Jul 26 2022 08:06 AM
This article was originally posted at Managing the Microsoft 365 tenant - Introduction to the admin centers.
Microsoft 365 management is broken down into multiple admin centers. An admin center is a website used to manage part of the tenant. For example, there's an Exchange Online admin center that can help you manage the email portion of your Microsoft 365 tenant. Another SharePoint Online admin center to help manage the SharePoint Online part of your tenant.
Here's a list of all the Microsoft 365 admin centers you may need.
This is the primary admin center. You can access it by clicking the admin button from portal.office.com in the left pane.
You can access the admin center directly by going to https://admin.microsoft.com/. From the Microsoft 365 admin center, you can create users, and groups, assign licenses, contact Microsoft support, update domain names, view the service health, or access the other admin centers.
From the Microsoft 365 admin center, you can access the other admin centers. To access the other admin centers, perform the following:
The Azure ATP admin center can be accessed by going to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=848894 and logging in with your admin credentials.
The Cloud App Security admin center is replacing the Azure ATP admin center, but it's still listed so we'll review it. The Azure ATP admin center is designed for hybrid environments where part of your organization is hosted in on-premises servers and part of your environment is hosted in Microsoft 365. Azure ATP collects, analyzes, detects, and alerts you to suspicious activity in your on-premises Active Directory environment. The Azure ATP admin center is where you can perform the following:
The Azure Active Directory (AD) admin center can be accessed by going to https://aad.portal.azure.com/. Azure AD is the cloud version of your on-premise AD. It's like on-premise AD on steroids. It's where you can perform the following:
The cloud app security admin center can be accessed by going to https://portal.cloudappsecurity.com. From the cloud app security admin center, you can manage unsanctioned cloud applications. From the Cloud App security admin center you can perform the following:
The compliance admin center can be accessed by going to https://compliance.microsoft.com/homepage. The compliance admin center is where you can manage the compliance of your tenant. You can classify data, set retention policies, and recover data. From the compliance admin center you can perform the following:
The Endpoint manager admin center can be accessed by going to https://endpoint.microsoft.com/?ref=AdminCenter#home. The Endpoint manager admin center is where you can manage the end-user devices. It's where you can perform the following:
The Exchange admin center can be accessed by going to https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/. The Exchange admin center is where you manage email and everything about email. It's where you can perform the following:
The Power Platform admin center can be accessed by going to https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/. The Power Platform admin center is where you can manage the automation of repetitive tasks. From the Power Platform admin center you can perform the following:
The Microsoft 365 Apps admin center can be accessed by going to https://config.office.com/officeSettings. The Microsoft 365 Apps admin center can be used to deploy settings and configurations to users that install the Office suite on their computers. Traditionally, the configuration found in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center would have been performed via group policy
The Microsoft Stream admin center can be accessed by going to https://web.microsoftstream.com/admin. From the Stream admin center, you can configure options for Microsoft Stream. For example, you can limit who can host live events. There are a ton of options in the admin center. Some of which are:
The Power BI admin center can be accessed by going to https://app.powerbi.com/admin-portal. The Power BI admin center is used to manage Power BI. From it, you can view usage metrics, and control how users interact with Power BI. From the Power BI admin center you can perform the following:
The Security admin center can be accessed by going to https://protection.office.com/. The Security admin center is used to get visibility, investigate, and manage the security of your Microsoft 365 tenant. From it you can perform the following:
The SharePoint admin center can be accessed by going to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Show all > All admin centers > SharePoint. From the SharePoint admin center, you can manage SharePoint sites and OneDrive sites. You can perform the following:
The Teams admin center can be accessed by going to https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/. From the Microsoft Teams admin center, you can manage Microsoft Teams. From it, you can configure messaging, conferencing, and external communication options. You can perform the following:
The Yammer admin center can be accessed by going to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Show all > All admin centers > Yammer. From the Yammer admin center, you can manage your Yammer network, for example, you can set usage policies and control external network settings. You can also perform the following: