Preventing unlicensed Microsoft 365 users from signing in

You can prevent all unlicensed users in your Microsoft 365 organization from signing in by editing their sign-in status.

To prevent unlicensed users from signing in

1. Log in to the Microsoft 365 admin center (https://admin.microsoft.com) as a global administrator.

2. In the navigation menu, go to Users > Active Users.

   

3. Click Filter, and then select Unlicensed users.

   

4. Select the check boxes next to the user names, and then click the ellipsis (...) icon.

   

5. From the menu, select Edit sign-in status.

6. Select the Block users from signing in check box, and then click Save.