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PROJECTESSENTIALSProject Online Essentials

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

Product nameProject Online Essentials
String ID (SkuPartNumber)PROJECTESSENTIALS
GUID (SkuId)776df282-9fc0-4862-99e2-70e561b9909e
Service plans6

Service plans included (6)

Service planNameID
EXCHANGE_S_FOUNDATIONExchange Foundation113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318
FORMS_PLAN_E1Microsoft Forms (Plan E1)159f4cd6-e380-449f-a816-af1a9ef76344
SHAREPOINTWACOffice for the webe95bec33-7c88-4a70-8e19-b10bd9d0c014
PROJECT_ESSENTIALSProject Online Essentials1259157c-8581-4875-bca7-2ffb18c51bda
SHAREPOINTENTERPRISESharePoint (Plan 2)5dbe027f-2339-4123-9542-606e4d348a72
SWAYSwaya23b959c-7ce8-4e57-9140-b90eb88a9e97

Is it in your tenant?

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"
Get-MgSubscribedSku | Where-Object SkuPartNumber -eq "PROJECTESSENTIALS" |
    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 = "776df282-9fc0-4862-99e2-70e561b9909e" } -RemoveLicenses @()

Who has it?

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All"
Get-MgUser -Filter "assignedLicenses/any(x:x/skuId eq 776df282-9fc0-4862-99e2-70e561b9909e)" `
    -ConsistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable n -All |
    Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalName

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