#Create a New User

To create a new user account to sign in and access Microsoft 365, complete the steps below:

1. Click Create under the Management tab, and select Create User.

2. Configure the following settings for this user:

   • Name – Enter the name information. The Display Name and the Username are required for a user.

   • Temporary User – A temporary user will be deleted when it is expired. If you want to make this user a temporary user, select the Make user expire in … checkbox and define the user will expire in how many days, weeks, or months.

   • User Properties – There are two methods for setting the following user properties:

     • Manually select – By default, this method is selected.

     • Copy properties from a selected user – If you want to copy properties from an existing user, select this method and enter a user to start loading the user. After the user is loaded in the drop-down list, select the user, and then the following properties will be automatically filled as the selected user properties.

   • Roles – Choose whether or not to assign administrator access to this user. By default, the Yes option is selected, and you can select a role from Global Administrator, Service Administrator, User Management Administrator, Password Administrator, and Billing Administrator to assign to this user. If you do not want to assign administrator access to this user, select No.

   • Usage Location – Select a usage location for this user.

   • Notification – There are two notification settings:

     • Send results in email – If you want to send the job report of creating this user in emails, select the Send results in email checkbox and select an email notification profile for sending emails. For more information on working with notification policies, refer to the Control Panel Reference Guide.

     • Make this user change their password when they first sign in – If you want this user to change the password when they sign in for the first time, select the Make this user change their password when they first sign in checkbox.

   • Contact Information – The contact information contains: Job title, Department, Office, Fax Number, Office phone, Mobile phone, Street address, City, State or province, ZIP or Postal code, and Country or region.

   • Licenses – The amounts of available licenses are displayed. Select licenses to assign to this user. If necessary, select the License will expire in … checkbox to define a license will expire in how many days, weeks, or months.

   • Applications — Select applications for this user to access. To select all of the displayed applications, select the Select all checkbox.

     *Note: If the selected applications have application roles configured, the Assign Roles window appears after you click Save. Select an application role from each application’s drop-down list to assign to the selected users.

   • Groups – Enter group names or select a group set to add this user to these groups. After selecting a group set, you can click the View link to view or edit this group set.

3. Click Save to run a job for creating this user.

To view the job progress and details, go to Job Monitor. If the job is in Failed or Finished with Exception status, you can select the checkbox next to the Job ID and click Start on the ribbon to rerun this job.