Plan Your Office 365 Setup

When you are ready to run the Office 365 setup wizard and move your domain to Office 365, here is the information you must have on hand:

1. List of people you want to add to Office 365. Even if you have already added them to Office 365, if you are updating your domain information, you must enter their names here.
2. How you are going to notify your employees of their Office 365 user ID and password so they can sign in:
   • Are you going to call them with the information?
   • Send it to their personal email address?

3. If you have a domain name for your business (business Name).com and you plan on using Office 365 email, you must know where your domain is registered and have sign-on information, reference Find Your Domain Registrar or DNS Hosting Provider.

• Do you want to move your business to Office 365 all at once? If so, then plan to move your domain to Office 365 right away. Start by running the Office 365 setup wizard; it prompts you to set up your domain.
• Do you want to move to Office 365 gradually? If you want to move to Office 365 in stages, then skip running the Office 365 setup wizard and consider adopting Office 365 features in the following order:
  • Add a user so they can download and install the Office apps.
  • How to Install Office 365 to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on your computer and devices.
  • Install Skype for Business to use for your meetings.
  • Move your content to Office 365 cloud storage (OneDrive or team sites).
  • When you are ready, run the Office 365 setup wizard to move over your domain and email.

Each person in your business can install the Office 2016 suite of apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and so on) on up to 5 PCs and Macs. See the operating system and computer requirements for installing Office 2016 suites for business. Office 365 mobile apps can be installed on iOS, Android, and Windows devices. You can find information about mobile device and browser support in How to Install Office 365.

Do you want to integrate with your on-premises Active Directory? You can integrate your on-premises Active Directory with Office 365 by using Azure AD Express Settings.