How to Add a User in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Step-by-step guide to creating a user account in the Microsoft 365 admin center, including domain selection, password options, license assignment, and PowerShell.
Step-by-step guides for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 administrators — users, licensing, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, security, Intune, and compliance.
Not affiliated with Microsoft. The official admin portal is at admin.microsoft.com.
What’s covered
Each section covers the day-to-day tasks Microsoft 365 admins actually need to do, with the admin center path stated explicitly and a PowerShell equivalent where useful.
Step-by-step guide to creating a user account in the Microsoft 365 admin center, including domain selection, password options, license assignment, and PowerShell.
Step-by-step guide to assigning Microsoft 365 licenses to users from the admin center, plus group-based licensing and the Microsoft Graph PowerShell equivalent.
Step-by-step guide to controlling external sharing in SharePoint Online and OneDrive — tenant-level settings, per-site overrides, domain allow lists, and PowerShell.
Step-by-step guide to creating Exchange Online mail flow (transport) rules — conditions, actions, exceptions, common patterns, and PowerShell.
Step-by-step guide to creating a team in Microsoft Teams from the admin center or the Teams app, with channel types, permissions, and PowerShell.
Step-by-step guide to creating a shared mailbox in Microsoft 365 — from the admin center, the Exchange admin center, or PowerShell — plus permissions and licensing rules.