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Office 365 Portal Setup
Hi, I have a client that is a startup, they do not currently have corporate email. I am trying to login to admin.microsoft.com so I can setup the domain and Office 365, but it will not take their A...
Hi, thank you for your quick reply.
I want to setup a new trial tenant, so I can get everything setup before they start paying.
I went to admin.microsoft.com and when I click on Create Account and put in as an example sewing123@sewing123.onmicrosoft.com and put in the password, it wants to sent an email to this email address.
This is where I am getting stuck.
I want to setup a new trial tenant, so I can get everything setup before they start paying.
I went to admin.microsoft.com and when I click on Create Account and put in as an example sewing123@sewing123.onmicrosoft.com and put in the password, it wants to sent an email to this email address.
This is where I am getting stuck.
Brian_Branco Setting up a new trial tenant is done via a specific URL, depending on which trial you'd like to use. For example, to setup a trial of Office 365 E3, you can visit this URL. Generally, when you have a look at the Microsoft 365/Office 365 subscriptions page for business or enterprise, it will show you if you can start a 1 month free trial. Just click the trial link for the license you'd like to trial and you can setup a new trial tenant.
- @Pavanberlo - thank you for your help with this, I really do appreciate it. I didn't do the trial thats where I got stuck, so I was able to get setup and add the domains.
I have one additional question in regards to licenses and shared mailboxes.
I have 2 users that will be using the same mailbox orders@domain.com - so do I need to have 2 separate Office 365 licenses for them?
In addition, is this a shared mailbox that needs to be setup? When I go into that area, its not giving me an option to add a shared mailbox that I can see.
Thanks once again- You’re welcome!
Each user that needs to access a shared mailbox requires an Exchange Online license, so in the example you mentioned both users need a license. The shared mailbox itself does not require a license.
To be able to use a shared mailbox it needs to be created, you can do this in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center or in the Exchange Online Admin Center. Once created you can give both users access to the shared mailbox using delegation.
Have a look at the URL below for more info. There’s also a link at the bottom with guidance on how to create a shared mailbox.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/admin/email/about-shared-mailboxes?view=o365-worldwide