Protect your administrative accounts

In this section, we will use Azure AD Premium P2 PIM to protect an administrative account in a quick intro.

Open https://portal.azure.com as [email protected] to start the configuration.

Click All Services and choose the Azure AD Privileged Identity Management.

Now, we need to Consent to PIM to use the service:

Privileged Identity Management - enablement

You will need to verify your identity and provide your preferred security verification option, as you can see in the following screenshot:

Azure MFA onboarding

If you already use the Microsoft Authenticator App on your mobile device, you can also register the mobile app.

Finish the verification process and click Consent—proceed:

Consent to finish the initialization

Next, we sign up under Azure AD Roles, so that users can enable Azure AD roles. Click Sign up PIM for...