Office 365: Add A User

This article relates to adding domains to your Office 365 subscription; in order to do so, you first have to follow the initial configuration steps for your subscription.  Please contact help@blacknight.com to go through the initial setup for new plans.

You need to add users directly in the 365 portal.

For how to access the portal please see here: Office 365: Accessing your Account

The following goes through how to add users in the Microsoft 365 portal:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/add-users/add-users?view=o365-worldwide

Here you must complete the details labelled with an asterix (*) (star) - specifically the following enteries.

• Name:
• Firstname
• Lastname
• Login:
• The email address you wish to create the User for.
• This could be a user at the main Microsoft domain i.e. ending in onmicrosoft.com.
• Password:
• This must fairly complex.
• You can see more information on the requirements by clicking more.
• Role:
• Here you can choose the required role for this user - where typically, most users will simply be a User.
• The list of Roles, and their descriptions, can be via the following - Office 365: User Roles 
• Usage Location:
• This selection relates to the geographical location of the user.
• Assign Licenses:
• Here you will select the licence this user should may use.
• You do not have to assign a licence, where you are creating a Shared Mailbox.

Office 365 Articles

Please see the following URL for more articles relating to Office 365 subscriptions with ourselves:

• https://help.blacknight.com/hc/en-us/sections/202825329-Office-365

Further Queries

If you have any queries on this, please contact our Support team - see the following for our contact details:

• https://www.blacknight.com/contact-us.html