LicenseExamples

• License Types
• Adding a License for Users
• Updating a License for Users
• Deleting a License for Users
• Sync a License for Users

License Types

GAM supports the licenses listed in the "Product SKU ID" column of Google's Documentation. Additionally, GAM supports abbreviations for some of the SKU names:

License SKU	Abbreviation
AppSheet Core	appsheetcore
AppSheet Enterprise Standard	appsheetstandard
AppSheet Enterprise Plus	appsheetplus
Assured Controls	assuredcontrols
Beyond Corp Enterprise	bce
Cloud Identity Free	cloudidentity
Cloud Identity Premium	cloudidentitypremium
Cloud Search	cloudsearch
G Suite Basic	gsuitebasic
G Suite Business	gsuitebusiness
G Suite Business Archived	gsuitebusinessarchived
G Suite Enterprise Archived	gsuiteenterprisearchived
G Suite Enterprise for Education	gsuiteenterpriseeducation
G Suite Enterprise for Education (Student)	gsuiteenterpriseeducationstudent
G Suite Free/Standard	standard
G Suite Government	gsuitegov
G Suite Lite	gsuitelite
G Suite Message Security	postini
Google Chrome Device Management	cdm
Google Drive Storage 20gb	20gb
Google Drive Storage 50gb	50gb
Google Drive Storage 200gb	200gb
Google Drive Storage 400gb	400gb
Google Drive Storage 1tb	1tb
Google Drive Storage 2tb	2tb
Google Drive Storage 4tb	4tb
Google Drive Storage 8tb	8tb
Google Drive Storage 16tb	16tb
Google Meet Global Dialing	meetdialing
Google Vault	vault
Google Vault Former Employee	vfe
Google Voice Starter	voicestarter
Google Voice Standard	voicestandard
Google Voice Premier	voicepremier
Google Workspace Business Starter	wsbizstart
Google Workspace Business Standard	wsbizstan
Google Workspace Business Plus	wsbizplus
Google Workspace Enterprise Essentials	wsentess
Google Workspace Enterprise Standard	wsentstan
Google Workspace Enterprise Plus	wsentplus
Google Workspace Essentials	wsess

Adding a License for Users

Syntax

gam user <username>|group <groupname>|ou <ouname>|all users add license <sku>

Assign a license for the given SKU to a user or number of users.

Example

This example gives members of the sales team a Vault license

gam group sales add license vault

This example gives users in the "Google Coordinate" OU a license for Google Coordinate

gam ou "Google Coordinate" add license Google-Coordinate

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Updating a License for Users

Syntax

gam user <username>|group <groupname>|ou <ouname>|all users update license <sku> from <oldsku>

Update the license for the given users.

Example

This example switches a user from Google Apps Message Security to Google Apps for Work licensing.

gam user heavydriveuser@acme.org update license gafw from gams

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Deleting a License for Users

Syntax

gam user <username>|group <groupname>|ou <ouname>|all users delete license <sku>

Deletes the given SKU license for the users.

Example

This example will remove the Coordinate license for all users.

gam all users delete license coordinate

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Sync a License for Users

Syntax

gam user <username>|group <groupname>|ou <ouname>|all users sync license <sku>

Adds and removes licenses from users based on their inclusion in the specified user list. The inclusion list could be a Google Group, OrgUnit or local text file. Users who are not included in the user list and who have the license applied will have the given license type removed from their account. Users included in the user list and who do not have the license will have it added to their account.

Example

This example will create two Google Groups named e4e and e4es, add currently licensed users to the groups and finally sync the license to the group. Because we use group_ns (group no suspended) in the last step, suspended users will have the license removed. Rerunning the final two commands on a recurring basis will keep the licenses aligned with the non-suspended group members.

gam create group e4e "G Suite Enterprise for EDU users"
gam create group e4es "G Suite Enterprise for EDU Student users"
gam update group e4e add members license gsuiteenterpriseeducation
gam update group e4es add members license gsuiteenterpriseeducationstudent
gam group_ns e4e sync license gsuiteenterpriseforeducation
gam group_ns e4es sync license gsuiteenterpriseforeducationstudent