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ATAMicrosoft Defender for Identity

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

Product nameMicrosoft Defender for Identity
String ID (SkuPartNumber)ATA
GUID (SkuId)98defdf7-f6c1-44f5-a1f6-943b6764e7a5
Service plans3

Service plans included (3)

Service planNameID
EXCHANGE_S_FOUNDATIONExchange Foundation113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318
ATAMicrosoft Defender for Identity14ab5db5-e6c4-4b20-b4bc-13e36fd2227f
ADALLOM_FOR_AATPSecOps Investigation for MDI61d18b02-6889-479f-8f36-56e6e0fe5792

Is it in your tenant?

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"
Get-MgSubscribedSku | Where-Object SkuPartNumber -eq "ATA" |
    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 = "98defdf7-f6c1-44f5-a1f6-943b6764e7a5" } -RemoveLicenses @()

Who has it?

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All"
Get-MgUser -Filter "assignedLicenses/any(x:x/skuId eq 98defdf7-f6c1-44f5-a1f6-943b6764e7a5)" `
    -ConsistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable n -All |
    Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalName

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