- Author John Gruber
- Published August 22, 2022
- Word count 1,239
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Microsoft 365 management is broken down into multiple admin centers. An admin center is a website used to manage part of the tenant. For example, there’s an Exchange Online admin center that can help you manage the email portion of your Microsoft 365 tenant. Another SharePoint Online admin center to help manage the SharePoint Online part of your tenant.
Here’s a list of all the Microsoft 365 admin centers you may need.
Microsoft 365 admin center
This is the primary admin center. You can access it by clicking the admin button from portal.office.com in the left pane.
Microsoft 365 admin center button
You can access the admin center directly by going to https://admin.microsoft.com/. From the Microsoft 365 admin center, you can create users, and groups, assign licenses, contact Microsoft support, update domain names, view the service health, or access the other admin centers.
From the Microsoft 365 admin center, you can access the other admin centers. To access the other admin centers, perform the following:
Click Show all in the left pane.
Click All admin centers
Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) admin center
Azure ATP Icon
The Azure ATP admin center can be accessed by going to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=848894 and logging in with your admin credentials.
The Cloud App Security admin center is replacing the Azure ATP admin center, but it’s still listed so we’ll review it. The Azure ATP admin center is designed for hybrid environments where part of your organization is hosted in on-premises servers and part of your environment is hosted in Microsoft 365. Azure ATP collects, analyzes, detects, and alerts you to suspicious activity in your on-premises Active Directory environment. The Azure ATP admin center is where you can perform the following:
View all suspicious activity
Protect user credentials stored in Active Directory (AD)
Supply a timeline for clear incident information
Azure Active Directory (AD) admin center
Azure AD Icon
The Azure Active Directory (AD) admin center can be accessed by going to https://aad.portal.azure.com/. Azure AD is the cloud version of your on-premise AD. It’s like on-premise AD on steroids. It’s where you can perform the following:
Manage identity including users and groups.
Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Configure self-service password reset
Edit company branding
View user sign-ins
Configure conditional access policies
Cloud App Security admin center
Cloud App Security Icon
The cloud app security admin center can be accessed by going to https://portal.cloudappsecurity.com. From the cloud app security admin center, you can manage unsanctioned cloud applications. From the Cloud App security admin center you can perform the following:
Discover unauthorized cloud applications being used within your organization
Connect and manage authorized apps
Configure policies to manage risk
View and manage alerts
Compliance admin center
Compliance admin center icon
The compliance admin center can be accessed by going to https://compliance.microsoft.com/homepage. The compliance admin center is where you can manage the compliance of your tenant. You can classify data, set retention policies, and recover data. From the compliance admin center you can perform the following:
Create sensitivity and retention labels to retain data for as long as needed.
Review intelligent reports to view where labels are being used.
Review a detailed view of the classification trends across your tenant.
Endpoint Manager admin center
Endpoint manager compliance admin center icon
The Endpoint manager admin center can be accessed by going to https://endpoint.microsoft.com/?ref=AdminCenter#home. The Endpoint manager admin center is where you can manage the end-user devices. It’s where you can perform the following:
Enroll and configure devices
Distribute apps to your devices
Monitor and set compliance requirements on devices
Exchange admin center
Exchange admin center icon
The Exchange admin center can be accessed by going to https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/. The Exchange admin center is where you manage email and everything about email. It’s where you can perform the following:
Manage user mailboxes
Create and manage shared/resource mailboxes
Create mail flow rules
Perform message traces
Power Platform admin center
Power Automate admin center icon
The Power Platform admin center can be accessed by going to https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/. The Power Platform admin center is where you can manage the automation of repetitive tasks. From the Power Platform admin center you can perform the following:
Review Power Automate analytics
Review Power Apps analytics
Create integrations between on-premise, Power BI, Microsoft Flow, and PowerApps.
Manage Dynamics 365 apps
Microsoft 365 Apps admin center
Microsoft 365 Apps Office configuration icon
The Microsoft 365 Apps admin center can be accessed by going to https://config.office.com/officeSettings. The Microsoft 365 Apps admin center can be used to deploy settings and configurations to users that install the Office suite on their computers. Traditionally, the configuration found in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center would have been performed via group policy
Deploy Office customization policies
Receive and implement security policy recommendations
Create an Office Customization to deploy Office with specific configurations
Microsoft Stream admin center
The Microsoft Stream admin center can be accessed by going to https://web.microsoftstream.com/admin. From the Stream admin center, you can configure options for Microsoft Stream. For example, you can limit who can host live events. There are a ton of options in the admin center. Some of which are:
Set Stream admins
Manage content on behalf of users
Configure live events, comments, and restrict organization-wide channel creation
Power BI admin center
Power BI admin center icon
The Power BI admin center can be accessed by going to https://app.powerbi.com/admin-portal. The Power BI admin center is used to manage Power BI. From it, you can view usage metrics, and control how users interact with Power BI. From the Power BI admin center you can perform the following:
Configure tenant settings
Review usage metrics
Configure sensitivity labels
Enable Cloud App Security integration
Security admin center
Security center admin center
The Security admin center can be accessed by going to https://protection.office.com/. The Security admin center is used to get visibility, investigate, and manage the security of your Microsoft 365 tenant. From it you can perform the following:
Manage and view alerts
Launch simulation attacks
Investigate threats
Configure anti-phishing, anti-spam, attachment, and link policies
SharePoint admin center
SharePoint admin center
The SharePoint admin center can be accessed by going to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Show all > All admin centers > SharePoint. From the SharePoint admin center, you can manage SharePoint sites and OneDrive sites. You can perform the following:
Create and manage SharePoint sites
Configure sharing and access control
Manage tenant-wide settings
Migrate data to SharePoint
Microsoft Teams admin center
Microsoft Teams admin center icon
The Teams admin center can be accessed by going to https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/. From the Microsoft Teams admin center, you can manage Microsoft Teams. From it, you can configure messaging, conferencing, and external communication options. You can perform the following:
Review relevant information about your Teams deployment
View and manage Teams users
Manage your Teams
Configure organization-wide settings
Yammer admin center
Yammer admin center icon
The Yammer admin center can be accessed by going to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Show all > All admin centers > Yammer. From the Yammer admin center, you can manage your Yammer network, for example, you can set usage policies and control external network settings. You can also perform the following:
Configure Yammer tenant-wide settings
Manage Yammer admins
Configure usage policy
Manage external network access
Monitor keywords
Configure security settings
