Adding a Guest User in Azure AD & Assigning Users in Sparkrock 365

About this document: This document provides the step-by step guide to add a guest user and then how to assign user licenses to your team.

To add a guest user:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal as an Azure AD administrator.
2. In the left pane, select Azure Active Directory.
3. Under Manage, select Users.

 

4. Select New guest user.

 

5. On the New user page, select Invite user and then add the guest user's information.
   • Name. The first and last name of the guest user.
   • Email address (required). The email address of the guest user.
   • Personal message (optional) Include a personal welcome message to the guest user.
   • Groups: You can add the guest user to one or more existing groups, or you can do it later.
   • Directory role: If you require Azure AD administrative permissions for the user, you can add them to an Azure AD role.
6. Setting a Usage Location for the user can be required to be able to assign licenses to them.
7. Select Invite to automatically send the invitation to the guest user. A notification appears in the upper right with the message Successfully invited user.
8. After you send the invitation, the user account is automatically added to the directory as a guest.

 

To assign a license to a user

1. Sign in to the Azure portal as an Azure AD administrator.
2. In the left pane, select Azure Active Directory.
3. Under Manage, select Licenses.
4. On the Products page, select Business Central External Accountant if the user is a Sparkrock consultant, or Business Central Essentials for an internal full user.
5. After you select the license plan, select Assign.

 

6. On the Assign page, select Users and groups, and then search for and select the user you're assigning the license.

 

7. Select Assignment options, make sure you have all license options turned on, and then select OK.

Note
Not all Microsoft services are available in all locations. Before a license can be assigned to a user, you must specify the Usage location. You can set this value in the Azure Active Directory > Users > Profile > Settings area in Azure AD. Any user whose usage location is not specified inherits the location of the Azure AD organization.

8. Select Assign.