As all roads lead to Rome there are many ways to assign Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) licenses to end-users. This can be a manual process or automated by using PowerShell. Both options have in common that you must be a global administrator of your Azure subscription to assign these licenses.
- How to assign EMS/Azure AD Premium licenses to user accounts
- How to use PowerShell to assign EMS/Azure AD Premium licenses
- Simplified License Assignment with Azure AD and EMS
- How to assign EMS licenses using the Azure Portal
The majority of the available public resources and publications describes the (manual) process bassed on per user- or group assignment through the Azure Management Portal. Downside of assigning EMS licenses through the Azure Management Portal or by PowerShell is that you must be a member of the global administrator user role. A right you want to keep to a limited number of accounts, further these accounts are often not responsible for such tasks as assigning licenses.
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