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How can I assign Spanning Licenses with PowerShell? - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>Spanning Backup for Office 365 offers a public API, which you can use to automate license assignment. If you have a large number of Spanning licenses to assign at once you can use PowerShell to assign users in batches using CSV files*. You can also make AzureAD requests and enable users directly based on Active Directory User attributes.<br><br>Spanning has a PowerShell module that you can use to complete this process, which can be <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FSpanningCloudApps%2FSB365-Powershell">found here</a>. Additionally, please watch <a href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fspanning.com%2Fresources%2Fproduct%2Fspanning-backup-office-365-assigning-licenses-powershell%2F" rel="noopener nofollow">this instructional video</a> which details how to use the PowerShell module.</p> <div>The Spanning Backup for Office 365 PowerShell module is supported directly by our Product Team. File an issue here <a tabindex="-1" title="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fspanningcloudapps%2Fsb365-powershell%2Fissues" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FSpanningCloudApps%2FSB365-Powershell%2Fissues" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">https://github.com/SpanningCloudApps/SB365-Powershell/issues</a> and the Product Team will be happy to help you.</div> <p><iframe src="//fast.wistia.com/embed/iframe/7j46uee1ko" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="importedEmbed-iframe"></iframe></p> <p>*Spanning recommends enabling users in O365 in batches of 250-500 per day to avoid throttling by Microsoft. Monitor users for initial backup completion before enabling more. Enabling significant numbers of users concurrently for initial on-boarding will work, but may result in extended backup times due to API throttles Microsoft enforces from their end which Spanning cannot control.</p> <p>If you have any additional questions, please contact <a rel="nofollow" href="https://kaseya.vanillacommunities.com/kb/articles/aliases/spanning/hc/en-us/requests/new">Spanning Support</a> - we're always happy to help!</p> </article> </main>