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TEAMS_ESSENTIALS_AADMicrosoft Teams Essentials (Microsoft Entra identity)

TEAMS_ESSENTIALS_AAD is the SKU part number Microsoft uses for Microsoft Teams Essentials (Microsoft Entra identity). You'll see it in Graph, PowerShell, licence reports and group-based licensing errors.

Product nameMicrosoft Teams Essentials (Microsoft Entra identity)
String ID (SkuPartNumber)TEAMS_ESSENTIALS_AAD
GUID (SkuId)3ab6abff-666f-4424-bfb7-f0bc274ec7bc
Service plans8

Service plans included (8)

Service planNameID
EXCHANGE_S_DESKLESSExchange Online Kiosk4a82b400-a79f-41a4-b4e2-e94f5787b113
FORMS_PLAN_E1Microsoft Forms (Plan E1)159f4cd6-e380-449f-a816-af1a9ef76344
MICROSOFT_SEARCHMicrosoft Search94065c59-bc8e-4e8b-89e5-5138d471eaff
TEAMS1Microsoft Teams57ff2da0-773e-42df-b2af-ffb7a2317929
INTUNE_O365Mobile Device Management for Office 365882e1d05-acd1-4ccb-8708-6ee03664b117
SHAREPOINTWACOffice for the Webe95bec33-7c88-4a70-8e19-b10bd9d0c014
ONEDRIVE_BASIC_P2OneDrive for Business (Basic 2)4495894f-534f-41ca-9d3b-0ebf1220a423
MCOIMPSkype for Business Online (Plan 1)afc06cb0-b4f4-4473-8286-d644f70d8faf

Is it in your tenant?

powershell3 lines
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"
Get-MgSubscribedSku | Where-Object SkuPartNumber -eq "TEAMS_ESSENTIALS_AAD" |
    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.

powershell3 lines
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.ReadWrite.All"
Set-MgUserLicense -UserId "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
    -AddLicenses @{ SkuId = "3ab6abff-666f-4424-bfb7-f0bc274ec7bc" } -RemoveLicenses @()

Who has it?

powershell4 lines
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All"
Get-MgUser -Filter "assignedLicenses/any(x:x/skuId eq 3ab6abff-666f-4424-bfb7-f0bc274ec7bc)" `
    -ConsistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable n -All |
    Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalName

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