Chapter 6. The Office 365 portal, dashboard, and admin centers

The Microsoft Office 365 portal is the launching pad to administering most of the service’s features. To log on to the Office 365 portal, navigate to http://portal.office.com. There, you can log on with either a managed tenant ID or a federated identity. For more information on managed and federated identity, see Chapter 3, “Federation Services and Authentication.”

Setting up your Office 365 subscription

Before you have anything to administer, you need an Office 365 subscription. Office 365 subscriptions are available for a variety of organizations, ranging from ...

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