This is a five-day instructor-led training (ILT) course that targets the needs of IT professionals who take part in evaluating, planning, deploying, and operating Microsoft Office 365 services, including its identities, dependencies, requirements, and supporting technologies. This course focuses on skills required to set up an Office 365 tenant, including federation with existing user identities, and skills required to sustain an Office 365 tenant and its users.
This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for planning, configuring, and managing an Office 365 environment. Students who attend this course are expected to have a fairly broad understanding of several on-premises technologies such as Domain Name System (DNS) and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). In addition, they should have a general understanding of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Lync Server or Skype for Business Server, and Microsoft SharePoint Server.
By actively participating in this course, you will learn about the following:
Plan an Office 365 deployment, configure the Office 365 tenant, and plan a pilot deployment.
Manage Office 365 users, groups, and licenses, and configure delegated administration.
Plan and configure client connectivity to Office 365.
Plan and configure directory synchronization between Microsoft Azure AD and on-premises AD DS.
Plan and implement the Office 365 ProPlus deployment.
Plan and manage Microsoft Exchange Online recipients and permissions.
Plan and configure Exchange Online services.
Plan and configure Microsoft Teams
Plan and configure Microsoft SharePoint Online.
Plan and configure an Office 365 collaboration solutions.
Plan and configure the integration between Office 365 and Microsoft Azure Information Protection.
Monitor and review Office 365 services and troubleshoot Office 365 issues.
Plan and implement identity federation between on-premises AD DS and Azure AD.
Before attending this course, students must have:
A minimum of two years of experience administering the Windows Server operating system, including Windows Server 2012 or later.
A minimum of one year of experience working with 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 later, Lync Server 2013 or Skype for Business Server 2015, and SharePoint Server 2013 or later is beneficial, but not required.
Module 1: Planning and Provisioning Office 365
This module reviews the features of Office 365 and identifies recent improvements to the service and describes the process of provisioning an Office 365 tenant. This module also identifies the challenges in deploying Office 365 and the benefits of the Microsoft FastTrack for Office 365 approach, as compared to the traditional plan, prepare, and migrate deployment process.
Lessons
Overview of Office 365
Provisioning an Office 365 tenant
Planning a pilot deployment
Lab: Provisioning Office 365
Configuring an Office 365 tenant
Configuring a custom domain
Exploring the Office 365 administrator interfaces
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the features and benefits of Office 365
Provision new tenant accounts
Plan a pilot deployment of Office 365
Module 2: Managing Office 365 Users and Groups
This module explains how to manage users, groups, and licenses, and configure administrative access by using the Office 365 console and the Windows PowerShell command-line interface. This module also explains how to manage user passwords and configure multi-factor authentication.
Lessons
Managing user accounts and licenses
Managing passwords and authentication
Managing security groups in Office 365
Managing Office 365 users and groups with Windows PowerShell
Configuring administrative access
Lab: Managing Office 365 users and passwords
Managing Office 365 users and licenses by using the Microsoft 365 admin centre
Managing Office 365 password policies
Lab: Managing Office 365 groups and administration
Managing Office 365 groups
Managing Office 365 users and groups by using Windows PowerShell
Configuring service administrators
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Manage user accounts and licenses by using the Microsoft 365 admin centre
Manage passwords and authentication
Manage security and distribution groups by using the Microsoft 365 admin centre
Manage Office 365 users and groups by using Windows PowerShell
Configure administrative access
Module 3: Configuring client connectivity to Microsoft Office 365
This module covers the different types of client software that you can use to connect to Office 365. It also explains the infrastructure requirements that the clients need to connect to Office 365, in addition to how to configure different types of Office 365 clients.
Lessons
Planning for Office 365 clients
Planning connectivity for Office 365 clients
Configuring connectivity for Office 365 clients
Lab: Configuring client connectivity to Office 365
Configuring DNS records for Office 365 clients
Running the Office 365 connectivity analyser tools
Connecting Office apps
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan for the deployment of Office 365 clients
Plan for, and troubleshoot, connectivity for Office 365 clients
Configure connectivity for Office 365 clients
Module 4: Planning and Configuring Directory Synchronization
This module explains how to plan, prepare, and implement directory synchronization as a methodology for user and group management in an Office 365 deployment. It explains how to prepare an on-premises environment and install and configure directory synchronization. It also explains how to manage Office 365 identities after you enable directory synchronization.
Lessons
Planning and preparing for directory synchronization
Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
Managing Office 365 identities with directory synchronization
Lab: Configuring directory synchronization
Preparing for directory synchronization
Configuring directory synchronization
Managing Active Directory users and groups
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan and prepare for directory synchronization
Implement directory synchronization by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect (AD Connect)
Manage Office 365 identities with directory synchronization
Module 5: Planning and Deploying Office 365 ProPlus
This module explains how to plan for a client deployment and ensure that users receive the tools that they need to interact with Office 365 effectively. It also explains the planning process, how to make Office 365 ProPlus directly available to end users, and how to deploy it as a managed package. Finally, it describes how to set up Office telemetry so that administrators can track how users are interacting with Microsoft Office.
