This document provides instructions for enabling security defaults in Microsoft 365, which involves navigating to the Azure Active Directory admin center website and selecting "Yes" to enable security defaults, then clicking "Save". The instructions guide the user through signing in to their global administrator account, expanding the left navigation menu, opening the Azure AD admin center, clicking properties, and then managing security defaults.

1. Enable Security Defaults
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1. Open the browser and navigate
to https://admin.microsoft.com
2. Enter your global administrator
username
3. Click Next
Enable Security Defaults

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4. Enter your password
5. Click Sign in
Enable Security Defaults

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6. Click Show all to expand left hand
navigation
Enable Security Defaults

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7. Click Azure Active Directory to
open the Azure AD admin center
Enable Security Defaults

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8. Notice the admin center opens in
a new tab
9. Click Azure Active Directory
Enable Security Defaults

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10. Click Properties
Enable Security Defaults

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11. Click Manage Security defaults
Enable Security Defaults

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12. Select Yes to enable security
defaults
13. Click Save
Enable Security Defaults