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Posted on by Gaute K 314
We would like to create an additional user for an employee who already have a user with system admin security role.
 
The new account will be used for testing purposes, such as testing which permissions various security roles have.
 
Do the additional user require a license when it is owned by the same person?
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    André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    André Arnaud de Cal... 298,645 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    License requirement for test user
    Hi Gaute,
     
    As far as I understood, for each Entra ID account, you would need a separate license, regardless of if one person is using multiple accounts.
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    Gaute K 314 on at
    License requirement for test user
    What do you mean by dynamically? We assign licenses manually to each user through Microsoft Entra ID (previously Azure Active Directory). I am talking about base, attach, activity and team members licenses, I am not sure if you are referring to something else
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    Frank Hamelly | MVP, MCP, CSA Profile Picture
    Frank Hamelly | MVP... 46,615 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
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    Yes.  But F&O licenses aren't named-user licenses.  They're assigned dynamically when each user logs in.  If you have 50 user licenses, for example, 1 user could log in 50 times, 50 users one time each, or any combination thereof.

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