Exporting users
Exporting user data in Microsoft 365 can be essential for audits, compliance, reporting, or management purposes. This process allows you to generate and download reports that detail user activities, licensing, and other attributes.
Getting ready
Ensure you have administrative privileges to access the Microsoft 365 admin center with an assigned role such as Global Administrator, Global Reader, or Reports Reader in order to perform these actions.
How to do it…
- Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center at https://admin.microsoft.com and go to the Reports | Usage section. Note that this might be under Show all if you don’t see it immediately. This area provides a variety of reports related to user activities and service usage, as seen in Figure 2.18.
Figure 2.18 – Usage reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center
- Choose the specific report you are interested in, such as the Active users report, by...
