Creating an AAD user through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
As an Office 365 administrator, open https://portal.office.com/Adminportal/and you’ll have access to the Admin Center:
Note: If you can’t see the admin center icon above, try selecting ‘All apps’ and look through the list. If it’s still not there check your Microsoft 365 user permissions with an administrator.
With the Microsoft 365 admin center open we can create a new user:
Fill in the basic user information:
After selecting Next, assign the Business Central license to the user (and any other licenses required):
Optionally add additional user rights, then finish:
With the Microsoft 365 user created, we can now add the user to Business Central.
Add User in Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud
Once the user has an Azure Active Directory account with a Business Central licence assigned, we can add the user to Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud via the Users page:
Find the Users page via the search function (Alt+Q):
Open the Process menu:
Click Get New Users from Office 365:
Business Central will now query active directory and add any new users it finds with a Business Central licence assigned.