Microsoft 365 Lighthouse – What Is It And How To Use It?

Microsoft 365 Lighthouse

First, what is Microsoft 365 Lighthouse? In short, it’s the tool that can help MSPs to easily manage, monitor tenants/users from one centralized location. I just can’t say how many times I really needed a centralized place where I could reset passwords, or monitor risk sign-ins, or monitor what tenant/user has implemented MFA, or monitor if the device is compliant, and more.

Limitations and requirements:

  • You need to be MSP enrolled in the CSP Program
  • You have Delegated Administration privilages with the tenants (customers)
  • Your tenants will need Microsoft 365 Business Premitum license
  • Right now, you can manage up to 500 users.
  • To monitor Device compliance and Threat Management, devices need to be enrolled in Microsoft Intune

Let’s see how we can start the Microsoft Lighthouse portal.

Note:

– Keep in mind that Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is deployed in the partner tenant only – not in the customer portal.
– In order to sign up for Lighthouse you need to be a Global Administrator in the partner tenant.
  1. First, go to https://lighthouse.microsoft.com
  2. You will get the screen to sign up, but before that we need to purchase the license.
  3. In your admin portal, go to Billing > Purchase Services > Other services and type in Lighthouse. See example below.
  4. Click on Details and select Buy. (you just need one, and it’s free)


Once you purchase it, wait for about 2-3 minutes, and go to Your products. You should see Microsoft 365 Lighthouse for Partners Public Preview license. See below.



  1. Now you can go back to https://lighthouse.microsoft.com
  2. Select Agree & Continue to accept partner agreement.

Note:

Right after you sign up and open the Lighthouse portal, you will see Access Restriction. Don’t worry about it, it takes up to 48 hours to get the data in.

Do not worry, the portal should look like this. It could take up to 48 hours to gather information. However, in my case – it took about 12 hours.



This is how it looks like after it’s propagated.

As always, if you have questions or need my help, please reach out.

For details, please check the Microsoft blog page. Click here.

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