M365 Changelog: License Management capabilities for Independent Software Vendors’ (ISV) SaaS Apps in Microsoft Teams

MC525151 – To help streamline the license management experience, Microsoft is now offering ISVs the choice to enable Microsoft Teams License Management for their transactable SaaS offers at time of publishing, and for these offers, Teams customers will be able to manage their subscriptions and assign licenses directly in Teams.

Microsoft Teams License Management for ISV SaaS offers will be accessible in two ways –

1. In Teams Client App Store, via the Manage Apps section, the user can view their app subscription and view/assign and unassign licenses.
2. In Teams Admin Center, via the “Manage Apps” section, Admins can view their Apps and view/assign and unassign licenses. They can also assign licenses from the Subscriptions list view.

With this feature, Teams Admins and users can view all their subscription License allocations in one place, to manage assignments. Assignments can be done for single or multiple users or a team, with a single click.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 85418

When this will happen:

Microsoft will begin rolling out the new Teams License Management experience in late March 2023.

How this will affect your organization:

Teams Admins and users will see new Teams options for managing licenses for transactable SaaS offers for which Microsoft Teams licensing solution is enabled by the ISV.

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Ability to manage a subscription and access licensing capabilities directly within the Teams Client App Store.

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Ability to assign and unassign licenses to users directly within the Teams Client App Store and showcases the license details and user list.

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License management page for the App with the number of licenses purchased and ability to assign and unassign licenses to users directly within the Teams Admin Center.

What you need to do to prepare:

Please share this communication with your organization tenant to prepare for the new upcoming features.