After installing and activating Office 2022/2019/2016 or Office 365 (Microsoft 365) on your computer, you can make sure that your copy of Office is activated correctly in any application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) in the File-> Account section.
Last, using the Get-MsolAccountSku cmdlet, we can verify that the ConsumedUnits count of the new licenses match the count of the former licenses (in this example 173).Īdatumdk:O365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS 175 0 173Īdatumdk:SMB_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS 175 175 0Īll accounts have now changed their Office 365 license, without affecting the end users or their data. Checking the License Type and Activation Status of Office 2019/2016 or Office 365. We can drill a step further down in the details of each SKU, using the Get-MsolAccountSku cmdlet:ĭetails of the SMB_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS SKU: slmgr -upk (this removes the current Product Key) slmgr -ipk XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (this installs the new Product Key) Please see Microsoft’s Article ID: 2750773: Happy activating. Make a note of the ConsumedUnits count (here 173) of the current assigned licenses, as this will be used during the final verification. To change this you need to open power shell in privileged mode and enter the following cmd’s. With PowerShell we can see that they are actually two different licensing SKU ID’s (SKU = Stock Keeping Unit), and this also tells us, that there is difference between the two licenses. Looking in the Office 365 Portal, you may be surprised to see two seperate licenses, as they have the exact same name ( Office 365 Business Essentials), and therefore should be pooled. This situation is ideal for using the Azure AD PowerShell module to perform the license switch.įirst, we need to get the old and new license SKU, using the Get-MsolAccountSku cmdlet.ĪccountSkuId ActiveUnits WarningUnits ConsumedUnitsĪdatumdk:POWER_BI_INDIVIDUAL_USER 100 0 98Īdatumdk:O365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS 175 0 0Īdatumdk:SMB_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS 175 175 173 When making changes to licenses in Office 365, I sometimes experience that the old and new licenses include options that conflict, and does not allow the licenses to be pooled or added to accounts at the same time.Ĭhanging the license of users in Office 365 need to be performed without impacting the end users or affecting the services and data they consume.