Sign up your organization to use Microsoft Entra ID

Sign up for Microsoft Entra ID or a new Microsoft Azure subscription, using either:

• Microsoft account. Use your personal Microsoft account to get access to Azure and all consumer-oriented Microsoft products and cloud services, such as Outlook (Hotmail), Messenger, OneDrive, MSN, Xbox LIVE, or Microsoft 365. Signing up for an Outlook.com mailbox automatically creates a Microsoft account. For more information, see Microsoft account overview.

• Work or school account. Use your work or school-related account to get access to all the small, medium, and enterprise cloud services from Microsoft, such as Azure, Microsoft Intune, or Microsoft 365. After you sign up for one of these services as an organization, Microsoft Entra ID automatically provisions a cloud-based directory that represents your organization. For more information, see Manage your Microsoft Entra directory.

  Note

  We recommend that you use your work or school account if you already have access to Microsoft Entra ID. However, you should use whichever type of account is associated with your Azure subscription.

Next steps

• How to buy Azure

• Sign up for Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 editions

• Learn more about Microsoft Entra ID

• Use your on-premises identity infrastructure in the cloud

• Visit the Microsoft Azure blog