Do service accounts really need an E3 license? #M365AMA

In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:

“Creating a PowerApp that will run under a service account that has access to Exchange Online to send emails. I am being told that the service account needs to hold an E3 licence, which seems overkill to me. E3 includes installable Office applications, so why would I need that? Surely an F3 or even an Exchange Plan licence would suffice? What are others using?”

Check out the discussion here:

 

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Christian Buckley

Christian is a Microsoft Regional Director and M365 Apps & Services MVP, and an award-winning product marketer and technology evangelist, based in Silicon Slopes (Lehi), Utah. He sits on the board of TekkiGurus, is an advisor for both revealit.TV and WellnessWits, and provides channel and marketing services for Microsoft partners. He hosts the quarterly #CollabTalk TweetJam, the weekly #CollabTalk Podcast, and the Microsoft 365 Ask-Me-Anything (#M365AMA) series.