[Introduction]

Starting in October 2025, Microsoft is rolling out a refreshed licensing experience in Microsoft admin center. This update improves visibility into license assignments and introduces new tools to help administrators manage licenses more efficiently across their organization.

[When this will happen:]

General availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins mid-October 2025 and will complete by the end of the calendar year.

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected: Admins managing licenses in Microsoft admin center.

What will happen:

• A unified licensing view will show both user-based and group-based license assignments in a single list.
• A new “Licensing Errors” tab will surface user-level errors from group-based license assignments, categorize them (e.g., missing prerequisites), and offer resolution options.
• A new “Users without licenses” page will display users in licensed groups who haven’t received licenses due to insufficient availability.
• Existing license assignments remain unchanged.
• No impact to PowerShell scripts or API integrations.
• The new interface will be enabled by default for all tenants.

Screenshot 1 – The License List Page lists all products the customer has licenses for in the tenant:

Screenshot 2 – View of the License Detail Page:

[What you can do to prepare:]

No action is required. The new experiences will appear automatically.

You may wish to:

• Inform helpdesk staff of the upcoming interface changes.
• Update internal documentation if you detail license management workflows.
• Review the new licensing pages once available to familiarize yourself with the changes.

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.