Lessons
Overview of Office 365 ProPlus
Planning and managing user-driven Office 365 ProPlus deployments
Planning and managing centralized deployments of Office 365 ProPlus
Office Telemetry and reporting
Lab: Managing Office 365 ProPlus installations
Preparing an Office 365 ProPlus managed installation
Managing user-driven Office 365 ProPlus installations
Managing centralized Office 365 ProPlus installations
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe Office 365 ProPlus
Plan and manage user-driven Office 365 ProPlus deployments
Plan and manage centralized deployments for Office 365 ProPlus
Describe Office Telemetry and reporting
Module 6: Planning and Managing Exchange Online Recipients and Permissions
This module describes Exchange Online, and explains how to create and manage recipient objects, and how to manage and delegate Exchange security.
Lessons
Overview of Exchange Online
Managing Exchange Online recipients
Planning and configuring Exchange Online permissions
Lab: Managing Exchange Online recipients and permissions
Configuring Exchange Online recipients
Configuring role-based access control
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe Exchange Online
Manage Exchange Online recipients
Plan and configure delegated administration
Module 7: Planning and Configuring Exchange Online Services
This module explains how to plan for and configure email flow, in addition to anti-malware and anti-spam settings in Office 365. It also explains how to plan and configure policies for Exchange clients. Additionally, it describes how to plan and configure a migration to Exchange Online.
Lessons
Planning and configuring email flow in Office 365
Planning and configuring email protection in Office 365
Planning and configuring client access policies
Migrating to Exchange Online
Lab: Configuring message transport in Exchange Online
Configuring message transport settings
Lab: Configuring email protection and client policies
Configuring email protection
Configuring client access policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan and configure email flow in Office 365
Plan and configure anti-malware and anti-spam settings in Office 365
Plan and configure policies for Exchange clients
Plan and configure a migration to Exchange Online
Module 8: Planning and Deploying Microsoft Teams
This module explains how to plan and configure Teams. It explains how to configure Teams user settings and clients, and plan for voice integration. It also explains how to transition from Skype for Business to Teams and how Teams integrates with other Office 365 services.
Lessons
Teams Explained
Deploying Teams
Authentication and Access
Transitioning Skype For Business to Microsoft Teams
Management and Reporting
Lab: Teams Overview
Manage Meeting Settings
Manage Messaging Policies
Manage Voice Settings
Manage Org-Wide Settings
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan and Configure Teams
Configure Teams user settings and channels
manage Voice integration
Configure Organization wide settings in teams
Module 9: Planning and Configuring SharePoint Online
This module describes how to configure SharePoint Online services. It explains how to plan and configure SharePoint site collections and external user sharing. It also provides a brief overview of additional portals, such as the video portal.
Lessons
Configuring SharePoint Online services
Planning and configuring SharePoint Online site collections
Planning and configuring external user sharing
Lab: Configuring SharePoint Online
Configuring SharePoint Online settings
Creating and configuring SharePoint Online site collections
Configuring and verifying external user sharing
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Configure SharePoint Online services
Plan and configure SharePoint Online site collections
Plan and configure external user sharing
Module 10: Planning and Configuring an Office 365 Collaboration Solution
This module describes how to enable and configure Yammer Enterprise. It also explains how to configure OneDrive for Business and Office 365 groups.
Lessons
Planning and managing Yammer Enterprise
Planning and configuring OneDrive for Business
Configuring Office 365 groups
Lab: Planning and configuring an Office 365 collaboration solution
Configuring Yammer Enterprise
Configuring OneDrive for Business
Configuring Office 365 groups
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Enable and configure Yammer Enterprise
Enable and configure Yammer Enterprise
Configure Office 365 groups
Module 11: Planning and Configuring Security and Compliance in Office 365
This module describes the compliance features in Office 365 and how to manage them. It explains how to plan and configure Azure Information Protection. Additionally, it explains the security features in Office 365.
Lessons
Overview of the compliance features in Office 365
Planning and configuring Azure Information Protection in Office 365
Managing the compliance features in Office 365
Lab: Configuring Rights Management and compliance
Configuring Rights Management in Office 365
Configuring compliance features
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the compliance features in Office 365
Configure Azure Information Protection in Office 365
Manage the compliance features in Office 365
Module 12: Monitoring and troubleshooting Microsoft Office 365
This module explains how to troubleshoot issues with Office 365 connectivity and services, and how to monitor Office 365 service health.
Lessons
Troubleshooting Office 365
Monitoring Office 365 service health
Lab: Monitoring and troubleshooting Office 365
Monitoring Office 365
Monitoring service health and analysing reports
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Troubleshoot Office 365 connectivity and service issues
Monitor Office 365 service health
Module 13: Planning and Configuring Identify Federation
This module explains how identify federation works, and how you can use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to implement identity federation. It also explains how to plan an AD FS deployment to support identify federation with Office 365. The module describes how to deploy AD FS to enable single sign-on (SSO) for Office 365. Finally, it describes hybrid solutions for Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, and SharePoint Server.
Lessons
Understanding identity federation Planning an AD FS deployment
Deploy AD FS for identity federation with Office 365
Planning and implementing hybrid solutions (Optional)
Lab: Planning and configuring identity federation
Deploying Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Web Application Proxy
Configuring federation with Microsoft Office 365
Verifying single sign-on (SSO)
Planning and configuring identify federation
Describe how identity federation works, and how you can use AD FS to implement identity federation.
Plan an AD FS deployment to support identify federation with Office 365.
Deploy AD FS for identity federation with Office 365.
Describe hybrid solutions for Microsoft Exchange, Skype for Business, and SharePoint Servers
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