Office 365 Administration and Troubleshooting (M10997) Course Details:

This course will discuss administering, configuring, troubleshooting, and operating Office 365 services, including its identities, dependencies, requirements, and supporting technologies. This course will arm you with the skills to administer and troubleshoot Office 365 tenant and key services of Office 365, such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Skype for Business. It also covers security and compliance features of Office 365.

NOTE: This course is intended for IT professionals who are or will be required to support an existing enterprise Office 365 deployment.  For those evaluating or deploying a new enterprise Office 365 environment please refer to Enabling and Managing Office 365 (M20347).

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Office 365 services Overview

  • Overview of Office 365 services
  • Office 365 licensing overview
  • Office 365 tenant configuration
  • Office 365 clients

Office 365 administration, tools, and techniques

  • Managing Office 365 with administrative portals
  • Managing Office 365 with Windows PowerShell
  • Managing administrative access in Office 365
  • Troubleshooting administration in Office 365

Administering and troubleshooting directory synchronization and directory objects

  • Directory synchronization and federation overview
  • Azure AD Connect management
  • Managing users and groups objects in Office 365
  • Troubleshooting objects and directory synchronization in Office 365

Administering and troubleshooting directory synchronization and directory objects

  • Overview of directory synchronization and federation overview
  • Azure AD Connect management
  • Managing users and groups objects in Office 365
  • Troubleshooting objects and directory synchronization in Office 365

Administering and troubleshooting Exchange Online

  • Exchange Online management overview
  • Administering Exchange Online recipients
  • Administering client access policies in Exchange Online
  • Troubleshooting Exchange Online

Administering and troubleshooting Skype for Business Online and Teams

  • Skype for Business Online and Teams overview
  • Administering and managing Skype for Business Online and Teams
  • Troubleshooting Skype for Business Online and Teams

Administering and troubleshooting SharePoint Online

  • SharePoint Online management overview
  • Administering SharePoint Online site collections
  • Administering external users in SharePoint Online
  • Configuring OneDrive for Business
  • Troubleshooting SharePoint Online

Planning and deploying Office 365 ProPlus

  • Overview of Office 365 ProPlus
  • Managing user-driven Office 365 ProPlus deployments
  • Troubleshooting Office 365 ProPlus deployments

Administering and troubleshooting compliance and security in Office 365

  • Overview of compliance features in Office 365
  • Administering information protection in Office 365
  • Administering compliance features in Office 365
  • Configuring and administering email security in Office 365
  • Troubleshooting Office 365 compliance and protection

*Please Note: Course Outline is subject to change without notice. Exact course outline will be provided at time of registration.
  • Describe Office 365 services
  • Administer Office 365 by using graphical user interface (GUI) and Windows PowerShell
  • Administer and troubleshoot directory synchronization and directory objects
  • Administer and troubleshoot Exchange Online
  • Administer and troubleshoot Skype for Business Online and Microsoft Teams
  • Administer and troubleshoot SharePoint Online
  • Plan and Deploy Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
  • Administer and troubleshoot compliance and security Office 365

Office 365 services overview

  • Setting up Office 365 lab environment
  • Configuring Office 365 Services

Administering Office 365 

  • Using administrative portals
  • Administering Office 365 with Windows PowerShell
  • Configuring role-based administration
  • Troubleshooting administrative access in Office 365

Administering directory synchronization, users, and groups in Office 365

  • Configuring Azure AD Connect
  • Managing Office 365 users and groups by using the Office 365 admin center
  • Managing Office 365 password policies
  • Troubleshooting synchronization issues with user objects in Office 365

Administering and troubleshooting Exchange Online

  • Configuring and administering Exchange Online recipients
  • Configuring delegated administration
  • Configuring client access policies
  • Troubleshoot Exchange Online

Administering Skype for Business Online and Teams

  • Configuring Skype for Business Online and Teams organization settings
  • Configuring Skype for Business Online and Teams user settings
  • Troubleshooting Skype for Business Online

Configuring and administering SharePoint Online

  • Configuring SharePoint Online settings
  • Creating and configuring a SharePoint site collection
  • Configuring and verifying external user sharing
  • Configuring OneDrive for Business
  • Troubleshooting SharePoint Online

Managing Office 365 ProPlus installations

  • Preparing Office 365 ProPlus installations
  • Managing user-driven Office 365 ProPlus installations
  • Managing centralized Office 365 ProPlus installations
  • Troubleshooting Office 365 ProPlus deployments

Configuring and troubleshooting compliance and security

  • Configuring Rights Management in Office 365
  • Configuring compliance features
  • Configuring email protection
  • Troubleshooting security and compliance

Before attending this course, students must have the following:

  • A minimum of two years of experience administering the Windows Server operating system, including Windows Server 2012 or newer
  • A minimum of one year of experience working with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
  • A minimum of one year of experience working with name resolution, including DNS
  • Experience working with certificates, including public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates
  • Experience working with Windows PowerShell
  • Experience working with Exchange Server 2013 or newer, Lync 2013 Server or Skype for Business 2015 Server, and SharePoint Server 2013 or newer is beneficial but not require

IT professionals and system administrators who want to learn about administration and troubleshooting techniques in Office 365.  These professionals should have at least three years of experience working in their respective fields: ideally in the areas of system administration, network administration, and messaging.

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