System Administration
System Administration is the process of managing, troubleshooting, and maintaining the solution. To complete this, system administrators are granted permissions over the solution. The allocation of permissions to administrators should align with the administrator's role within the organisation and the principle of least privileged access. The allocation of permission to the administrator's role is captured within the RBAC policy.
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Administrative portals
To manage and configure the solution, administrators will require access to various administrative portals. These portals are a mixture of server based and web-based portals that exist internally or in the cloud.
Web based administrative portals are provided by Microsoft; however, the URLs for these portals are subject to change. For an up to date complete list of portals required to administer Microsoft see Microsoft security portals and admin centers.
Administrative and security portals required for the Blueprint are listed below.
| Portal | Purpose | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Entra admin centre | Access and administer Microsoft Entra | https://entra.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft 365 admin centre | Configuration for Microsoft 365 services, including role and licence management, and Microsoft 365 service updates | https://admin.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft Purview compliance portal | Access eDiscovery and management of data handling policies | https://compliance.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft Defender portal | Monitor and respond to threat activity, and apply protection and response configuration across the environment | https://security.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft Intune admin centre | Manage and secure organisational devices | https://endpoint.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft 365 Apps admin centre | Create, modify and export Office applications deployment configurations | https://config.office.com |
| Exchange admin centre | Exchange Online management centre to manage organisation email settings | https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com |
| Teams Admin centre | Manage and monitor the organisation Teams environment including features, licences, policies, and issues | https://admin.teams.microsoft.com |
| Power Platform Admin centre | The unified portal to administer Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents | https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com |
| SharePoint Admin centre | Inform, configure, and govern management of all aspects of SharePoint Online across the tenant | https://admin.microsoft.com/sharepoint |
| Defender for Cloud Apps portal | Configure and manage threat detection, session controls, data protections, and Shadow IT detection | https://portal.cloudappsecurity.com |
| Azure Portal | View and manage all aspects of an organisation’s Azure environment | https://portal.azure.com |
| Network Connectivity Test Tool | Enables measurement of the connectivity between a device and Microsoft’s network for troubleshooting and tuning | https://connectivity.office.com/ |
| Microsoft Teams Call Quality Dashboard | Shows organisation wide information for call and meeting quality with relation to Microsoft Teams | https://cqd.teams.microsoft.com |
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