Get-MgSubscribedSku

Use Get-MgSubscribedSku to compare purchased and consumed Microsoft 365 license units. See Microsoft.Graph module requirements and examples.

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Documentation: Microsoft Learn — Get-MgSubscribedSku

Written and tested by Dhrub Bharali · Updated 02 October 2026

Common usage

Get-MgSubscribedSku -ErrorAction Stop

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Get-MgSubscribedSku -ErrorAction Stop

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Get-MgSubscribedSku -ErrorAction Stop

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SkuPartNumber       ConsumedUnits  CapabilityStatus  SkuId
-------------       -------------  ----------------  -----
SPE_E5              118            Enabled           06ebc4ee-1bb5-47dd-8120-11324bc54e06
POWER_BI_PRO        24             Enabled           f8a1db68-be16-40ed-86d5-cb42ce701560

Practical use and troubleshooting

Practical scenario: Use Get-MgSubscribedSku when you need to compare purchased and consumed Microsoft 365 license units. Start with one identified target and inspect the returned values before extending the operation to a list. Keep the identity in your report so you can trace each result back to the object or path that produced it.

Common error and fix: Insufficient privileges needs checking the API's documented read permissions and the consent granted to the current session. Do not interpret a failed query as zero purchased licences. In an unattended script, capture this failure with its original error record and record which target failed. An empty result and an unsuccessful query must remain distinguishable in the final report.

See also: Get-MgUser. Get-MgSubscribedSku reports tenant subscription SKUs and consumed units; Get-MgUser reads user objects. Tenant-level licence totals do not identify which users received direct or group-based assignments. Read the linked command before substituting it; similar names do not imply identical inputs or output.

Get-MgSubscribedSku reference on Microsoft Learn

Recap

Get-MgSubscribedSku Use Get-MgSubscribedSku to compare purchased and consumed Microsoft 365 license units. See Microsoft.Graph module requirements and examples.

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