How to change from the Exchange Only Plan 1 License to an A2 license after the upgrade from Live@EDU to Office 365

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TOOLS YOU CAN USE: how to change from the Exchange Only Plan 1 License to an A2 license after the upgrade from Live@EDU to Office 365:

Example PowerShell command to change from the "Exchange Online Plan 1" license to the "A2 FULL SUITE" license (with no service plans disabled) for one student user:

                Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName example@contoso.edu | Set-MsolUserLicense -RemoveLicenses contoso:EXCHANGESTANDARD_STUDENT –AddLicenses contoso:STANDARDWOFFPACK_STUDENT

(Always use caution when you remove a license since you have to add a new license or the mailbox is permanently deleted after the 30 day grace period.)

How to manage licenses with PowerShell or the GUI in Office 365:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11349.office-365-license-users-for-office-365-workloads.aspx (Bulk license assignment via PowerShell or the GUI in Office 365)

https://community.office365.com/en-us/wikis/deploy/granular-license-assignment-from-powershell.aspx (Granular license assignment from PowerShell)

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15905.how-to-use-powershell-to-automatically-assign-licenses-to-your-office365-users.aspx (Automatically create and license users with one PowerShell script)

https://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/ee441218.aspx (Import Exchange Online users from a ".csv" file)

https://help.outlook.com/en-US/140/cc713521.aspx (Old - CSV Parser composed of Live@EDU PowerShell commands that need to be updated for Office 365)

 

How to use PowerShell in Office 365:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj151815.aspx (How to use Windows Azure AD PowerShell commands in Office 365)

https://help.outlook.com/140/cc546278.aspx (How to use Exchange Online PowerShell commands in Office 365)

https://community.office365.com/en-us/wikis/upgrade/windows-powershell.aspx (Live@EDU and Office 365 PowerShell Differences)

 

Forum Posts on managing licenses with PowerShell in Office 365:

https://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/148/t/74033.aspx (Office 365 provisioning with PowerShell after upgrade from Live@EDU)

https://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/148/t/58260.aspx (How to enable a single feature of an A2 license by PowerShell)

https://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/148/t/17328.aspx (How to add A2 licenses by PowerShell)

https://modery.net/getting-all-licensed-office-365-users-with-powershell/ (PowerShell to find unlicensed users: get-msolUser where licensed = true or false)

https://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/148/t/56329.aspx (PowerShell to find unlicensed users: Get-MsolAccountSku)

https://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/172/p/63940/244113.aspx#244113 (List of Office 365 license names for PowerShell administration)

How to refer to Exchange Only Plan 1 Licenses in PowerShell:

Service Plan: EXCHANGE_S_STANDARD

SKU ID: contoso:EXCHANGESTANDARD_STUDENT

 

Enjoy!