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Summary: Having trouble looking Tenant ID of your Office 365 account? It’s not that hard if you know where to look. This guide will outline the top ways to find Microsoft Tenant ID with and without Admin access. Learn how to locate the ID with the help of Azure directory or simply search with the domain name using PowerShell. Each method offers a practical way to get Tenant ID of your account.
Organizations using services of Microsoft 365 are assigned a unique identifier known as their Tenant ID. It is a unique Global Unique Identifier with alphanumeric values that’s used for identification of new organizations across multiple tenants in Azure. This ID essentially links all the services used by the relevant Office 365 account.
Primarily, Admins and developers require Tenant ID when they deploy third-party application or when they create a new feature like a Group policy for their organization. But finding the Tenant ID can be a little tricky sometimes. Here we’ll give the top 5 methods to find Microsoft Tenant ID.
How to Find Microsoft 365 Tenant ID?
There are four effective ways to find tenant ID in Office 365. These methods are explained in detail below.
Note: Before finding the ID, the user should know the Tenant name also which is available at the Company profile within the drop-down of Technical contact email or from the Office 365 admin center, within the Domains tab.
Method 1. Use Azure to find Office 365 Tenant ID
With the use of Azure Active Directory, users can find out the Office 365 tenant ID and can note it down for future use. This is the primary approach used by organizations to get the tenant ID.
- Log into portal.azure.com with admin credentials.
- Search Entra in the top search bar and go to Microsoft Entra ID.
- Go to Overview page and you’ll find Tenant ID in the Basic Information section.
- Copy the Tenant ID to the clipboard and paste it wherever necessary.
Method 2. Use PowerShell to find Microsoft Tenant ID
Running a command in PowerShell can also help you to get Tenant ID location. Copy the below given command and run it in PowerShell.
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes “Organization.Read.All” Get-MgOrganization | Select-Object Id, DisplayName
Method 3. Find Microsoft Tenant ID using Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Follow the steps below to find M365 Tenant ID with the help of Microsoft 365 Admin Center:
- Log into admin.microsoft.com with Admin credentials.
- Click on Settings > Org settings.
- Now go to Organization profile section and you’ll find your Tenant ID
Method 4. Find Tenant ID in Microsoft Teams
Follow the below simple steps to find Tenant ID in Microsoft Teams.
- Log into your teams account and click on Teams
- Click on three dots besides General channel and select the Get link to channel
- The URL will contain the Tenant ID of the Teams account.
Note: Azure Command Line Interface (CLI) can also be used to find Tenant ID by running this simple command: “az account show –query tenantId”. However, this method can’t find the Tenant ID linked with multiple accounts.
When is it necessary to find Office 365 Tenant ID?
Common scenarios where you might need to find o365 Tenant ID include:
- Deploying a new application.
- Fixing Office 365 authentication issues.
- Setting up new group policies for OneDrive for business.
- Implementing Power BI or running Office 365 tenant to tenant migration.
Conclusion
It’s not as difficult to find Office 365 tenant id as it seems. Having the exact location of Tenant ID can save considerable amount of time when migrating data or configuring third-party solutions. You can easily locate it using the above methods. And if you want to migrate data from one Office 365 tenant to another, you can do it using Kernel Office 365 Migration tool.
Frequently asked questions
A. Tenant ID is a unique alphanumeric ID that’s used by Microsoft to identify a user or an organization in a multi-tenant cloud platform.
A. You can find Microsoft tenant ID on the Microsoft Entra admin page in the Overview section. The tenant ID will be displayed there.
A. Microsoft tenant ID and Primary ID are in fact different from each other. While Tenant ID is used to identify specific user or organization, Primary ID is the default domain that’s added when creating a new user.
A. Same as Tenant ID, you can find Microsoft Primary ID in the Overview section of the Microsoft Entra admin page.
A. Yes, it’s possible to find tenant ID without admin access by simply running the given command with your domain name.
Invoke-RestMethod -UseBasicParsing -Uri “https://odc.officeapps.live.com/odc/v2.1/federationprovider?domain=YOURDOMAIN.com”
