Signing in to the admin console
The admin console uses your normal Microsoft work account, plus one extra step.
Open the admin console →Who can get in
Only people your company has authorized as admins. Your company's contact person is the first admin by default; they can grant admin access to teammates from the portal's Admin section.
What signing in looks like
- Choose Sign in with Microsoft and sign in with your normal work account.
- Enter a six-digit code from an authenticator app. The first time, you'll scan a QR code to set this up; after that, you'll enter the current code from your app every time you sign in.
This second step happens on every sign-in, even if your company already requires Microsoft multi-factor authentication — it's a separate check specific to the admin console.
Signing out also signs you out of Microsoft in that browser.