The document outlines ten essential steps to optimize an Office 365 development or demo tenant, including signing up for a tenant, enabling multi-factor authentication, and adding demo users. It provides practical instructions for creating an app catalog, deploying demo data, and installing necessary tools like PnP PowerShell. Each step includes relevant links and resources for further guidance.

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@stephanbisser
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD
DO WITH YOUR O365
DEMO/DEV TENANT
THOMAS GOELLES

2. ABOUT US
THOMAS GÖLLES
MICROSOFT MVP (O365)
SOLVION
https://thomy.tech
@thomyg
Head of Modern Workplace Solutions
Graz, Austria
STEPHAN BISSER
MICROSOFT MVP (AI)
SOLVION
https://bisser.io
@stephanbisser
Technical Lead
Graz, Austria

4. The list
• 1 Sign up for a development or demo tenant
• 2 Choose English as your tenant language
• 3 Enable multi-factorauthentication (MFA) for your
admin user
• 4 Create an App Catalog and set everyone to “Targeted
release for everyone”
• 5 Add your user as an admin to the Managed
Metadata Service
• 6 Add test or demo users via script
• 7 Add email forwarding to your user’s main work
address
• 8 Use the SharePointOnline Provisioning Service to
deploy demo data
• 9 Install PnP PowerShell on your machine
• 10 Create an org-wide Teams team for your users

5. 01 Sign up for a development or
demo tenant

6. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev-program

7. https://aka.ms/e5trial

8. https://aka.ms/cdx

9. 02 Choose English as your
tenant language

11. Add “test4” or
another prefix to
your domain
Select an
English-speaking
country

12. 03 Enable multi-factor
authentication (MFA) for your
admin user

13. Protect at the front door
Conditions
Allow access
Or
Block access
Actions
Enforce MFA
per user/per
app
Location
Device state
User/Application
MFA
Risk
User

14. Add MFA in Azure Portal

15. Add MFA in Office365 admin portal

16. What is Azure Multi-Factor Authentication?
Azure AD Premium feature: Multi-factor authentication

17. Mobile apps Phone calls Text messages
How it works
• Push Notification
• One-Time Passcode
(OTP) Token
• Phone Calls • Text Message

18. MFA Configuration
• Newer dev tenants get E5 licenses
• Add additional user information (SMS, email)
• Use the Microsoft Authenticator app on your phone
• Follow the guide at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/security-
and-compliance/set-up-multi-factor-authentication?view=o365-worldwide

19. 04 Create an app catalog and set
everyone to “Targeted release
to everyone”

20. Create app catalog
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/use-app-catalog
Takes 15 to 20
minutes!

21. Set release preferences
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/manage/release-options-in-office-365?view=o365-
worldwide#set-up-the-release-option-in-the-microsoft-365-admin-center

22. 05 Add your user as an admin to
the Managed Metadata Service

23. Configure Managed Metadata Service

24. Configure Managed Metadata Service

25. 06 Add test or demo users via
script

26. Script to add users

27. DEMO 01
TENANT SETTINGS ADD USERS THROUGH
PS
ENABLE MFA

28. Needed PowerShell Details
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/powershell/connect-to-
office-365-powershell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT-G2V8E1Zc Video details on adding users
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/msonline/new-
msoluser?view=azureadps-1.0 Details on New-Msoluser Cmdlet
Install the Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph module and the
Microsoft Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell module.

29. 07 Add email forwarding to your
user’s main work address

30. Don’t let them miss important messages

31. We are using MFA so we need something
special
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell/mfa-
connect-to-exchange-online-powershell?view=exchange-ps
https://cann0nf0dder.wordpress.com/2019/04/14/unable-to-download-the-exchange-online-powershell-module-
deployment-and-application-do-not-have-matching-security-zones/

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@stephanbisser
DEMO 02
Add users SMTP settings

33. 08 Use the SharePoint Online
Provisioning Service to deploy
demo data

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@stephanbisser
DEMO 03
Create Demo portal

36. SharePoint Online Provisioning Service

37. SharePoint Look book

38. Look book v2

39. 09 Install PnP PowerShell on
your machine

40. SharePoint PnP PowerShell
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sharepoint/sharepoint-pnp/sharepoint-pnp-cmdlets?view=sharepoint-ps

41. A ton of cmdlets ready …
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-pnp/?view=sharepoint-ps

42. PnP PowerShell examples online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrvrsESAQF0

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@stephanbisser
DEMO 04
Upload images with PnP Powerhsell

44. 10 Create an org-wide Microsoft
Teams team for your users

45. Create a new Org-wide Team

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@stephanbisser
DEMO 05
Create org-wide Team

47. • 1 Sign up for a development or demo tenant
• 2 Choose English as your tenant language
• 3 Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your admin user
• 4 Create an App Catalog and set everyone to “Targeted release for everyone”
• 5 Add your user as an admin to the Managed Metadata Service
• 6 Add test or demo users via script
• 7 Add email forwarding to your user’s main work address
• 8 Use the SharePoint Online Provisioning Service to deploy demo data
• 9 Install PnP PowerShell on your machine
• 10 Create an org-wide Teams team for your users
RECAP

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THANK YOU!