How To Get Azure Tenant ID - PowerShell

In many cases you need to know the tenant ID of your Azure AD tenant. It’s easy to obtain this information using PowerShell or the Azure Portal.

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Get Azure Tenant ID With PowerShell

To retrieve your tenant id using PowerShell you simply need to connect to your Azure AD using the Connect-MgGraph commandlet. This commandlet is part of the Microsoft Graph module, so if you don’t have this module installed already, you need to grab it from the PowerShell Gallery:

Install-Module Microsoft.Graph

Warning! The Microsoft Graph module is close to 1 GB!

When the module is installed, you can run the Connect-MgGraph command, which will prompt you for your username, password, and any multifactor authentication you have set up:

Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Domain.Read.All"

Then use the following command to grab the Azure Tenant ID:

(Get-MgDomain | Where-Object {$_.isDefault}).Id

If you want to dive more into the tenant information, use the Get-MgOrganization commandlet:

Get-MgOrganization | fl

This command returns a JSON document and the easiest way to handle this output is by inserting it into a variable.

An example of this is shown in the below output:

PS C:\> Get-MgOrganization | fl DisplayName,CountryLetterCode,CreatedDateTime,OnPremisesSyncEnabled,OnPremisesLastSyncDateTime,AssignedPlans


DisplayName                : Skrubbeltrang & Platz ApS
CountryLetterCode          : DK
CreatedDateTime            : 9/29/2022 2:11:44 PM
OnPremisesSyncEnabled      : True
OnPremisesLastSyncDateTime : 4/13/2023 11:23:43 AM
AssignedPlans              : {882e1d05-acd1-4ccb-8708-6ee03664b117, eec0eb4f-6444...}

Edit: As noted by Matthew Prentice, enterprise specialist with All Covered, to grab the tenant ID programmatically, use the Id property of the output from the Get-MgOrganization command:

PS C:\> (Get-MgOrganization).Id
8a35f394-855d-4d13-9f6f-86d8eb24dc6b

Get Azure Tenant ID With Azure Portal

To retrieve the tenant ID from the Azure Portal start by logging in.

Then search for and open the Azure AD Service:

In the Azure AD the tenant ID is visible in the tenant information box:

How to Simplify Hybrid Office 365 Management

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AD Users & Computers to manage on-premises identities.
On-premises Exchange to manage on-premises email configuration.
Exchange Online Admin Center to manage Office 365 mailboxes.
Microsoft Admin Center to manage Office 365 users, licenses, and shared mailbox sent-to-items configuration.
Azure Portal to view and manage detailed Office 365 user properties.
Exchange Online PowerShell to configure calendar permissions, auto-reply scheduling, and Outlook auto-mapping.
Azure AD Connect PowerShell to trigger AD to Office 365 synchronizations.

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