Demo: Explore Microsoft 365 tenant

This demo maps to the following Learn content:

  • Learning Path: Describe Microsoft 365 apps and services
  • Module: What is Microsoft 365?
  • Unit: Explore Microsoft 365 tenant

Demo scenario

In this demo, you will explore various features of your Microsoft 365 tenant. You will view the Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Entra admin center and Teams admin center.

Microsoft 365 admin center

  1. Open a browser and in the address bar enter admin.microsoft.com. Sign in with your admin credentials.
  2. Manage users by selecting Users from the left navigation menu to expand options. Select Active users to view the available user accounts.
  3. Select a user in the list by selecting their name. A window opens that displays more details for the user account. Close the window by selecting X in the upper right corner.
  4. Select Teams & groups, to expand for more options, and then select Active teams & groups to view the active teams and groups. If you don’t already have groups add one by selecting Add a group in the toolbar and follow the steps.
  5. Select a group in the list by selecting their name. A window opens that displays more details for the group. Close the window by selecting X in the upper right corner.
  6. Select Show all in the left navigation menu to expand for more options.
  7. Select Billing to expand for more options, and then select Licenses. At least one set of licenses should display. Select the license to view more details like the list of users who have this license assigned.

Microsoft Entra admin center

  1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, on the left navigation menu, select Show all to expand for more options.
  2. Under All Admin centers, select Microsoft Entra. Notice a new tab opens the Microsoft Entra admin center.
  3. In the Microsoft Entra admin center, on the left navigation menu under Identity, select Users and more options will expand.
  4. Select All Users and notice the same user accounts from Office 365 are displayed. Close the window by selecting X in the upper right corner.
  5. Under Identity, select Groups and more options will expand. Notice the same groups from Office 365 are displayed. Close the window by selecting X in the upper right corner.

Microsoft Teams admin center

  1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, on the left navigation menu, under Admin centers, select Teams. Notice a new tab opens the Microsoft Teams admin center.
  2. In the Microsoft Teams admin center, the dashboard shows cards for organization information, deployment status, recent activity, user searches, helpful links, and more.
  3. Use the left navigation menu to manage settings for Teams, Users, Meetings, Locations, and more.
  4. Under Users, administrators can configure settings for Guest access and External access.
    • External access, formerly known as federation, lets Teams users communicate with users who are outside of your organization.
    • Guest access lets individuals outsie your organization access teams and channels.

Review

In this demo you viewed the different features and ways to manage your Microsoft 365 tenant by exploring the Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Entra admin center and Teams admin center.