Exercise - Create users and assign licenses

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In this exercise, you create users and assign the required licenses. Later modules feature these users as different personas. You complete this exercise as the System/User Administrator, Reed Smith.

  1. Sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center as Reed Smith using an Incognito or InPrivate web browsing session.

  2. On the left navigation pane, select Active users.

    Screenshot of Microsoft 365 admin center left navigation pane with focus on the Active users option.

  3. Select the Add multiple users button.

    Screenshot of Active users with focus on the Add multiple users button.

  4. On the Basics page, add the following users and then select Next.

    • MCR IAD Manager (you can use it for Personas: IT Admin/District Manager/Data Manager for Contoso)

    • MCR IAD FLW (you can use it for Personas: Store Associate for Contoso Store 101)

    • Monica Rodriguez (you can use it for Personas: Store Manager for Contoso Store 101)

    Screenshot of the Add multiple users area of the Add list of users page with the three users added.

  5. On the Licenses page, select Microsoft Teams Essentials, Microsoft 365 E3 (no Teams), and Power BI Premium Per User licenses, and then select Next.

  6. Select Add users.

  7. Select Download user details so that you can retrieve the respective user credentials.

  8. Select Active users on the left pane. Select Oscar Ward. The user details appear on the right pane.

  9. Select the Licenses and apps tab and make sure that all three licenses, Microsoft Teams Essentials, Office 365 E3 (no Teams), and Power BI Premium Per User are selected. If not, select the licenses and select Save changes.

    Screenshot of the Licenses and apps tab with the three licenses selected.

  10. Repeat the steps to check for the licenses for Reed Smith and Hannah Travis as well.

Congratulations! You successfully created users and assigned the required licenses. You can now proceed to the next exercise.