Set up an Office 365 Trial

An Office 365 tutorial by Peter Kalmström

1. In a web browser, type the web address https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/compare-office-365-plans in the address bar. You will now be directed to the Compare plans page.
2. Click on the 'Try for free' button under the 'Office 365 Enterprise E5' option.
3. 5. Enter your work or school email address. This is to check if you need to create a new account for Office 365. If you already have an account, you will be offered to either sign in or create another account.
4. Fill out your name, phone number and company name. Select how many employees your company has. This does not affect what features you will have access to, because that was decided when you selected your subscription plan.
Select your country.
5. Now Microsoft want to verify your identity. Choose if you want an automatic call or a text message.
6. Enter the verification code you receive in the call or message.
7. Enter a user name. Note that this name cannot be changed later. You can create new users, but they will all have the domain you decide on here, unless you create another account with a new domain, of course.
8. Enter a password and  check or uncheck boxes to decide if and how you want to be contacted by Microsoft.
9. Now the trial account is created. It may take 15 minutes before SharePoint is set up, but even if all services are not set up yet, you can install the Office desktop apps or add users to the new tenant.