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Creating Microsoft 365 accounts for existing AD users

Creating Microsoft 365 mailboxes for the existing Active Directory users is fairly routine, but a lengthy process. With ADManager Plus, you can individually or bulk provision Microsoft 365 accounts for users already present in your Active Directory (AD), with purely GUI-based actions.

This flexible user provisioning allows you to:

  • Create Microsoft 365 accounts for existing AD users.
  • Create user accounts in AD, Microsoft 365, and more simultaneously. Learn more.

Provisioning multiple AD users in Microsoft 365 is a breeze with ADManager Plus. Just import a CSV file to specify the AD users, and the tool sends those users' required attributes to Azure Active Directory-based Microsoft 365 to create their Microsoft 365 accounts. Download a 30-day free trial of the product to try out the features for yourself.

Assign licenses while creating users in Microsoft 365

ADManager Plus also lets you assign Microsoft 365 licenses while you create user accounts in Microsoft 365, as shown in Figure 1.

Add Microsoft 365 users to channels and teams and assign policies in Microsoft Teams during provisioning

With ADManager Plus' Microsoft 365 license management features, you can assign Microsoft 365 licenses at a later date as well.

Add Microsoft 365 users to channels and teams and assign policies in Microsoft Teams during provisioning

In addition to multi-platform user provisioning, ADManager Plus also allows you to add Microsoft 365 users to various channels or teams, and link policy packages to them. You can create custom user provisioning templates for this, or add the users to Microsoft 365 teams and channels in bulk using the CSV import feature.

Multiple options to specify users easily

You can specify and select the user accounts that you wish to perform these actions on in two ways:

  • In the given list of all AD users, you can easily select the users for whom Microsoft 365 accounts are to be created. You can quickly locate a user in the list by using the search option to enter their name or the name of their OU.
  • Alternatively, you can use the CSV import option to specify users via a CSV file containing the desired users's object IDs, user principal names, distinguished names, or SAM account names.
Microsoft 365 user account creation for AD users using ADManager Plus

Besides Microsoft 365, ADManager Plus offers management features for Active Directory, Exchange Server, Google Workspace, and Skype for Business (Lync). The features specific to Microsoft 365 include bulk license management (assigning, replacing, or revoking licenses), predefined reports (inactive users, licensed users, security groups, etc.), and user provisioning. Download a free trial of ADManager Plus to try all of its features first hand.

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Other features

Microsoft 365 User Reports  

Generate detailed reports related to your Microsoft 365 users with ADManager Plus' out-of-the-box Microsoft 365 user reports. You can also schedule reports to run periodically.

Microsoft 365 Management  

Manage your Microsoft 365 users, licenses, contacts, groups, and a lot more with simple point-and-click mouse actions. Make your Microsoft 365 management simple and effortless!

Microsoft 365 Automation  

Choose from pre-built actions and automate the most common Microsoft 365 operations, such as user provisioning, license management, photo management, and so on with ADManager Plus!

Microsoft 365 License Management  

Instantly add, replace, and remove Microsoft 365 licenses to ensure optimal license management across your organization with ADManager Plus' Microsoft 365 License Management feature!

Microsoft 365 Shared Mailbox Management  

Bulk create, modify, and delegate the management of Microsoft 365 shared mailboxes without any PowerShell scripts. Managing your shared mailboxes has never been easier!

Microsoft 365 Group Reports  

An extensive catalog consisting of every Microsoft 365 group report that you are likely to ever need, bundled as a feature! You can also schedule reports to run periodically.

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