But as Figure 3 shows, you can click the Admin Centers link on the left side of the screen (all the way to the bottom) to get to the main Office 365 admin components, such as Exchange, Skype for Business, SharePoint, Yammer, Compliance, and (if you have a subscription) Azure Active Directory.įigure 3: The deeper administrative aspects of Office 365's admin center. To a newbie, those features may seem to be all you can do. For example, you can reset a password, check the health of your portals and features, and see how active your users are.
In the Office 365 admin center, you can do all your basic administration, and there are the links to help a non-IT user. ]įigure 1: Office 365 admin center's first version clearly needed some sprucing up.įigure 2: The current version of the Office 365 admin center is more attractive.
| InfoWorld's deep look: Why (and how) you should manage Windows 10 PCs like iPads. And learn from these PowerShell tips: Azure automation [ Read InfoWorld's essential guide to PowerShell. Figure 1 shows the old admin center Figure 2 shows the new one. Oh, and Microsoft has transformed the ugly duckling that was the version 1.0 admin center into the more-polished swan that is the current version. Microsoft has made a point of putting all the high-end aspects of Office 365 administration (such as the billing, support, and basic user creation) front and center, while burying the in-the-trenches IT capability.
The Office 365 admin center is easy to use for both IT admins and non-IT portal administrators.