Fix up Microsoft 365 Business Premium in the setup wizard

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Sentry: Overview of Microsoft 365 setup

Watch this video for an overview of Microsoft 365 Business Premium setup.

Spotter: Set upwardly Microsoft 365 Concern Premium

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center, and select Get to setup. The setup wizard will outset.
  2. Subsequently your setup is complete, render to the Microsoft admin center. In the admin eye you can continue setting up features like Windows x policies, DLP, etc. on the Setup page.

Add your domain, users, and fix policies

When you lot purchase Microsoft 365 Business Premium, you have the option of using a domain you own, or buying one during the sign-up.

  • If yous purchased a new domain when you signed upwardly, your domain is all set up and you can move to Add together users and assign licenses.

Add together your domain to personalize sign-in

  1. Sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center past using your global admin credentials.

  2. Cull Become to setup to commencement the wizard.

    Select Go to setup.

  3. On the Install your Office apps page, you tin optionally install the apps on your own estimator.

  4. In the Add domain stride, enter the domain name you desire to use (like contoso.com).

    Important

    If you purchased a domain during the sign-up, you will not run across Add a domain step here. Get to Add users instead.

    Screenshot of the Personalize your sign-in page.

  5. Follow the steps in the wizard to Create DNS records at any DNS hosting provider for Microsoft 365 that verifies yous own the domain. If you know your domain host, run across also Add together a domain to Microsoft 365.

    If your hosting provider is GoDaddy or another host enabled with domain connect, the process is easy and you'll exist automatically asked to sign in and let Microsoft authenticate on your behalf.

    On GoDaddy Confirm Access page, select Authorize.

Add users and assign licenses

You tin can add users in the wizard, merely you tin too add together users subsequently in the admin middle. Additionally, if you take a local domain controller, you can add users with Azure AD Connect.

Add users in the wizard

Whatsoever users you lot add in the wizard get automatically assigned a Microsoft 365 Business organisation Premium license.

Screenshot of the Add new users page in the wizard.

  1. If your Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscription has existing users (for instance, if you used Azure AD Connect), yous become an option to assign licenses to them now. Go ahead and add licenses to them also.

  2. Afterwards you've added the users, y'all'll also get an option to share credentials with the new users you added. Y'all can choose to print them out, email them, or download them.

Connect your domain

Note

If you chose to use the .onmicrosoft domain, or used Azure AD Connect to set upward users, you volition non meet this step.

To ready services, you lot have to update some records at your DNS host or domain registrar.

  1. The setup sorcerer typically detects your registrar and gives you a link to step-past-footstep instructions for updating your NS records at the registrar website. If information technology doesn't, Alter nameservers to set up upward Microsoft 365 with any domain registrar.

    • If you lot have existing DNS records, for case an existing web site, but your DNS host is enabled for domain connect, choose Add together records for me. On the Choose your online services page, accept all the defaults, and cull Next, and choose Authorize on your DNS host's page.

    • If y'all have existing DNS records with other DNS hosts (not enabled for domain connect), you'll want to manage your own DNS records to make sure the existing services stay continued. See domain basics for more info.

      Activate records page.

  2. Follow the steps in the wizard and electronic mail and other services will be set up for y'all.

Protect your system

The policies y'all ready in the wizard are applied automatically to a Security grouping called All Users. Yous can also create additional groups to assign policies to in the admin center.

  1. On the Increment protection from advanced cyber threats, information technology is recommended that y'all accept the defaults to let Office 365 Advance Threat Protection scan files and links in Part apps.

    Screenshot of Increase protection page.

  2. On the Prevent leaks of sensitive information page, accept the defaults to turn on Part 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to track sensitive information in Function apps and preclude the accidental sharing of these outside your organisation.

  3. On the Protect data in Office for mobile folio, go out mobile app management on, expand the settings and review them, and then select Create mobile app management policy.

    Screenshot of Protect data in Office for mobile page.

Secure Windows x PCs

On the left nav, select Setup and then, under Sign-in and security, cull Secure your Windows 10 computers. Cull View to get started. See secure your Windows 10 computers for complete instructions.

Deploy Office 365 customer apps

If you chose to automatically install Office apps during setup, the apps volition install on the Windows x devices once the users take signed in to Azure AD from their Windows devices, using their work credentials.

To install Part on mobile iOS or Android devices, see Fix up mobile devices for Microsoft 365 Business Premium users.

You can also install Office individually. Run into install Office on a PC or Mac for instructions.

Related content

Microsoft 365 for business training videos (link page)