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).