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What does Operations license type in Dynamics 365 FO means?

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Posted on by Michael Antony 314

Hi experts, I have a question about D365 License type: Operations
I open Privileges in Security Configurations, I select 'Maintain Departments' privilege, then click on View Permissions

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After that, the License that attach to that Privilege (and some of the Menu Item on that privilege) is Operations.
I find it strange, isn't it supposed to be Finance / SCM / Project / HR (the highest license type available) ?
What does Operations License mean? Please give me some explanation on this.

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Thank you

Best Regards,
Antony

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  • Michael Antony Profile Picture
    Michael Antony 314 on at
    RE: What does Operations license type in Dynamics 365 FO means?

    Hi Andre,

    Sorry for late reply. Thank you so much for your reply, your information is very helpful to me.

    Best Regards,

    Antony

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    André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    André Arnaud de Cal... 298,570 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    RE: What does Operations license type in Dynamics 365 FO means?

    Hi Antony,

    Before Microsoft split the licensing into Finance, Supply Chain, Commerce, Project Operations the highest license SKU was an enterprise user. This 'Operations' license was indicating the enterprise user in the past.

    Microsoft is in the process of changing the logic, so the privileges will reflect the license type which will be required. I'm not sure if you are on the latest release or not, but each update, Microsoft is correcting that logic where with a list of privileges the license SKU is indicated, but not on the menu item level itself.

    There might be the case that some privileges are not in the list or when privileges are listed multiple times with e.g. Finance and SCM. In that case, there is no single license SKU which could give access and then still 'Operations' is listed. That would mean that you can use it regardless if you have a user with a Finance or SCM license.

    You can read more in this blog from Alex Meyer: Current State of D365FO User Licensing - Alex Meyer (alexdmeyer.com)

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