What should you do?

Contoso, Ltd. has an on-premises SharePoint environment. The company plans to deploy SharePoint Online.
You must use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS). The global administrator account must be able to access the Office 365 tenant even if AD FS is unavailable.
You need to set up the global administrator account.
What should you do?

• A. In the Office 365 admin center, create a user named [email protected]
• B. In the Office 365 admin center, create a user named [email protected]
• C. In Active Directory Domain Services Users and Computers, create a user named [email protected]
• D. In Active Directory Domain Services Users and Computers, create a user named [email protected]

Answer: Option A.

Explanation: 

One of the first steps is to create SPO administrative account. You should always plan to create this account as Cloud ID, E.g. [email protected] Having this as Cloud ID, it allows you to access your tenant even if On-Premises ADFS environment is unavailable. You can provision new Cloud Account from the Office 365 Administration site.
References: https://nikpatel.net/2014/06/03/best-practices-for-configuring-sharepoint-online-tenant-part-ii-configuring-sharepoint-administrative-accounts-for- sharepoint-online/

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