No. You will purchase only the number of paid seats that you need for the domain. You will then use the License Manager to assign those paid seats to the domain users that you want to be backed up. Any domain users that are not assigned a paid seat will not be backed up and cannot access the Spanning Backup application.
Do I have to back up all users in my domain?
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- How to assign licenses to all users within an Organizational Unit
- Automated License Purchasing in Spanning Backup for Google Workspace
- Why are new domain users not listed in my Manage Licenses page?
- Can I access my backups outside of my Google account?
- Can I retain the backup data for a deleted user?
- How to assign licenses in Spanning Backup for Google Workspace
- What happens if I change the email address of a user?
- Is there monthly billing for Spanning Backup?
- Does the admin user need a paid seat assigned?
- Can I reassign a paid seat if a user I was backing up leaves?
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