Microsoft Entra ID

Quickstart - Access and create new tenant

In brief

Instructions about how to find Microsoft Entra ID and how to create a new tenant for your organization.

Documentation change

title: Quickstart - Access and create new tenant description: Instructions about how to find Microsoft Entra ID and how to create a new tenant for your organization. ms.topic: quickstart

ms.date: 05/05/2026

ms.date: 06/19/2026 ai-usage: ai-assisted

ms.custom: it-pro, fasttrack-edit, mode-other, sfi-image-nochange ms.collection: M365-identity-device-management #Customer Intent: As an IT admin, I want to create a new Microsoft Entra tenant so that I can set up a directory for my organization or development environment.

  1. On the Basics tab, select the type of tenant you want to create, either Microsoft Entra ID or Microsoft Entra ID (B2C).

Choose Microsoft Entra ID to create a workforce tenant for your organization's users and resources. Choose Microsoft Entra ID (B2C) only if you need an Azure AD B2C tenant. If Microsoft Entra ID is unavailable, review the prerequisites in the previous note, including paid customer requirements, tenant creation settings, and the Tenant Creator role.

  1. Select Next: Configuration to move to the Configuration tab.

  2. On the Configuration tab, enter the following information: