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Setting up an Azure Tenant

Go to https://aad.portal.azure.com

  1. Login to your tenant (that you are an administrator of)

  2. Go to the Azure Active Directory tab

  3. Click on Manage Tenants

Create Tenant Step 1

  1. Click Create

Create Tenant Step 2

  1. Select Azure Active Directory - This is a stand alone tenant - NOT a sub tenant under your current one

Create Tenant Step 3

  1. Fill out Organization name, Initial domain (Can not have spaces) name and location -

  2. (Please make sure you select the correct country for location)

  3. (Please make sure your Initial domain name is similar or matches if possible to your organization name)

  4. Then click review and create

Create Tenant Step 4

  1. Then click create

Create Tenant Step 5

  1. Fill out the captcha (This may take a few minutes)

Create Tenant Step 6

  1. Once tenant was successfully created navigate to your tenant

Create Tenant Step 7

  1. Click on the 3 lines

Create Tenant Step 8

  1. Click on azure active directory

Create Tenant Step 9

  1. Click on users

Create Tenant Step 10

  1. Create a new user

Create Tenant Step 11

  1. Click on user coin in top right and click add another account

  2. Set the username to “SimpliSupport” (Save your user name)

  3. Set the name to “Simpli Support”

  4. Select Auto-generate Password

  5. Copy the password

Create Tenant Step 12

  1. Click on User

  2. Search “Global Administrator”

  3. Select “Global Administrator”

  4. Click select

  5. Change usage location to Australia

  6. Click create

Create Tenant Step 13

  1. Click on the user token in the top right

  2. Click sign in with a different account

Create Tenant Step 14

  1. Click on the top 3 lines in the top left corner

Create Tenant Step 15

  1. Click on Azure Active Directory

Create Tenant Step 16

  1. Click on users

Create Tenant Step 17

  1. Select your user

  2. Click delete

Create Tenant Step 18

  1. Ask customer if they want Microsoft 2-factor if not follow these steps (OPTIONAL)

  2. Active directory > properties > access management for azure resources (yes) > manage security defaults > click no> click my organisation is getting too many multi-factor authentication sign-up requests (OPTIONAL)

Do these steps with the customer user​

  1. Go to admin.microsoft.com and sign in with new user

  2. Click on billing accounts

  3. Click on the new tenant you just created

Create Tenant Step 19

  1. Go to admin.microsoft.com -> billing -> billing account

  2. Make sure to fix the information in there and add a tax id if needed

  3. Click on Purchase Services

  4. Click on Details

Create Tenant Step 20

  1. Click on Start free trial

Create Tenant Step 21

  1. Enter any accessible phone number and put in verification code and click "Start your free trial"

  2. Click try now

Create Tenant Step 22 11. Click continue

Create Tenant Step 23

Creating Users​

  1. Click Active users under Users

  2. Click add user

Create Tenant Step 24

  1. Add in client admin user details and assign

  2. Add basic information and click next

  3. Select Australia

  4. Select 365 Business Basic

  5. Select Next

Create Tenant Step 25

  1. Select Admin Center Access

  2. Select Global Admin

  3. Select next

Create Tenant Step 26

  1. Select finish