Mastering Active Directory

Creating an Azure AD instance

1. Log in to the Azure classic portal as global administrator (https://manage.windowsazure.com).
2. Click on NEW | App Services | ACTIVE DIRECTORY | DIRECTORY | CUSTOM CREATE:

3. In the new window, we need to provide the following:
   • NAME: The organization name of the Azure AD tenant.
   • DOMAIN NAME: Azure AD needs an initial domain name, and it will have the UPN suffix .onmicrosoft.com. You can choose a name you like for this. Once our own domain is added, the default domain can be changed to it.
   • COUNTRY OR REGION: We can select the preferred country or region for resource placement.
4. Once the information has been provided, ...