Exercise - assign licenses to users

• 5 minutes

Create a new user in Microsoft Entra ID

You can skip creating this user if you have already created the same user in the earlier module.

1. Browse to the Identity menu in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

2. In the left navigation, under select Users, then All Users.

3. Within the Users page, on the menu, select + New user and Create new user.

4. Create a user using the following information:

   Setting	Value
   User principal name	ChrisG
   Name	Chris Green
   First name	Chris
   Last name	Green
   Password	make up a unique password

5. When complete, verify the account for Chris Green is shown in the All users list.

Create a security group in Microsoft Entra ID

1. Browse to the Microsoft Entra admin center screen.

2. In the left navigation, under Identity, select Groups and then All groups.

3. In the Groups screen, on the menu, select New group.

4. Create a group using the following information:

   Setting	Value
   Group type	Security
   Group name	Marketing
   Membership type	Assigned
   Owners	Assign your own administrator account as the group owner
   Members	Chris Green

   

5. When complete, verify the group named Marketing is shown in the All groups list.

Assign a license to a group

1. In the All groups list, select Marketing.
2. In the Marketing window, under Manage, select Licenses.
3. Notices that no licenses are currently assigned to this group.
4. Open a new tab in your browser.
5. Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center at http://admin.microsoft.com.
6. Select Billing from the menu on the left.
7. Select Licenses.
8. From the list of licenses you have available, select one.
9. Next you'll select Groups from the list near the top of the screen.
   
10. On the Groups page, select + Assign license.
    
11. Search for and select the Marketing group we created earlier.
12. Select the Assign button at the bottom of the dialog.
13. You should get a message that licenses were successfully assigned.

Restore or remove a recently deleted user with Microsoft Entra ID

After you delete a user, the account remains in a suspended state for 30 days. During that 30-day window, the user account can be restored, along with all its properties. After that 30-day window passes, the permanent deletion process is automatically started.

You can view your restorable users, restore a deleted user, or permanently delete a user using Microsoft Entra ID user interface.

Required permissions

You must have one of the following roles to restore or permanently delete users.

• Global administrator
• Partner Tier-1 Support
• Partner Tier-2 Support
• User administrator