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:

 

Participating in this discussion were:

• Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet 
• Hal Hostetler @TVWizard
• Kirsty McGrath @kirstymcgrath13

Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:

• This will work with a Power App Unlimited license [https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/]