Microsoft Licensing - Miscellaneous Requirements and Details

Microsoft Licensing - Miscellaneous Requirements and Details

Project and Planner Licenses

Microsoft Planner and Project Plan 3 includes Planner Plan 1. 


Virtual Machine Requirements

Microsoft Business Premium bundles Windows 11 Enterprise, Intune, and Entra ID P1, which are all required for Microsoft Virtual Machines. While the VM user does not have to have this license attached in order for the VM to work, strictly speaking, the VM is out of compliance (with MS licensing policies) if these requirements are not met.  

MS Conditional Access

Requires only one Entra ID P1 License for the entire tenant. 

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