Microsoft 365 Administrator Essentials

This course is designed for persons aspiring to the Microsoft 365 Administrator role and have completed at least one of the Microsoft 365 role-based administrator certification paths.

Job role: Administrator

1- Configure your Microsoft 365 experience

• Introduction
• Configure your Microsoft 365 experience
• Manage your tenant subscriptions in Microsoft 365
• Integrate Microsoft 365 with customer engagement apps
• Complete your tenant configuration in Microsoft 365
• Knowledge check
• Summary

2- Manage users, contacts, and licenses in Microsoft 365

• Introduction
• Determine the user identity model for your organization
• Create user accounts in Microsoft 365
• Manage user account settings in Microsoft 365
• Manage user licenses in Microsoft 365
• Recover deleted user accounts in Microsoft 365
• Perform bulk user maintenance in Azure Active Directory
• Create and manage guest users
• Create and manage contacts
• Summary

3- Manage groups in Microsoft 365

• Introduction
• Examine groups in Microsoft 365
• Create and manage groups in Microsoft 365
• Create groups in Exchange Online and SharePoint Online
• Knowledge check
• Summary

4- Add a custom domain in Microsoft 365

• Introduction
• Plan a custom domain for your Microsoft 365 deployment
• Plan the DNS zones for a custom domain
• Plan the DNS record requirements for a custom domain
• Create a custom domain in Microsoft 365
• Knowledge check
• Summary

5- Configure client connectivity to Microsoft 365

• Introduction
• Examine how automatic client configuration works
• Explore the DNS records required for client configuration
• Configure Outlook clients
• Troubleshoot client connectivity
• Knowledge check
• Summary

6- Configure administrative roles in Microsoft 365

• Introduction
• Explore the Microsoft 365 permission model
• Explore the Microsoft 365 admin roles
• Assign admin roles to users in Microsoft 365
• Delegate admin roles to partners
• Manage permissions using administrative units in Azure Active Directory
• Elevate privileges using Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
• Knowledge check
• Summary

7- Manage tenant health and services in Microsoft 365

• Introduction
• Monitor the health of your Microsoft 365 services
• Monitor tenant health using Microsoft 365 Adoption Score
• Monitor tenant health using Microsoft 365 usage analytics
• Develop an incident response plan
• Request assistance from Microsoft
• Knowledge check
• Summary

8- Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise

• Introduction
• Explore Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise functionality
• Explore your app compatibility by using the Readiness Toolkit
• Complete a self-service installation of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
• Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager
• Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise from the cloud
• Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise from a local source
• Manage updates to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
• Explore the update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
• Manage your cloud apps using the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center
• Knowledge check
• Summary

9- Analyze your Microsoft 365 workplace data using Microsoft Viva Insights

• Introduction
• Examine the analytical features of Microsoft Viva Insights
• Create custom analysis with Microsoft Viva Insights
• Configure Microsoft Viva Insights
• Examine Microsoft 365 data sources used in Microsoft Viva Insights
• Prepare organizational data in Microsoft Viva Insights
• Knowledge check
• Summary

10- Explore identity synchronization

• Introduction
• Examine authentication options in Microsoft 365
• Examine provisioning options in Microsoft 365
• Explore directory synchronization
• Explore Azure AD Connect
• Knowledge check
• Summary

11- Prepare for identity synchronization to Microsoft 365

• Introduction
• Plan your Azure Active Directory deployment
• Prepare for directory synchronization
• Choose your directory synchronization tool
• Plan for directory synchronization using Azure AD Connect
• Plan for directory synchronization using Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync
• Knowledge check
• Summary

12- Implement directory synchronization tools

• Introduction
• Configure Azure AD Connect prerequisites
• Configure Azure AD Connect
• Monitor synchronization services using Azure AD Connect Health
• Configure Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync prerequisites
• Configure Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync
• Knowledge check
• Summary

13- Manage synchronized identities

• Introduction
• Manage users with directory synchronization
• Manage groups with directory synchronization
• Use Azure AD Connect Sync Security Groups to help maintain directory synchronization
• Configure object filters for directory synchronization
• Troubleshoot directory synchronization
• Knowledge check
• Summary

14- Manage secure user access in Microsoft 365

• Introduction
• Manage user passwords
• Enable pass-through authentication
• Enable multi-factor authentication
• Explore self-service password management
• Implement Azure AD Smart Lockout
• Implement entitlement packages in Azure AD Identity Governance
• Implement conditional access policies
• Create and run an access review
• Investigate authentication issues using sign-in logs
• Knowledge check
• Summary

