Provision and brand a Microsoft 365 tenant
Intermediate
Administrator
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Microsoft Entra ID
Set up a Microsoft 365 tenant's foundational identity by adding and verifying a custom domain, customizing organization branding, and configuring organizational settings using least-privilege administrator roles.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the Microsoft 365 tenant and how it's provisioned.
- Assign least-privilege administrator roles for tenant management tasks.
- Add and verify a custom domain for Microsoft 365 services.
- Configure organization branding in the Microsoft 365 admin center and Microsoft Entra sign-in experience.
- Configure tenant-wide organizational settings across the Security & privacy, Organization profile, and Services tabs—including company and contact information, data location, release and notification preferences, and workload service defaults.
Prerequisites
- Experience with Microsoft 365 workloads and Microsoft Entra ID.
- Basic understanding of DNS concepts (DNS records, domain verification).