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AAD_BASICMicrosoft Entra Basic

AAD_BASIC is the SKU part number Microsoft uses for Microsoft Entra Basic. You'll see it in Graph, PowerShell, licence reports and group-based licensing errors.

Product nameMicrosoft Entra Basic
String ID (SkuPartNumber)AAD_BASIC
GUID (SkuId)2b9c8e7c-319c-43a2-a2a0-48c5c6161de7
Service plans1

Service plans included (1)

Service planNameID
AAD_BASICMicrosoft Entra BASICc4da7f8a-5ee2-4c99-a7e1-87d2df57f6fe

Is it in your tenant?

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"
Get-MgSubscribedSku | Where-Object SkuPartNumber -eq "AAD_BASIC" |
    Select-Object SkuPartNumber, ConsumedUnits, @{ n = "Purchased"; e = { $_.PrepaidUnits.Enabled } }

Assign it to a user

For more than a handful of people, use group-based licensing instead. The user needs a usage location set first.

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.ReadWrite.All"
Set-MgUserLicense -UserId "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
    -AddLicenses @{ SkuId = "2b9c8e7c-319c-43a2-a2a0-48c5c6161de7" } -RemoveLicenses @()

Who has it?

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All"
Get-MgUser -Filter "assignedLicenses/any(x:x/skuId eq 2b9c8e7c-319c-43a2-a2a0-48c5c6161de7)" `
    -ConsistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable n -All |
    Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalName

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