15- Examine threat vectors and data breaches

Introduction

• Explore today's work and threat landscape
• Examine how phishing retrieves sensitive information
• Examine how spoofing deceives users and compromises data security
• Compare spam and malware
• Examine how an account breach compromises a user account
• Examine elevation of privilege attacks
• Examine how data exfiltration moves data out of your tenant
• Examine how attackers delete data from your tenant
• Examine how data spillage exposes data outside your tenant
• Examine other types of attacks
• Knowledge check
• Summary

16- Explore the Zero Trust security model

• Introduction
• Examine the principles and components of the Zero Trust model
• Plan for a Zero Trust security model in your organization
• Examine Microsoft's strategy for Zero Trust networking
• Adopt a Zero Trust approach
• Knowledge check
• Summary

17- Explore security solutions in Microsoft 365 Defender

• Introduction
• Enhance your email security using Exchange Online Protection and Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Protect your organization's identities using Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Protect your enterprise network against advanced threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Protect against cyber attacks using Microsoft 365 Threat Intelligence
• Provide insight into suspicious activity using Microsoft Cloud App Security
• Review the security reports in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Knowledge check
• Summary

18- Examine Microsoft Secure Score

• Introduction
• Explore Microsoft Secure Score
• Assess your security posture with Microsoft Secure Score
• Improve your secure score
• Track your Microsoft Secure Score history and meet your goals
• Knowledge check
• Summary

19- Examine Privileged Identity Management

• Introduction
• Explore Privileged Identity Management in Azure AD
• Configure Privileged Identity Management
• Audit Privileged Identity Management
• Explore Microsoft Identity Manager
• Control privileged admin tasks using Privileged Access Management
• Knowledge check
• Summary

20- Examine Azure Identity Protection

• Introduction
• Explore Azure Identity Protection
• Enable the default protection policies in Azure Identity Protection
• Explore the vulnerabilities and risk events detected by Azure Identity Protection
• Plan your identity investigation
• Knowledge check
• Summary

21- Examine Exchange Online Protection

• Introduction
• Examine the anti-malware pipeline
• Detect messages with spam or malware using Zero-hour auto purge
• Explore anti-spoofing protection provided by Exchange Online Protection
• Explore other anti-spoofing protection
• Examine outbound spam filtering
• Knowledge check
• Summary

22- Examine Microsoft Defender for Office 365

• Introduction
• Climb the security ladder from EOP to Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Expand EOP protections by using Safe Attachments and Safe Links
• Manage spoofed intelligence
• Configure outbound spam filtering policies
• Unblock users from sending email
• Knowledge check
• Summary

23- Manage Safe Attachments

• Introduction
• Protect users from malicious attachments by using Safe Attachments
• Create Safe Attachment policies using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Create Safe Attachments policies using PowerShell
• Modify an existing Safe Attachments policy
• Create a transport rule to bypass a Safe Attachments policy
• Examine the end-user experience with Safe Attachments
• Knowledge check
• Summary

24- Manage Safe Links

• Introduction
• Protect users from malicious URLs by using Safe Links
• Create Safe Links policies using Microsoft 365 Defender
• Create Safe Links policies using PowerShell
• Modify an existing Safe Links policy
• Create a transport rule to bypass a Safe Links policy
• Examine the end-user experience with Safe Links
• Knowledge check
• Summary

25- Explore threat intelligence in Microsoft 365 Defender

• Introduction
• Explore Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph
• Explore alert policies in Microsoft 365
• Run automated investigations and responses
• Explore threat hunting with Microsoft Threat Protection
• Explore advanced threat hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Explore threat analytics in Microsoft 365
• Identify threat issues using Microsoft Defender reports
• Knowledge check
• Summary

26- Implement app protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

• Introduction
• Explore Microsoft Defender Cloud Apps
• Deploy Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Configure file policies in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Manage and respond to alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Configure Cloud Discovery in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Troubleshoot Cloud Discovery in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Knowledge check
• Summary

27- Implement endpoint protection by using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Introduction
• Explore Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in Microsoft Intune
• Onboard devices in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Manage endpoint vulnerabilities with Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
• Manage device discovery and vulnerability assessment
• Reduce your threat and vulnerability exposure
• Knowledge check
• Summary

28- Implement threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Office 365

• Introduction
• Explore the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 protection stack
• Investigate security attacks by using Threat Explorer
• Identify cybersecurity issues by using Threat Trackers
• Prepare for attacks with Attack simulation training
• Knowledge check
• Summary
  

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Completed a role-based administrator course such as Messaging, Teamwork, Security, Compliance, or Collaboration.
• A proficient understanding of DNS and basic functional experience with Microsoft 365 services.
• A proficient understanding of general IT practices.
• A working knowledge of PowerShell.

• M-MD102 - Managing Endpoints

Preparation for exam: MS-102