add(UUID.fromString("8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0"));
assignedLicense.setDisabledPlans(disabledPlans);
assignedLicense.setSkuId(UUID.fromString("84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"));
addLicenses.add(assignedLicense);
AssignedLicense assignedLicense1 = new AssignedLicense();
LinkedList<String> disabledPlans1 = new LinkedList<String>();
assignedLicense1.setDisabledPlans(disabledPlans1);
assignedLicense1.setSkuId(UUID.fromString("f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"));
addLicenses.add(assignedLicense1);
assignLicensePostRequestBody.setAddLicenses(addLicenses);
LinkedList<String> removeLicenses = new LinkedList<String>();
assignLicensePostRequestBody.setRemoveLicenses(removeLicenses);
var result = graphClient.me().assignLicense().post(assignLicensePostRequestBody);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const user = {
    addLicenses: [
        {
            disabledPlans: [
                '8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0'
            ],
            skuId: '84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b'
        },
        {
            disabledPlans: [],
            skuId: 'f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d'
        }
    ],
    removeLicenses: []
};

await client.api('/me/assignLicense')
	.post(user);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Item\AssignLicense\AssignLicensePostRequestBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AssignedLicense;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new AssignLicensePostRequestBody();
$addLicensesAssignedLicense1 = new AssignedLicense();
$addLicensesAssignedLicense1->setDisabledPlans(['8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0', 	]);
$addLicensesAssignedLicense1->setSkuId('84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b');
$addLicensesArray []= $addLicensesAssignedLicense1;
$addLicensesAssignedLicense2 = new AssignedLicense();
$addLicensesAssignedLicense2->setDisabledPlans([	]);
$addLicensesAssignedLicense2->setSkuId('f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d');
$addLicensesArray []= $addLicensesAssignedLicense2;
$requestBody->setAddLicenses($addLicensesArray);

$requestBody->setRemoveLicenses([]);

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->assignLicense()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Actions

$params = @{
	addLicenses = @(
		@{
			disabledPlans = @(
			"8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0"
		)
		skuId = "84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"
	}
	@{
		disabledPlans = @(
		)
		skuId = "f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"
	}
)
removeLicenses = @(
)
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Set-MgUserLicense -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.item.assign_license.assign_license_post_request_body import AssignLicensePostRequestBody
from msgraph.generated.models.assigned_license import AssignedLicense
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = AssignLicensePostRequestBody(
	add_licenses = [
		AssignedLicense(
			disabled_plans = [
				UUID("8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0"),
			],
			sku_id = UUID("84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"),
		),
		AssignedLicense(
			disabled_plans = [
			],
			sku_id = UUID("f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"),
		),
	],
	remove_licenses = [
	],
)

result = await graph_client.me.assign_license.post(request_body)

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "accountEnabled": true,
  "assignedLicenses": [
        {
            "disabledPlans": [
                "8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0"
            ],
            "skuId": "84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"
        },
        {
            "disabledPlans": [],
            "skuId": "f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"
        }
    ],
  "city": "Nairobi",
  "companyName": "Contoso"
}

Example 2: Remove licenses from the signed-in user

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/assignLicense
Content-type: application/json

{
    "addLicenses": [],
    "removeLicenses": [
        "f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d",
        "84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"
    ]
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Me.AssignLicense;
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new AssignLicensePostRequestBody
{
	AddLicenses = new List<AssignedLicense>
	{
	},
	RemoveLicenses = new List<Guid?>
	{
		Guid.Parse("f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"),
		Guid.Parse("84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"),
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.AssignLicense.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc users assign-license post --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
    "addLicenses": [],\
    "removeLicenses": [\
        "f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d",\
        "84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"\
    ]\
}\
'



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphusers.NewItemAssignLicensePostRequestBody()
addLicenses := []graphmodels.AssignedLicenseable {

}
requestBody.SetAddLicenses(addLicenses)
removeLicenses := []uuid.UUID {
	uuid.MustParse("f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"),
	uuid.MustParse("84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"),
}
requestBody.SetRemoveLicenses(removeLicenses)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
assignLicense, err := graphClient.Me().AssignLicense().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.users.item.assignlicense.AssignLicensePostRequestBody assignLicensePostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.users.item.assignlicense.AssignLicensePostRequestBody();
LinkedList<AssignedLicense> addLicenses = new LinkedList<AssignedLicense>();
assignLicensePostRequestBody.setAddLicenses(addLicenses);
LinkedList<UUID> removeLicenses = new LinkedList<UUID>();
removeLicenses.add(UUID.fromString("f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"));
removeLicenses.add(UUID.fromString("84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"));
assignLicensePostRequestBody.setRemoveLicenses(removeLicenses);
var result = graphClient.me().assignLicense().post(assignLicensePostRequestBody);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const user = {
    addLicenses: [],
    removeLicenses: [
        'f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d',
        '84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b'
    ]
};

await client.api('/me/assignLicense')
	.post(user);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Item\AssignLicense\AssignLicensePostRequestBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AssignedLicense;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new AssignLicensePostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setAddLicenses([	]);
$requestBody->setRemoveLicenses(['f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d', '84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b', 	]);

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->assignLicense()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Actions

$params = @{
	addLicenses = @(
	)
	removeLicenses = @(
	"f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"
"84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"
)
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Set-MgUserLicense -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.item.assign_license.assign_license_post_request_body import AssignLicensePostRequestBody
from msgraph.generated.models.assigned_license import AssignedLicense
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = AssignLicensePostRequestBody(
	add_licenses = [
	],
	remove_licenses = [
		UUID("f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d"),
		UUID("84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.me.assign_license.post(request_body)

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "accountEnabled": true,
  "assignedLicenses": [],
  "city": "Nairobi",
  "companyName": "Contoso"
}

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Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Assign licenses to the signed-in user

Request

Response

Example 2: Remove licenses from the signed-in user

Request

Response

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