{"id":4470,"date":"2016-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/create-an-office-365-dev-test-environment-in-azure"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:07:45","slug":"create-an-office-365-dev-test-environment-in-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/create-an-office-365-dev-test-environment-in-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"Create an Office 365 dev\/test environment in Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/library\/mt750650.aspx\">Office 365 dev\/test environment in Azure<\/a>, you can follow step-by-step instructions to configure a simplified intranet in Azure infrastructure services, an Office 365 Enterprise E5 subscription, and directory synchronization for Azure Active Directory (AD). 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