Add Users and Assign Licenses in Microsoft Defender for Business - Microsoft Defender for Business | Microsoft Learn
In brief
The page now states that administrators can add a user and purchase additional licenses, with a link to related Microsoft 365 guidance. Titles, punctuation, and image description text were also updated.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators have clearer guidance for provisioning users when no licenses are currently available.
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Add usersUsers and assign licensesAssign Licenses in Microsoft Defender for Business - Microsoft Defender for Business | Microsoft Learn
After you sign up for Microsoft Defender for Business, your first step is to add users and assign licenses. This article describes how to add users and assign licenses, and how to verify multifactor authentication (MFA) is enabled for users.

Add users and assign licenses in the Microsoft 365 admin center
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Organizations with Microsoft Entra ID P1 (forP1, for example, Microsoft 365 Business Premium or an add-on subscription)subscription, also have access to Conditional Access to enforce MFA and other security requirements. For more information, see Multifactor authentication for Microsoft 365.
If you don't have any licenses available, you can still add a user and buy additionalmore licenses. For more information about adding users, see Add users and assign licenses at the same time.
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-Organizations with Microsoft Entra ID P1 (for example, Microsoft 365 Business Premium or an add-on subscription) also have access to Conditional Access to enforce MFA and other security requirements. For more information, see [Multifactor authentication for Microsoft 365](/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/security-and-compliance/multi-factor-authentication-microsoft-365). If you don't have any licenses available, you can still add a user and buy additional licenses. For more information about adding users, see [Add users and assign licenses at the same time](/en-us/Microsoft-365/admin/add-users/add-users).\ No newline at end of file+Organizations with Microsoft Entra ID P1, for example, Microsoft 365 Business Premium or an add-on subscription, also have access to Conditional Access to enforce MFA and other security requirements. For more information, see [Multifactor authentication for Microsoft 365](/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/security-and-compliance/multi-factor-authentication-microsoft-365).
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