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EXCHANGE_S_ESSENTIALSExchange Online Essentials

EXCHANGE_S_ESSENTIALS is the SKU part number Microsoft uses for Exchange Online Essentials. You'll see it in Graph, PowerShell, licence reports and group-based licensing errors.

Product nameExchange Online Essentials
String ID (SkuPartNumber)EXCHANGE_S_ESSENTIALS
GUID (SkuId)e8f81a67-bd96-4074-b108-cf193eb9433b
Service plans2

Service plans included (2)

Service planNameID
EXCHANGE_S_ESSENTIALSEXCHANGE ESSENTIALS1126bef5-da20-4f07-b45e-ad25d2581aa8
BPOS_S_TODO_1TO-DO (PLAN 1)5e62787c-c316-451f-b873-1d05acd4d12c

Is it in your tenant?

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"
Get-MgSubscribedSku | Where-Object SkuPartNumber -eq "EXCHANGE_S_ESSENTIALS" |
    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 = "e8f81a67-bd96-4074-b108-cf193eb9433b" } -RemoveLicenses @()

Who has it?

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All"
Get-MgUser -Filter "assignedLicenses/any(x:x/skuId eq e8f81a67-bd96-4074-b108-cf193eb9433b)" `
    -ConsistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable n -All |
    Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalName

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