Microsoft Admin console licensing.
Posted by Odd-Membership8883@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 15 comments
Let me preface this by saying, I’m your “yes I can set up your tv” and “yes I can remove that pop up” sort of IT guy.
Friend asked me to have a look at her Microsoft admin console.
Her Microsoft partner/Ex IT provider signed up an email under exchange online (plan 1) license under her MCA account for which the Microsoft partner was paying for and passing on the charges.
She didn’t like that. So I purchased an exchange online (plan 1) license under her MOSA account.
Asked her Microsoft partner to cancel her billing.
Will the license just tick over to her MOSA license once the Microsoft Partners license expires? Do I need to transfer the email, even though they are under the same tenant, to the new MOSA license?
Sorry if I didn’t explain it well enough.
Appreciate your input legends.
m4ttjarrett@reddit
If the new licence is the same as the old one, then you should be able to see that you have 2 of those currently? Under Billing > Licences.
It should show 2 total. 1 used, 1 spare?
If so, then when the partner licence drops off, you shouldn't need to do anything to the account. So long as the number of 'needed' licences, matches the number of 'available' licences, then 365 is happy.
I would echo the statement about setting up an aditional unlicenced global admin account.
Stephen_Dann@reddit
I have seen that happen, but I have also seen the same since by name have different parts numbers and if you dig in deep see them listed separately. In that case I had to manually assign the new licence. Most of that tenant was using group assigned licences, so was straight forward, but there were a few single ones manually assigned. It is always best to check once the first one has expired.
m4ttjarrett@reddit
Oh absolutly! Nothing in Microsoft Land is ever straight forward, and its always best to double check, but this is usually ok
Odd-Membership8883@reddit (OP)
Perfect. Thank you. This is the scenario exactly. So I’ll leave it all it should be ok. I’ll jump back in when the partner license finishes just to make sure.
PEBKAC-Live@reddit
All the advice you have been given is correct.
All I would add is make sure you have an additional global admin account set up. It should not be your friends main account and should just be used for admin related stuff.
If your friend gets locked out of her her account future you will thank you.
The partner will have had partner level access to get round this issue, which you will lose now
Odd-Membership8883@reddit (OP)
Thank you for the advice. I have a global admin account as well. I’m finding the whole Microsoft admin console quite interesting. Can you suggest a training course to become efficient at it?
PEBKAC-Live@reddit
Look at the ms-900 MS365 fundamentals as your starting point
Odd-Membership8883@reddit (OP)
Perfect. Thank you. This is the scenario exactly. So I’ll leave it all it should be ok. I’ll jump back in when the partner license finishes just to make sure.
PDQ_Brockstar@reddit
Same tenant means the mailbox doesn't move anywhere, the license is just what grants access to it. Once the partner license drops off, assign your MOSA license to the user and she's good. Only thing worth double checking is the timing so she doesn't hit a window where both are unassigned and she loses access.
Odd-Membership8883@reddit (OP)
Thank you also 🙏
Stephen_Dann@reddit
The new licence will not automatically be applied to the account that has the old one. You wait until the existing licence expires and then apply the new one. There is no need to transfer any emails or other settings. The same account will continue to work as before.
Odd-Membership8883@reddit (OP)
You are a gem. So if I were to delete the existing license and apply the new, tenant owned license, would that be the correct procedure? She just wants the MSP gone completely.
Stephen_Dann@reddit
You can't delete the older licence, it will expire and be removed automatically at a later date. To remove the MSP, there is a section in the admin console for partners. It is under Settings and then Partner Relationships. From there you can revote their access.
Odd-Membership8883@reddit (OP)
Thank you 🙏
PDQ_Brockstar@reddit
Same tenant means the mailbox doesn't move anywhere, the license is just what grants access to it. Once the partner license drops off, assign your MOSA license to the user and she's good. Only thing worth double checking is the timing so she doesn't hit a window where both are unassigned and she loses access.