I created a new, personal (not associated with a company or school) account on portal.azure.com
- I ended up having to run through the signup process twice to get Azure Active Directory to load in the portal.
- After the first time through I kept getting a
No access
error - The second time through running through Azure setup, I was prompted for a credit card (but it is still explicitly not billing me)
- After the first time through I kept getting a
Opened the Azure Active Directory service inside the Azure Portal
Clicked Manage Tenants
Clicked Create and created a Tenant with the following options:
- Basics
- Select a tenant type:
Azure Active Directory
- Select a tenant type:
- Configuration
- Organization name:
Demo AD
- Initial domain name:
ryankenneymildemo
(which translates toryankenneymildemo.onmicrosoft.com
) - Country/Region:
United States
- Organization name:
Activated the Tenant:
- Clicked on my name in the top-right corner, then Switch directory, then the Switch button next to
Demo AD