Purpose
This page will guide you trough through the creation of an Office365 tenant. The tenant will host some user that will get public access to the tenant resource.
Instruction
Create a Domain Name
The first step is to order a public Domain Name that will be associated with your tenant. You have to host this Domain Name on publicly accessible DNS. In this case ewe we will use "Azure DNS Service".
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1 | Log into your Azure account. If you don't have |
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2 | Browse to get the access to all the Azure |
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products and then select DNS zones |
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4 | Enter a domain Name |
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6 | Click on the newly created icon to open your new zone settings |
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Create an Office 365 Tenant
To create a tenant account, you may follow the steps below:1.
- Open the https://products.office.com/en-us/business/compare-more-office-365-for-business-plans to select a plan and click Buy now.
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- Follow the wizard to create a new account.
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3. After creating a new account, you can log into the portal.office.com using it.
Add your domain into Office 365 tenant
Click Domains, Click on Add domain
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- Select I'll manage my own DNS records and hitclick Next to Set up your online services.
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Create all the DNS record records required.
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- Once The completed form should looks look like this:
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- Hit Click Verify again to ensure all the record are correct.
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Cost
- Domain Name: $30/Year (usually free the 1st year)
- Azure Dns Server: $0.25 per month
- Public Certificate (Only if you need Cloud Connector Edition): $50 /Year
- Microsoft license:
- CAL E5: $35 user/month
- CAL E3 + Cloud PBX option: $28 user/month
The cheapest option is $7/month + $28 user/month:
- 2 users: $70 /month
- 3 users: $105 /month
- 4 users: $140 /month
- 5 users: $175 /month
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