Order Microsoft 365 Subscription For New Tenant

This tutorial guides you through the steps to order a Microsoft 365 subscription by creating a new agreement.

When establishing a new agreement with SoftwareOne, you can either establish a new Microsoft account or use an existing one. In this tutorial, you'll be setting up a new Microsoft account.

Video tutorial: How to order Microsoft 365 subscription for a new tenant

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, make sure you have the following:

• A licensee in the active state or permission to create a new licensee if you don't want to use an existing active licensee. Licensee selection is required when setting up a new agreement.

• Your company details, like the company name, registration ID, and address. These details are required for creating a new Microsoft tenant.

• The contact details of the person who will manage your Microsoft account.

Implementation

1

Launch the purchase wizard

In this step, do the following:

1. Sign in to your account and go to the Products page.

2. Select the Microsoft 365 Business, Enterprise & Apps - Commercial product. The details page of your selected product opens.

3. Click Buy now in the upper right. The purchase wizard starts.

2

Create the agreement

The Select agreement step is the first step that is displayed when the purchase wizard starts.

In this step, click Create agreement to begin creating your new agreement. You'll then be directed to the Select licensee step of the wizard.

3

Select licensee

In this step, select a licensee and click Next to continue.

In this tutorial, we'll select an existing licensee. If you wish to add a new licensee, you can do this by clicking Add licensee and following the instructions in Create Licensee.

4

Create a new Microsoft tenant

Select Create new cloud account to create a new organization tenant with Microsoft, and then click Next.

5

Enter your Microsoft account details

In this step, do the following:

1. Enter the tenant name you want to use on the onmicrosoft.com domain. Make sure that the name doesn't include punctuation marks or spaces. To check whether your tenant name is still available, use Access tenant name availability tool.

2. Click Next. The platform validates the details you entered.

3. Fill out the contact form and click Next. You'll need to provide the following details:

   1. Company name.

   2. Company registration ID or tax number.

   3. Company address, including city and zip/postal code.

   4. Contact details of the person who will manage your account.

These fields are enabled only after the platform validates your Microsoft tenant details.

6

Special qualifications

If your organization is a state-owned entity, select the I confirm the Company is a State Owned Entity checkbox. Otherwise, leave it cleared.

A company is classified as state-owned if it is either controlled by the government or performs functions that the government considers its own.

7

Add support contacts

Enter the contact details of your support administrator and choose your preferred support language. Click Next to continue.

8

Select the required items

In this step, do the following:

1. Choose the items you want to order and then click Add items. You can select multiple items. When the items are added, the Select items section is displayed.

2. Review and adjust the license quantity as required.

3. If applicable, read the offer attestation. The offer attestation is only displayed for Windows 365 Business with the Windows Hybrid Benefit.

4. Click Next to continue.

9

Provide reference details

Use this page to enter optional details, like additional IDs or notes related to your purchase, and click Next.

10

Place your order

Review the details of your order. Make sure to read the terms and conditions associated with this purchase, including the privacy statement. By placing the order, you accept all terms.

Click Place order to complete your purchase.

11

View order summary

View your order summary and the latest status message. Click View Order to navigate to the order details page. Otherwise, click Close to close the Summary page.

Next steps

Once you have placed your order, we'll verify the order details, including the Microsoft tenant ID and create your new subscription. If there are issues with your order, the order details page will provide information about the problem and any actions you may need to take.