This
step by step tutorial shows you how to create a FREE 12 month Microsoft
Endpoint Manager Intune environment as well as how to get a free top
level Internet routable domain name.
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The best way to learn Intune / Endpoint Manager is to actually fire up a tenant and configure one from scratch.
So how do you do this if you don't actually work anywhere with Intune already implemented?
Easy, just follow this step by step / how to / tutorial on creating a FREE Microsoft Endpoint Manager Intune environment.
This tutorial will take you through creating a developer tenant with
Microsoft that comes with 25 E5 licenses. It initially starts with a
three month free subscription, but then it automatically renews giving
you up to 12 months free development tenant.
Note - I usually create a new Chrome profile to make sure the browser doesn't get confused with my existing Microsoft account.
Here is the step by step process to create that - Link
Creating the developer tenant
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program
This link will take you to the Office 365 login portal.
You can most likely
use your existing Microsoft account, but as I have several tenants for
testing, I usually create a new Microsoft account -
Create a new Office 365 email account
Get a new email address with an @outlook.com domain
After creation, you will be prompted to add your first and last name to the Microsoft account
Update details with first name and last name - https://account.microsoft.com/profile
Use Edge - InPrivate if needed
Once you have updated with your first and last name, go back to the Developer portal
Log in again - https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program
Sign in -
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program
Note - I have sometimes had to use Shift-F5 to force the page to load.
Sign up to the program
Complete the fields for the subscription
Enter choices for Products, Technologies, Codes and Languages
Be patient as there is a lot happening in the background.
I have had to do a force refresh here as well to get to the E5 subscription
Setup the E5 Subscription
Add your mobile / cell for MFA -
Respond to the challenges -
You can get the tenant to create sample users if desired.
Select go to subscription
You can now log into your E5 Developer tenant.
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Free internet routable domain name -
Before adding a domain, you can follow the steps below to get a fully
internet routable domain for free which can be used for testing.
I use the free service from Freenom for test domain names -
Create an account with Freenom and sign in - freenom.com -
Select - Services - Register a new domain
Enter the domain name you want -
Note that there are five free top level domains available
- .tk
- .ml
- .ga
- .cf
- .gq
I am registering the domain - intuneadmin.tk
Note - If you leave off the tk, and then select it, it advises the domain is not available.
Use the drop down to select 12 months free.
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Add the domain to the tenant
Log into the Office 365 Admin portal.
Select - Setup - Guided setup -
Ignore Install Office - Select Continue to progress to add the domain -