Set up Microsoft 365 Business Premium
This article describes how to get Microsoft 365 Business Premium, complete the basic setup process, and proceed to your next steps.
Tip
If you're looking for Microsoft 365 for Campaigns, see How to get Microsoft 365 for Campaigns.
Sign up for Microsoft 365 Business Premium
When you're ready to sign up for Microsoft 365 Business Premium, you have several options. You can:
- Try or buy Microsoft 365 Business Premium on your own; or
- Work with a Microsoft partner.
Visit the Microsoft 365 Business Premium product page.
Choose to try or buy your subscription. See Try or buy a Microsoft 365 for business subscription. On the Microsoft 365 Products site, choose Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
After you have signed up for Microsoft 365 Business Premium, you'll receive an email with a link to sign in and get started. Proceed to Set up Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
Set up Microsoft 365 Business Premium
To complete the basic setup process, you can choose from several options available:
- Start with the guided setup experience for basic setup and configuration, and then proceed to set up your security protection; or
- Work with a Microsoft partner who can help you get everything set up and configured.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium includes a guided setup process, as shown in the following video:
The guided setup process, step by step
As a global administrator, go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and sign in. By default, you'll see the simplified view, as shown in the following image:
In the upper right corner, select Dashboard view so that your admin center resembles the following image. Then select Go to guided setup.
To install your Microsoft 365 Apps (Office), select the download button, and then follow the prompts. Alternately, you can skip this step for now and install your apps later. Then select Continue.
To add your organization's domain (recommended) or to use your default
.onmicrosoft.com
domain, select an option and then follow the prompts. Then select Use this domain.Tip
To get help with this task, see Add a domain to Microsoft 365.
To add a user, fill in the user's first name, last name, and user name, and then select Add users and assign licenses. Alternately, you can select View all users to go to your active users page, where you can view, add, and manage users.
Tip
We recommend adding your administrators and members of your security team now. To get help with this task, see Add users and assign licenses at the same time.
If you added your domain in step 4, you can now connect your domain to Microsoft 365. To get help with this task, see Change nameservers to set up Microsoft 365 with any domain registrar.
When you're finished with the basic setup process, you'll see Setup is complete, where you can tell us how setup went and then go to your Microsoft 365 admin center.
Important
At this point, basic setup is complete, but you still need to set up and configure your security settings.
Employee quick setup guide
After you have added users to your Microsoft 365 subscription, give them a link to the Employee quick setup guide. The guide walks them through signing in, getting Microsoft 365 Apps, and saving, copying, and sharing files.
Next objective
Proceed to Boost your security protection.
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