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M365 Changelog: Retirement of (Azure AD) Graph and license assignment operations and updates to license management APIs and PowerShell

MC281145 – Today, as communicated on Tech Community, Microsoft is providing a reminder that the end of support for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Graph will be on June 30, 2022. Apps using Azure AD Graph after this time will no longer receive responses from the Azure AD Graph endpoint.

Since the Azure AD Graph APIs are being retired, Microsoft is also retiring the license assignment operation in the MSOnline and Azure AD PowerShell modules.

Note: If you don’t use Azure AD Graph API, do license management through MSOnline/AzureAD PowerShell, or manage licenses for your organization, you can safely disregard this message.

Key points

Timing: June 30, 2022
Control type: user control / admin control
Action: review, assess and update existing applications to access the license assignment APIs from the Microsoft Graph endpoint and update your scripts to use license assignment cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell module to reduce the impact on operations. Other operations in the MSOnline and Azure AD PowerShell modules won’t be impacted.

Below are some of the operations that will no longer receive a successful response beginning on June 30, 2022.

Existing operation (will no longer receive asuccessful response)	Microsoft Graph equivalent to use going forward
MSOnline PowerShellSet-MsolUserLicenseNew-MsolUser (where -LicenseAssignment or -LicenseOptions is provided)	Microsoft Graph PowerShellSet-MgUserLicense
Azure AD PowerShellSet-AzureADUserLicense	Microsoft Graph PowerShell Set-MgUserLicense
Azure AD Graph API (graph.windows.net)assignLicense	Microsoft Graph API assignLicense

What’s next: New license management platform:

The current license management features have grown to address the needs of Microsoft’s customers, with key innovations like group-based licensing. But as the needs of Microsoft’s customers have evolved, they decided to rebuild online services licensing platform from the ground up. Below is an early look into future changes to the platform, designed with four key goals in mind:

Flexibility: Expanding beyond a single administration structure, single megalithic pool of seats, or even a single tenant.
Simplicity: Reducing unnecessary complexity and simplify getting your licenses to your users.
Speed: Gaining quick access to what you’ve purchased.
Accuracy: Reflecting what you have purchased and the licenses you have available to assign.

Realizing the entire vision will take time, today Microsoft is sharing the first milestone in this journey. Starting in the first quarter of 2022, customers can opt-in to use the new license management platform. Here are the features you will see as part of this milestone:

Allotments will help you separate your licenses into smaller batches so you can set limits on how many licenses are used, and delegate ownership to manage them.
Group licensing will be extended. In the new licensing platform, Azure AD Premium or Office 365 E3 will no longer be required to use group-based licensing for license assignments. In addition, nested groups will now work for license assignments.
New license types, including device-based licenses and ISV app licensing, will work natively on the new platform.

In the future, look forward to hearing more about the new license management platform via MC communications, including how to get started using it and details on new API and PowerShell options to leverage the new features.