I'm trying to find out how I can distribute an app with licenses for a group, preferably using Azure.
The flow I'm envisioning is an installer for the application only allows X number of users and has to verify this with a server somewhere, ie if a group has bought 100 copies of the software they are restricted to using only 100 installs.
Will Azure AD do this, or is this something that I would need to develop myself?
• You can surely distribute an app and monitor the licenses for that application that is deployed for a group of users by ensuring that you have Microsoft 365 license with you. With Microsoft 365, the management of licenses for an ISV app, i.e., Independent Software Vendor app (software vendor other than Microsoft) can be easily done by adding that application as a custom application in the Microsoft 365 admin centre through the ‘Integrated Apps’ option as shown below: -
• Similarly, after adding an app to the Microsoft 365 admin centre as shown above, you can assign licenses to the added application as below by going to the ‘Licenses’ section in ‘Billing’ part of the M365 portal. Also, while assigning licenses, you can select a group of users, select multiple users, or only select a single user for assigning the software license for the added app from ISV.
In this way, through Microsoft 365, you can surely manage the distribution of licenses for an app for which the installation on a specific number of users and their devices needs to be managed through it.
For more detailed information regarding the addition of apps for an ISV in the Microsoft 365 portal, kindly refer to the below link: -
