---
author: kenwith
ms.author: kenwith
ms.date: 08/12/2025
manager: pmwongera
ms.service: entra-id
ms.topic: include
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| Woodgrove Bank has 10 administrators for different departments and 2 [Privileged Role Administrators](/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#privileged-role-administrator) that configure and manage PIM. They make five administrators eligible. | Five licenses for the administrators who are eligible | 5 |
| Graphic Design Institute has 25 administrators of which 14 are managed through PIM. Role activation requires approval and there are three different users in the organization who can approve activations. | 14 licenses for the eligible roles + three approvers | 17 |
| Contoso has 50 administrators of which 42 are managed through PIM. Role activation requires approval and there are five different users in the organization who can approve activations. Contoso also does monthly reviews of users assigned to administrator roles and reviewers are the users’ managers of which six aren't in administrator roles managed by PIM. | 42 licenses for the eligible roles + five approvers + six reviewers | 53 |
### When a license expires for PIM
- Permanent role assignments to Microsoft Entra roles are unaffected.
- The Privileged Identity Management service in the Microsoft Entra admin center, and the Graph API cmdlets and PowerShell interfaces of Privileged Identity Management, will no longer be available for users to activate privileged roles, manage privileged access, or perform access reviews of privileged roles.
- Eligible role assignments of Microsoft Entra roles are removed, as users no longer be able to activate privileged roles.
- Any ongoing access reviews of Microsoft Entra roles ends, and Privileged Identity Management configuration settings are removed.
- Privileged Identity Management no longer sends emails on role assignment changes.
---
author: kenwith
ms.author: kenwith
ms.date: 05/05/2026
manager: pmwongera
ms.service: entra-id
ms.topic: include
| --- | --- | --- |
| Woodgrove Bank has 10 administrators for different departments and 2 [Privileged Role Administrators](/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#privileged-role-administrator) that configure and manage PIM. They make five administrators eligible. | Five licenses for the administrators who are eligible | 5 |
| Graphic Design Institute has 25 administrators of which 14 are managed through PIM. Role activation requires approval and there are three different users in the organization who can approve activations. | 14 licenses for the eligible roles + three approvers | 17 |
| Contoso has 50 administrators of which 42 are managed through PIM. Role activation requires approval and there are five different users in the organization who can approve activations. Contoso also does monthly reviews of users assigned to administrator roles and reviewers are the users' managers of which six aren't in administrator roles managed by PIM. | 42 licenses for the eligible roles + five approvers + six reviewers | 53 |
### When a license expires for PIM
- Permanent role assignments to Microsoft Entra roles are unaffected.
- The Privileged Identity Management service in the Microsoft Entra admin center, and the Graph API cmdlets and PowerShell interfaces of Privileged Identity Management, will no longer be available for users to activate privileged roles, manage privileged access, or perform access reviews of privileged roles.
- Eligible role assignments of Microsoft Entra roles are removed, as users will no longer be able to activate privileged roles.
- Any ongoing access reviews of Microsoft Entra roles ends, and Privileged Identity Management configuration settings are removed.
- Privileged Identity Management no longer sends emails on role assignment changes.