In this lesson, we will go through the steps on how to Create a Licensing Group in your Microsoft 365 tenant. Step 1: Access Azure Active Directory On your browser, login to Microsoft 365 Admin Portal via https://portal.office.com On the Sign in page, enter your Global Admin username in an email format and…
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In this lesson, we will go through the steps on how to Create a Licensing Group in your Microsoft 365 tenant.
Step 1: Access Azure Active Directory
- On your browser, login to Microsoft 365 Admin Portal via https://portal.office.com
- On the Sign in page, enter your Global Admin username in an email format and then enter your password on the Enter password page. Select Sign in.
- On the Stay signed in? window, select the Don’t show this again check box and then select Yes.
- In the Office 365 home page, in the column of Microsoft 365 app icons on the left-side of the screen, select the Admin icon to navigate to the Microsoft 365 admin center. This will open in a new tab.
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5. From the Microsoft 365 Admin center page, navigate to the left column for the admin menus. Click Show all.
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6. Under the Admin Centers menu, click on Azure Active Directory, and a new tab will open.
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Step 2: Create a Security Group
- Under the Azure Active Directory admin center, click on Azure Active Directory.
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2. On the Azure Active Directory dashboard, Under the Manage menu, select Groups , and then click New Group.
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3. On the New Group page:
a. Under Group Type, select Security.
b. Enter your preferred Group Name, Group Description is optional.
c. Under Membership Type, choose Assigned.
4. Click Create.
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5. If the Group was successfully created, a notification will appear on the upper right corner of the page.
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Step 3: Assign license/s to a Security Group.
- Under the Azure Active Directory admin center, click on Azure Active Directory.
- On the Azure Active Directory dashboard, Under the Manage menu, select Licenses.
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3. On the Licenses page, under Manage, select All Products.
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4. Select the license/s that you’d like to add to your Security Group, then click Assign
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5. On the Assign License page, under the Users and groups tab, click on Add Users and Groups
6. Click on the Security Group/s that you’d like to assign the licenses to, and click on Select.
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7. Once done, click on Review + Assign
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8. On the Review + Assign tab, confirm that all the information is correct, then click on Assign.
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