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What is Microsoft 365 Lighthouse & How to Access it
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse has strong threat management options
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Updated onFebruary 8, 2024
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With Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, a service manager can service multiple clients/tenants with all their users and devices. It’s great for managing password authentication, security issues, applications, and a lot more.
So, the tool is a standalone web application that helps MSPs (Managed Service Providers) manage multiple Microsoft 365 customer tenants at the same time.
Of course, both MSP and clients need to have Microsoft accounts and subscriptions, but only the MSP needs a Microsoft 365 Lighthouse license to use it.
Before we begin, remember that Azure Lighthouse and Microsoft 365 Lighthouse are separate products.
Azure Lighthouse is built into the Azure portal, and it’s designed for managing Azure clients, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is for managing Microsoft 365 customer tenants.
How do I access Microsoft 365 Lighthouse?
Before starting anything, make sure that you follow the Microsoft 365 Lighthouse requirements to use it:
After you ensure the requirements are met, follow the steps below to access Microsoft 363 Lighthouse.
You don’t need to pay additional costs for each tenant or client. A single license can cover all your customers.
How do I configure Security Settings with Microsoft 365 Lighthouse?
The MFA process is the responsibility of the client, not the MSP. However, you, as an administrator, will see in Lighthouse who did not complete the MFA process and notify the risky users to do so.
As for additional portal security measures, you can set up security configuration baselines, monitor the service health, and create self-service password reset policies.
In the Users menu from the left navigation pane, you have all the user access management options. That includes a situation with users who have failed login attempts, making them Risky users.
You may also find the situation of who activated the multifactor authentication and force a password reset.
In the left navigation pane, there’s also the Devices tab. From there, you will manage all the client’s devices. You can monitor the security status and device compliance with the policies you have set up.
You can assess and manage any possible threats or notify your client about them.
Here, you will also see the overall device health and take action to mitigate the problem immediately. The threat management options are pretty crucial for securing the customer tenant devices.
You should also note that Lighthouse has AI-driven insights and recommendations to help you get new clients and expand your offers.
About Microsoft 365 Lighthouse pricing, the solution is included with Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Microsoft 365 E3 licenses.
Here, we conclude our guide on accessing Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, in which we also included a few tips on security management and other information.
You may also be interested in reading ourarticle on Microsoft 365 vs Office 2021to see which one is better for you.
In case you are a regular Microsoft Office user, you may also want to learn how to installOffice 365 on a Windows computer.
If you have any questions or want to share your experience, please use the comments section below.
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Claudiu Andone
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His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
