As more and more education institutions take advantage of Office 365 for education’s powerful capabilities a question that comes up is: how can you script license assignment for your staff, students and alumni so that you don’t have to manually go through the process each time you enroll new users?
Thankfully there are a couple of great blog posts that talk about how to go about doing this, and which licenses you need for education.
For quick reference, the plans relevant to education customers are:
Academic Plans (A Plans)
| STANDARDPACK_STUDENT | Microsoft Office 365 Plan A1 for Students* |
| STANDARDPACK_FACULTY | Microsoft Office 365 Plan A1 for Faculty* |
| STANDARDWOFFPACK_STUDENT | Microsoft Office 365 Plan A2 for Students |
| ENTERPRISEPACK_STUDENT | Microsoft Office 365 Plan A3 for Students |
| ENTERPRISEPACKWITHSCAL_STUDENT | Microsoft Office 365 Plan A4 for Students |
| STANDARDWOFFPACK_FACULTY | Microsoft Office 365 Plan A2 for Faculty |
| ENTERPRISEPACK_FACULTY | Microsoft Office 365 Plan A3 for Faculty |
| ENTERPRISEPACKWITHSCAL_FACULTY | Microsoft Office 365 Plan A4 for Faculty |
*Microsoft Office 365 Plan A1 is superseded by Plan A2.
Components
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EXCHANGESTANDARD_ALUMNI
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Exchange Online (Plan 1) for Alumni
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EXCHANGESTANDARD_STUDENT
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Exchange Online (Plan 1) for Students
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EXCHANGESTANDARD_FACULTY
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Exchange Online (Plan 1) for Faculty
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EXCHANGEENTERPRISE_STUDENT
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Exchange Online (Plan 2) for Students
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EXCHANGEENTERPRISE_FACULTY
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Exchange Online (Plan 2) for Faculty
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MCOIMP_STUDENT
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Lync Online (Plan 1) for Students
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MCOIMP_FACULTY
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Lync Online (Plan 1) for Faculty
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MCOSTANDARD_STUDENT
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Lync Online (Plan 2) for Students
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MCOSTANDARD_FACULTY
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Lync Online (Plan 2) for Faculty
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SHAREPOINTSTANDARD_FACULTY
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SharePoint Online (Plan 1) for Faculty
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SHAREPOINTENTERPRISE_STUDENT
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SharePoint Online (Plan 2) for Students
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SHAREPOINTENTERPRISE_FACULTY
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SharePoint Online (Plan 2) for Faculty
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SHAREPOINTEXTRANET_FACULTY
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SharePoint Online Partner Access for EDU
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SHAREPOINTSTORAGE_FACULTY
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SharePoint Online Storage
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WACSHAREPOINTSTD_FACULTY
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Office Web Apps (Plan 1) For Faculty
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WACSHAREPOINTENT_FACULTY
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Office Web Apps (Plan 2) For Faculty
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| OFFICESUBSCRIPTION | Office Professional Plus |
| SHAREPOINTEDU | N/A – SharePoint Online |
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