MC1160187 - Microsoft admin center: New licensing experiences

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.