Question

Your organization is onboarding 300 new employees who all belong to the Marketing department. Each needs a Microsoft 365 E5 license. The IT team wants to minimize manual effort and ensure future Marketing hires automatically receive the same license without administrator intervention. Which approach should you recommend?

Accepted Answer

Use group-based licensing by assigning the E5 license to a dynamic security group based on the department attribute

Answer

Assign the E5 license individually to each user account in the Microsoft 365 admin center

Answer

Create a conditional access policy that grants the E5 license when users sign in

Answer

Assign the E5 license to a distribution group in the Exchange admin center