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M365EDU_A3_FACULTYMicrosoft 365 A3 for faculty
M365EDU_A3_FACULTY is the SKU part number Microsoft uses for Microsoft 365 A3 for faculty. You'll see it in Graph, PowerShell, licence reports and group-based licensing errors.
| Product name | Microsoft 365 A3 for faculty |
|---|---|
| String ID (SkuPartNumber) | M365EDU_A3_FACULTY |
| GUID (SkuId) | 4b590615-0888-425a-a965-b3bf7789848d |
| Service plans | 46 |
Service plans included (46)
| Service plan | Name | ID |
|---|---|---|
AAD_BASIC_EDU | Microsoft Entra Basic for Education | 1d0f309f-fdf9-4b2a-9ae7-9c48b91f1426 |
RMS_S_ENTERPRISE | Azure Rights Management | bea4c11e-220a-4e6d-8eb8-8ea15d019f90 |
CDS_O365_P2 | Common Data Service for Teams | 95b76021-6a53-4741-ab8b-1d1f3d66a95a |
EducationAnalyticsP1 | Education Analytics | a9b86446-fa4e-498f-a92a-41b447e03337 |
EXCHANGE_S_ENTERPRISE | Exchange Online (Plan 2) | efb87545-963c-4e0d-99df-69c6916d9eb0 |
INFORMATION_BARRIERS | Information Barriers | c4801e8a-cb58-4c35-aca6-f2dcc106f287 |
ContentExplorer_Standard | Information Protection and Governance Analytics – Standard | 2b815d45-56e4-4e3a-b65c-66cb9175b560 |
MIP_S_CLP1 | Information Protection for Office 365 - Standard | 5136a095-5cf0-4aff-bec3-e84448b38ea5 |
MYANALYTICS_P2 | Insights by MyAnalytics | 33c4f319-9bdd-48d6-9c4d-410b750a4a5a |
OFFICESUBSCRIPTION | Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise | 43de0ff5-c92c-492b-9116-175376d08c38 |
MICROSOFTBOOKINGS | Microsoft Bookings | 199a5c09-e0ca-4e37-8f7c-b05d533e1ea2 |
MDE_LITE | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 | 292cc034-7b7c-4950-aaf5-943befd3f1d4 |
OFFICE_FORMS_PLAN_2 | Microsoft Forms (Plan 2) | 9b5de886-f035-4ff2-b3d8-c9127bea3620 |
KAIZALA_O365_P3 | Microsoft Kaizala Pro | aebd3021-9f8f-4bf8-bbe3-0ed2f4f047a1 |
PROJECTWORKMANAGEMENT | Microsoft Planner | b737dad2-2f6c-4c65-90e3-ca563267e8b9 |
MICROSOFT_SEARCH | Microsoft Search | 94065c59-bc8e-4e8b-89e5-5138d471eaff |
Deskless | Microsoft StaffHub | 8c7d2df8-86f0-4902-b2ed-a0458298f3b3 |
STREAM_O365_E3 | Microsoft Stream for Office 365 E3 | 9e700747-8b1d-45e5-ab8d-ef187ceec156 |
TEAMS1 | Microsoft Teams | 57ff2da0-773e-42df-b2af-ffb7a2317929 |
MINECRAFT_EDUCATION_EDITION | Minecraft Education Edition | 4c246bbc-f513-4311-beff-eba54c353256 |
INTUNE_O365 | Mobile Device Management for Office 365 | 882e1d05-acd1-4ccb-8708-6ee03664b117 |
Nucleus | Nucleus | db4d623d-b514-490b-b7ef-8885eee514de |
ADALLOM_S_O365 | Office 365 Cloud App Security | 8c098270-9dd4-4350-9b30-ba4703f3b36b |
SHAREPOINTWAC_EDU | Office for the Web for Education | e03c7e47-402c-463c-ab25-949079bedb21 |
PROJECT_O365_P2 | Project for Office (Plan E3) | 31b4e2fc-4cd6-4e7d-9c1b-41407303bd66 |
SCHOOL_DATA_SYNC_P2 | School Data Sync (Plan 2) | 500b6a2a-7a50-4f40-b5f9-160e5b8c2f48 |
SHAREPOINTENTERPRISE_EDU | SharePoint (Plan 2) for Education | 63038b2c-28d0-45f6-bc36-33062963b498 |
MCOSTANDARD | Skype for Business Online (Plan 2) | 0feaeb32-d00e-4d66-bd5a-43b5b83db82c |
SWAY | Sway | a23b959c-7ce8-4e57-9140-b90eb88a9e97 |
BPOS_S_TODO_2 | To-Do (Plan 2) | c87f142c-d1e9-4363-8630-aaea9c4d9ae5 |
VIVA_LEARNING_SEEDED | Viva Learning Seeded | b76fb638-6ba6-402a-b9f9-83d28acb3d86 |
WHITEBOARD_PLAN2 | Whiteboard (Plan 2) | 94a54592-cd8b-425e-87c6-97868b000b91 |
YAMMER_EDU | Yammer for Academic | 2078e8df-cff6-4290-98cb-5408261a760a |
UNIVERSAL_PRINT_01 | Universal Print | 795f6fe0-cc4d-4773-b050-5dde4dc704c9 |
VirtualizationRightsforWindows10(E3/E5+VDA) | Windows 10/11 Enterprise | e7c91390-7625-45be-94e0-e16907e03118 |
WINDOWSUPDATEFORBUSINESS_DEPLOYMENTSERVICE | Windows Update for Business Deployment Service | 7bf960f6-2cd9-443a-8046-5dbff9558365 |
AAD_PREMIUM | Microsoft Entra ID P1 | 41781fb2-bc02-4b7c-bd55-b576c07bb09d |
RMS_S_PREMIUM | Azure Information Protection Premium P1 | 6c57d4b6-3b23-47a5-9bc9-69f17b4947b3 |
DYN365_CDS_O365_P2 | Common Data Service | 4ff01e01-1ba7-4d71-8cf8-ce96c3bbcf14 |
MFA_PREMIUM | Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication | 8a256a2b-b617-496d-b51b-e76466e88db0 |
ADALLOM_S_DISCOVERY | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Discovery | 932ad362-64a8-4783-9106-97849a1a30b9 |
INTUNE_A | Microsoft Intune | c1ec4a95-1f05-45b3-a911-aa3fa01094f5 |
INTUNE_EDU | Microsoft Intune for Education | da24caf9-af8e-485c-b7c8-e73336da2693 |
POWERAPPS_O365_P2 | Power Apps for Office 365 | c68f8d98-5534-41c8-bf36-22fa496fa792 |
FLOW_O365_P2 | Power Automate for Office 365 | 76846ad7-7776-4c40-a281-a386362dd1b9 |
POWER_VIRTUAL_AGENTS_O365_P2 | Power Virtual Agents for Office 365 | 041fe683-03e4-45b6-b1af-c0cdc516daee |
Is it in your tenant?
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"
Get-MgSubscribedSku | Where-Object SkuPartNumber -eq "M365EDU_A3_FACULTY" |
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.
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.ReadWrite.All"
Set-MgUserLicense -UserId "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
-AddLicenses @{ SkuId = "4b590615-0888-425a-a965-b3bf7789848d" } -RemoveLicenses @()Who has it?
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All"
Get-MgUser -Filter "assignedLicenses/any(x:x/skuId eq 4b590615-0888-425a-a965-b3bf7789848d)" `
-ConsistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable n -All |
Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalNameSimilar licences
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