Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Create Tenant

26 August 2026Doc update+3 / −6 lines

In brief

The article now states that a governance relationship and related resources are established only when the home tenant has a default governance policy template.

What Entra admins need to know

Administrators should check for a default governance policy template when setting expectations for tenant creation and governance provisioning.

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author: tafra00 ms.author: tazkiaafra ms.topic: how-to ms.date: ~~07/29/~~08/26/2026 ai-usage: ai-assisted ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1018 #customer intent: As an IT administrator, I want to create a governed workforce tenant so that my organization can manage it through a governance relationship. When you create a tenant using the Governed Workforce option in the Microsoft Entra admin center, the secure add-on tenant creation flow automatically:

Creates the new workforce tenant
Establishes a governance relationship between your home tenant and the new tenant ~~based on~~if your home tenant has a default governance policy template
Provisions a Microsoft Entra ID Free billing asset under your selected Azure subscription and resource group

~~This article doesn't cover creating an external tenant configuration for consumer-facing apps. For customer identity and access management scenarios, see Microsoft Entra External ID for customers.~~

This article doesn't cover creating an external tenant configuration for consumer-facing apps. For customer identity and access management scenarios, see Microsoft Entra External ID for customers.

Prerequisites

Before you create a governed workforce tenant, review the following requirements:

After the system creates the tenant:

AIf your home tenant has a default governance policy template, a governance relationship forms between your home tenant and the new ~~tenant, using the default governance policy template.~~
tenant. The ~~policy~~ template provisions ~~resources~~resources, including cross-tenant access settings, granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) assignments, and service principals.
A Microsoft Entra ID Free billing asset appears in your Azure subscription under the resource group you selected.
The new tenant appears in your related tenants inventory.

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Learn how to securely create a governed Microsoft Entra workforce t author: tafra00 ms.author: tazkiaafra ms.topic: how-to-ms.date: 07/29/2026+ms.date: 08/26/2026 ai-usage: ai-assisted ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1018 #customer intent: As an IT administrator, I want to create a governed workforce tenant so that my organization can manage it through a governance relationship.@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ This article is for IT administrators who need to create an add-on tenant that i When you create a tenant using the **Governed Workforce** option in the Microsoft Entra admin center, the secure add-on tenant creation flow automatically:  - Creates the new workforce tenant-- Establishes a [governance relationship](governance-relationships.md) between your home tenant and the new tenant based on your [governance policy template](governance-policy-templates.md)+- Establishes a [governance relationship](governance-relationships.md) between your home tenant and the new tenant if your home tenant has a default [governance policy template](governance-policy-templates.md) - Provisions a [Microsoft Entra ID Free billing asset](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/microsoft-entra-id-free) under your selected Azure subscription and resource group  This article doesn't cover creating an external tenant configuration for consumer-facing apps. For customer identity and access management scenarios, see [Microsoft Entra External ID for customers](~/external-id/customers/overview-customers-ciam.md). -This article doesn't cover creating an external tenant configuration for consumer-facing apps. For customer identity and access management scenarios, see [Microsoft Entra External ID for customers](~/external-id/customers/overview-customers-ciam.md).- ## Prerequisites  Before you create a governed workforce tenant, review the following requirements:@@ -43,8 +41,7 @@ For step-by-step instructions on creating a governed workforce tenant, see the *  After the system creates the tenant: -1. A governance relationship forms between your home tenant and the new tenant, using the [default governance policy template](governance-policy-templates.md).-1. The policy template provisions resources including cross-tenant access settings, granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) assignments, and service principals.+1. If your home tenant has a [default governance policy template](governance-policy-templates.md), a governance relationship forms between your home tenant and the new tenant. The template provisions resources, including cross-tenant access settings, granular delegated admin privileges (GDAP) assignments, and service principals. 1. A [Microsoft Entra ID Free billing asset](/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/microsoft-entra-id-free) appears in your Azure subscription under the resource group you selected. 1. The new tenant appears in your [related tenants](related-tenants.md) inventory.