Administration

Microsoft 365 – quick links for administrators

Direct links straight into Microsoft’s admin centers. Click them on the client’s computer in the right browser (Edge/Chrome) and sign in directly with their account – no hunting around for where things are.

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Quick start – home pages

Entry points into each admin center.

Microsoft 365 admin center↗

Main tenant overview – users, licenses, organization settings, billing.

Microsoft Entra admin center↗

Identity and access – users, groups, MFA, Conditional Access (formerly Azure AD).

Exchange admin center↗

Mailboxes, mail flow, message trace, mail protection.

Microsoft Defender portal↗

Security center – threats, quarantine, spam, restricted entities.

Microsoft Purview↗

Compliance – DLP, retention policies, eDiscovery, audit log.

Microsoft Intune admin center↗

Device and mobile app management (formerly Endpoint Manager).

Teams admin center↗

Policies and settings for Microsoft Teams.

Azure portal↗

Azure resources, the legacy AD blade, App Service, App registrations.

Office portal (portal.office.com)↗

End-user sign-in portal – handy for checking what the client sees.

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Identity and access (Entra ID)

The aka.ms/ad/… shortcuts work directly in any tenant – they are official and maintained by Microsoft.

Users↗

List and manage user accounts.

Groups↗

Distribution, security, and M365 groups.

Licenses↗

Assigning and reviewing licenses.

Conditional Access↗

Conditional access policies.

Authentication methods↗

The authentication methods policy.

Legacy per-user MFA management↗

Legacy per-user MFA – enable/enforce/disable for a specific account.

Sign-in logs↗

Sign-in log – diagnosing access problems.

App registrations↗

App registrations – custom/OAuth applications.

Enterprise Applications↗

Overview of and consents for third-party applications.

App consents and permissions↗

Who granted which app what permission (consents & permissions).

Privileged Identity Management (PIM)↗

Temporary/activated admin roles.

Microsoft Entra roles↗

Assigning admin roles.

Self-service reset hesla (SSPR)↗

Configuring self-service password reset.

Guest settings (B2B)↗

Rules for external/guest accounts.

Microsoft Secure Score↗

Overall tenant security score and recommendations.

My Access – access packages↗

Entitlement management / access requests.

Full list of aka.ms/ad/… shortcuts↗

Official overview of all available shortcuts, in case one is missing.

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Exchange and mail

Message trace↗

Tracking the path of a specific message.

Transport rules (mail flow rules)↗

Mail flow rules.

Connectors↗

Inbound/outbound connectors (e.g. for scan-to-email devices).

Recipients↗

Mailboxes, shared mailboxes, distribution groups.

Organization settings↗

General Exchange Online settings.

Remote Connectivity Analyzer↗

Testing SMTP/Autodiscover/Outlook connectivity from outside.

Documentation: high-volume email↗

Guidance and limits for sending large volumes of email.

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Security – Microsoft Defender

Restricted entities↗

Users/connectors blocked due to suspicious outbound spam.

Quarantine↗

Captured emails – release, review.

Anti-spam policies↗

Anti-spam policies.

Policies and rules↗

Overview of all security policies (anti-phishing, anti-malware…).

Alerts↗

Active security alerts for the tenant.

Defender for Cloud Apps – policies↗

Policies for cloud apps (CASB).

Attack Simulation Training↗

Phishing simulations for users.

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Compliance – Microsoft Purview

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)↗

Data loss prevention policies.

Retention policies↗

Retention policies / data archiving and deletion.

eDiscovery↗

Content search for legal/internal investigations.

Audit log↗

Activity log across M365 (who, what, when).

Microsoft Priva↗

Privacy management.

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Devices – Intune

Devices – overview↗

All managed devices.

Windows Autopilot↗

Device enrollment for automatic setup.

Compliance and configuration policies↗

Compliance policies and configuration profiles – in the left-hand “Devices” menu.

Apps↗

Deploying and managing company apps – in the left-hand “Apps” menu.

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Teams administration

Teams admin center – home↗

Update, meeting, and messaging policies are in the left-hand menu.

Call Quality Dashboard↗

Call and meeting quality across the organization.

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SharePoint and OneDrive

SharePoint admin center↗

Automatically redirects to the right tenant. OneDrive settings are here under Policies.

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Tools, diagnostics, and help

Service health↗

Current and historical Microsoft 365 service outages.

Message center↗

Announcements about changes and news for the tenant.

M365 network connectivity test↗

Measuring and diagnosing the client’s connection to M365.

M365 Apps admin center↗

Update channels and Office app deployment.

Support and Recovery Assistant↗

A tool for diagnosing and fixing Outlook/Office problems.

Request Microsoft support↗

Opening and tracking support tickets.

Domains↗

Managing and verifying the tenant’s domains.

M365 URL and IP address ranges↗

For configuring the client’s firewall/proxy.

Note: These links go straight to a specific page within the given portal and work regardless of which tenant/account the browser is currently signed into – clicking one lets you sign in (or pick an account) right there. Microsoft occasionally changes the internal addresses of individual sub-pages – if a link doesn’t land exactly on target, it will at least open the portal’s home page, where you can find what you’re looking for in the left-hand menu.