Creating a free Microsoft 365 tenant for practice
Before we can start learning how to secure Microsoft 365 we will need a test tenant. A tenant where we can implement whatever you want and test things out before implementing them in production. A place where we can perform hands-on learning in a live environment without affecting production. Fortunately, we can set up a Microsoft 365 tenant for free to try out. You only need a free email address, such as gmail.com, outlook.com, or yahoo.com, and a phone number.
1. Go to Office 365 E5
2. Click Free Trial
![Microsoft 365 E5 Trial](https://i.ibb.co/F07sjQJ/microsoft-365-e5-trial.png)
3. Enter your email address. Click Next.
4. Click Set up account.
5. Fill out the form under Tell us about yourself. Then click Next.
![Tell us about yourself form](https://i.ibb.co/MMLchmz/tell-us-about-yourself.png)
6. Enter your phone number and click Send verification code. Enter the code texted to you.
![Send verification code](https://i.ibb.co/0ngk6BK/send-verification-code.png)
7. Enter a name for your test tenant, for example, gitbittest1. Then click Check Availability. Find an available name. Then click Next.
![How you'll sign in](https://i.ibb.co/xSYVRY1/how-youll-sign-in.png)
8. Then enter a username, and password for your new tenant. Remember them or write them down. Then click Sign up.
![How you'll sign in - enter credentials](https://i.ibb.co/QJXH0Dk/how-youll-sign-in-2.png)
That's it. You now have a Microsoft 365 test tenant.