Continuing the ongoing addition of features into the Azure Portal for different components of the Enterprise Mobility + Security suite, Azure Active group based licensing is now in public preview. Here are some of the key take aways from the announcement.

  • Licenses can be assigned using any “security group” in Azure AD, whether synced from on-premises or created directly in Azure AD.
  • AADP1 or AADP2 subscriptions can combine license management with dynamic group membership
  • All Microsoft Online Services that require user-level licensing are supported.
  • The administrator can disable one or more service components when assigning a license to a group. This allows staged deployments of rich products like Office 365 Enterprise E5 at scale.
  • The feature is only available in the Azure portal.
  • Licenses are typically added or removed within minutes of a user joining or leaving a group.

 

Three additional articles that are worth looking at are

Assigning licenses to a group in Azure Active Directory

What is group-based licensing in Azure Active Directory?

Azure Active Directory group-based licensing additional scenarios

Setting up Azure Active Directory for self-service group management