Microsoft Entra fundamentals documentation

Learn about Microsoft Entra concepts and processes, such as creating a basic environment, adding users, applying licenses, and managing groups.

About Microsoft Entra ID

Overview

• What is Microsoft Entra ID?
• What's new in Microsoft Entra ID

Concept

• Microsoft Entra architecture

Get started

Quickstart

• Access the portal and create a tenant
• Create a group and add members
• Add company branding

Create a Microsoft Entra account

How-To Guide

• Sign up for Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 editions
• Sign up for Microsoft Entra ID as an organization
• Add your custom domain name

Manage groups in Microsoft Entra ID

Concept

• Learn about groups

How-To Guide

• Manage groups and group membership

Add users and assign roles and licenses

How-To Guide

• Create or delete users
• Assign roles to users
• Assign licenses to users

Microsoft Copilot for Security + Microsoft Entra

How-To Guide

• Respond to identity threads using risky user summarization
• Investigate incidents using Microsoft Copilot for Security