Create a Cloud Azure AD User

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In this guide, we create a Cloud Only standard user account directly in Azure Active Directory.

We then assign an active Enterprise Mobility & Security trial license to this account.

Create a Cloud Azure AD user

We shall create an Azure AD user for enrolment testing purposes only. This account will not be granted administrator access to the Azure portal.

From the home dashboard, select ‘Azure Active Directory’.

From the left menu, select Users.

Select ‘All Users’ and then select the ‘New User’ button.

Select the ‘Create User’ option as we are not inviting a guest user into your organisation.

Under Identity, complete the required information:
**Example**
Username: johndoe@johndoe.onmicrosoft.com or a custom domain
Name: John Doe
First Name: John
Last Name: Doe

Under Password, you are offered the choice to have Azure AD generate a password for you or allow you to set a custom password.

For the purpose of this guide, we will select Auto-generate.

Select the ‘Show Password’ toggle to reveal the password.

Groups and Roles are covered later in this training guide.

Under Settings:

Block Sign In: No
Usage Location: Your locale-specific location

Under Job Info, we have the option to set specific information about the Azure AD account owner. We will skip past this section, however, feel free to experiment here.

Select the ‘Create’ button to finish.

You will see the newly created account populate in the All Users pane.

Select the user account to review its details.

Things to note:
User Principal Name (UPN) should match the information provided during account creation.
User Type is set as Member, and not Guest, because the account is part of your organisation.
Object ID is a unique static attribute number assigned to this account.
Source is set as Azure Active Directory because this account originated in and resides in Azure Active Directory and not On-Premise Active Directory.