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 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);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
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": []\
}\
'
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// 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)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// 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);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
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);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
<?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();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
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
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# 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)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Response
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
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);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
mgc users assign-license post --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
"addLicenses": [],\
"removeLicenses": [\
"f30db892-07e9-47e9-837c-80727f46fd3d",\
"84a661c4-e949-4bd2-a560-ed7766fcaf2b"\
]\
}\
'
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// 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)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// 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);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
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);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
<?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();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
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
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# 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)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Response
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"accountEnabled": true,
"assignedLicenses": [],
"city": "Nairobi",
"companyName": "Contoso"
}