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O365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALSMicrosoft 365 Business Basic

O365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS is the SKU part number Microsoft uses for Microsoft 365 Business Basic. You'll see it in Graph, PowerShell, licence reports and group-based licensing errors.

Product name	Microsoft 365 Business Basic
String ID (SkuPartNumber)	`O365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS`
GUID (SkuId)	`3b555118-da6a-4418-894f-7df1e2096870`
Service plans	14

Service plans included (14)

Service plan	Name	ID
`BPOS_S_TODO_1`	To-Do (Plan 1)	`5e62787c-c316-451f-b873-1d05acd4d12c`
`EXCHANGE_S_STANDARD`	EXCHANGE ONLINE (PLAN 1)	`9aaf7827-d63c-4b61-89c3-182f06f82e5c`
`FLOW_O365_P1`	FLOW FOR OFFICE 365	`0f9b09cb-62d1-4ff4-9129-43f4996f83f4`
`FORMS_PLAN_E1`	MICROSOFT FORMS (PLAN E1)	`159f4cd6-e380-449f-a816-af1a9ef76344`
`MCOSTANDARD`	SKYPE FOR BUSINESS ONLINE (PLAN 2)	`0feaeb32-d00e-4d66-bd5a-43b5b83db82c`
`OFFICEMOBILE_SUBSCRIPTION`	OFFICEMOBILE_SUBSCRIPTION	`c63d4d19-e8cb-460e-b37c-4d6c34603745`
`POWERAPPS_O365_P1`	POWERAPPS FOR OFFICE 365	`92f7a6f3-b89b-4bbd-8c30-809e6da5ad1c`
`PROJECTWORKMANAGEMENT`	MICROSOFT PLANNER	`b737dad2-2f6c-4c65-90e3-ca563267e8b9`
`SHAREPOINTSTANDARD`	SHAREPOINTSTANDARD	`c7699d2e-19aa-44de-8edf-1736da088ca1`
`SHAREPOINTWAC`	OFFICE ONLINE	`e95bec33-7c88-4a70-8e19-b10bd9d0c014`
`SWAY`	SWAY	`a23b959c-7ce8-4e57-9140-b90eb88a9e97`
`TEAMS1`	TEAMS1	`57ff2da0-773e-42df-b2af-ffb7a2317929`
`VIVAENGAGE_CORE`	Viva Engage Core	`a82fbf69-b4d7-49f4-83a6-915b2cf354f4`
`YAMMER_ENTERPRISE`	YAMMER_ENTERPRISE	`7547a3fe-08ee-4ccb-b430-5077c5041653`

Is it in your tenant?

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3Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"
Get-MgSubscribedSku | Where-Object SkuPartNumber -eq "O365_BUSINESS_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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3Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.ReadWrite.All"
Set-MgUserLicense -UserId "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
    -AddLicenses @{ SkuId = "3b555118-da6a-4418-894f-7df1e2096870" } -RemoveLicenses @()

Who has it?

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4Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All"
Get-MgUser -Filter "assignedLicenses/any(x:x/skuId eq 3b555118-da6a-4418-894f-7df1e2096870)" `
    -ConsistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable n -All |
    Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalName

Similar licences

These share the most service plans with O365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS.

SMB_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS Microsoft 365 Business Basic · 80% overlap
STANDARDWOFFPACK Office 365 E2 · 75% overlap
SMB_BUSINESS_PREMIUM Microsoft 365 Business Standard - Prepaid Legacy · 58% overlap
TEAMS_EXPLORATORY Microsoft Teams Exploratory · 52% overlap
Microsoft_Teams_Exploratory_Dept Microsoft Teams Exploratory Dept · 46% overlap
Microsoft_365_Business_Basic_EEA_(no_Teams) Microsoft 365 Business Basic EEA (no Teams) · 45% overlap
Office_365_w/o_Teams_Bundle_E1 Office 365 E1 EEA (no Teams) · 43% overlap
MS_TEAMS_IW Microsoft Teams Trial · 41% overlap

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Sources

Microsoft Learn: Product names and service plan identifiers for licensing