Provision E3 license through PowerShell (and take away apps)

These directions will show how to provision an Office 365 E3 license through PowerShell, and take away some apps.

Connect to O365 in Powershell

- Open PowerShell ISE
- Run this script

Install-Module -Name AzureAD

Connect-AzureAD

Connect-MsolService 

- Sign into Office 365 when prompted as a global admin

Set the usage location

- Run this script

Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName "userprinciplename@contoso.com" -UsageLocation US 

Tip:

You can find all users that do not have a user location assigned by running this command:

Get-MsolUser -All | where {$_.UsageLocation -eq $null} 

Turn on the E3 license

Set-MsolUserLicense -UserPrincipalName "userprinciplename@contoso.com" -AddLicenses "contoso:ENTERPRISEPACK"

Hint
To see what licenses you have available, run this:
Get-MsolAccountSku

Remove Unnecessary Apps

$LO = New-MsolLicenseOptions -AccountSkuId "contoso:ENTERPRISEPACK" -DisabledPlans "MCOSTANDARD", "BPOS_S_TODO_2", "FORMS_PLAN_E3", "FLOW_O365_P2", "POWERAPPS_O365_P2", "SWAY", "YAMMER_ENTERPRISE", "RMS_S_ENTERPRISE", "EXCHANGE_S_ENTERPRISE", "Deskless", "PROJECTWORKMANAGEMENT"

Set-MsolUserLicense -UserPrincipalName "userprinciplename@contoso.com" -LicenseOptions $LO

To change licenses, re-run this with different options

When plugging this into Excel, an example formula to use is:

=CONCAT("Set-MsolUserLicense -UserPrincipalName """, D2, """ -LicenseOptions $LO")

Hint

You can get a list of apps to turn off or on for $LO using this powershell:

Get-MsolAccountSku | Where-Object AccountSkuId -like '*enterprisepack*' | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ServiceStatus 

Sources

-           https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/powershell/assign-licenses-to-user-accounts-with-office-365-powershell

-           https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/powershell/connect-to-office-365-powershell

-           https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn194094.aspx

-           https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/powershell/disable-access-to-services-with-office-365-powershell

-           https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/powershell/view-licenses-and-services-with-office-365-powershell

-           https://mattmcnabb.github.io/Office-365-Licensing_3

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