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Copper Contributor

Oct 11, 2022

Teaching MS365 and need 'fake' users

Hi I have MS365 Business Standard licence, with an email for myself. I don't need to add anyone to be able to use any features at all. email or Teams (really) but I want to be able to share m...

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Nebulous8
Oct 12, 2022
This sounds great! Would never have known about this.

I got 80% of the way through but it won't accept me on the E5 subscription saying 'Sandbox provisioning is currently disabled due to a technical issue, please try again in a few days'.

However, is there a cost associated with the E5 licence?

I'm not a developer but it sounds like the sandbox area would be really helpful not only for Teams but for the other MS365 apps as well.

Thank you!

Teresa_Cyrus

MVP

Oct 12, 2022

Hi Nebulous8

I am an independent advisor responding to inquiries.

I also have a business standard license. I have used Microsoft's Sandbox for Developer Program | Microsoft 365 Dev Center for almost two years. It allows me to use fake users to investigate issues and develop training material/webinars. Every quarter, the usage is evaluated by MS. If not used, then your access will expire. The program allows me to experiment with features without impacting my business account.

Once downloaded, you can use the fake users to login into Teams. The other users can log in from a different browser. I have done it many times. However, only one user's profile can be activated on MS Teams from Windows if you have one computer.

Fyi: When switching between profiles between users (you & your fake users) on the Team Windows, there is a bug, but there is a workaround.

If you find this information helpful, please mark it as the best response, which will assist others with the same question.

/Teresa

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Nebulous8
Copper Contributor
Oct 12, 2022
This sounds great! Would never have known about this.

I got 80% of the way through but it won't accept me on the E5 subscription saying 'Sandbox provisioning is currently disabled due to a technical issue, please try again in a few days'.

However, is there a cost associated with the E5 licence?

I'm not a developer but it sounds like the sandbox area would be really helpful not only for Teams but for the other MS365 apps as well.

Thank you!
- Nebulous8
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 14, 2022
  Actually think I can answer that question myself - becoming a member in MS Dynamics gives a free E5 licence, I think I have that right - "Hurrah" if that is the case
  - Teresa_Cyrus
    MVP
    Oct 17, 2022
    Nebulous8
    
    I apologize for delay in responding. I was away but it sounds like you got what you needed.