Learning outcomes
- Explain how to navigate common administrative areas without making unnecessary changes.
- Complete the guided practice safely.
- Check that you can identify the correct admin workspace for a task.
Administration and Security
Microsoft 365 Admin Centre
Learn to navigate common administrative areas without making unnecessary changes and identify the correct admin workspace for a task in this beginner-friendly Microsoft 365 lesson.
Before you begin
Administrator permissions may be required. Use least privilege, a separate admin account and an approved change record.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open the Microsoft 365 admin centre or relevant security portal and confirm you are using the intended account.
- Locate users, billing, setup, reports and service health.
- Pause and check permissions, filenames, recipients, dates or settings that affect the task.
- Test the result: identify the correct admin workspace for a task.
- Record the change, owner, date, expected effect and rollback plan, then verify the result with the affected user.
Ian's practical tip: Use sample information first. Once the workflow is correct, repeat it with approved work information and the minimum necessary access.
Practical activity
Locate users, billing, setup, reports and service health. Your expected result is to identify the correct admin workspace for a task.