Microsoft 365 Messaging (MS-203T00)

Module 1: Explore transport services

• Describe the transport components of Exchange.
• Plan an effective message routing for your organization.
• Modify message flow for your organization.
• Describe which transport agents exist and what they do.

Module 2: Configure message transport

• Configure the different transport options.
• Plan and set up domains for your organization.
• Understand how the receive and send connectors work.

Module 3: Manage transport rules

• Understand what transport rules are.
• Describe how transport rules work.
• Configure custom transport rules.
• Describe how transport rules can be used for data loss prevention.

Module 4: Manage mail flow

• Manage mail flow in Exchange organizations.
• Understand mail flow for Exchange Servers.
• Manage mail flow for Exchange Online.
• Describe and manage mail flow in hybrid environments.

Module 5: Troubleshoot mail flow

• Understand how to troubleshoot SMTP mail flow issues.
• Describe how to troubleshoot issues with a shared namespace.
• Describe how to troubleshoot Transport Layer Security encryption issues.
• Understand how Alert policies can be used to troubleshoot mail flow issues.

Module 6: Troubleshoot transport issues

• Troubleshoot network-based issues.
• Plan troubleshooting procedures for connector and agent issues.
• Plan troubleshooting procedures for architectural issues.
• Describe how to troubleshoot transport issues with coexistence.

Module 7: Troubleshoot mail flow using logs

• Create searches for the message tracking log.
• Describe how to troubleshoot using the protocol logs.
• Understand how to work with the event logging for Exchange.

Module 8: Plan for message security

• Explain the use and features of Exchange Online Protection.
• Plan message routing for Exchange Online Protection.
• Investigate the available EOP reports and logs that enable organizations to monitor message hygiene.

Module 9: Manage anti-malware and anti-spam policies

• Understand the different message header fields relevant for spam and spoofing protection.
• Configure anti-spam and anti-malware filters in Exchange Server.
• Manage extra features for outbound spam filtering and quarantine.
• Implement protection features against phishing and spoofing.
• Create transport rules for custom requirements.

Module 10: Explore threat protection in Microsoft 365 Defender

• Describe the threat protection features of Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
• Understand how the Configuration analyzer reviews threat protection policies and provides suggestions for improvement.
• Describe the protection provided by Safe Attachment and Safe Links policies.
• Understand the spoof intelligence features provided by Exchange Online Protection.
• Describe how Microsoft Defender anti-phishing policies work.
• Understand the process to manage the Tenant Allow/Block list in Microsoft 365 Defender.
• Understand how Advanced Hunting can be used to track events in your secure messaging environment.

Module 11: Explore messaging compliance in Microsoft 365

• Describe different policy and compliance features for messaging.
• Evaluate the different administrator roles in Microsoft 365.
• Plan retention policies for Exchange Online mailboxes.
• Create message traces to understand the mail flow in your Exchange Online organization.

Module 12: Explore messaging compliance in Exchange

• Describe litigation and in-place holds in Exchange Server.
• Plan retention and deletion with Message Records Management (MRM).
• Analyze your Exchange organization's message tracking log.

Module 13: Manage Exchange Online archiving and auditing

• Describe what in-place archiving is and how it works.
• Understand the differences between journaling and archiving.
• Identify how mailbox and administrator audit logs are used.

Module 14: Manage Content Search

• Design content searches to search for messages in your organization.
• Describe eDiscovery cases and in-place eDiscovery for Exchange.

Module 15: Manage authentication for messaging

• Configure password policy options.
• Configure self-service password management.
• Implement multifactor authentication.
• Plan password policies.
• Configure modern authentication in Exchange Online.

Module 16: Configure organizational settings

• Configure workload policies and throttling.
• Configure quota configurations.
• Deploy Microsoft 365 Integrated apps.

Module 17: Configure organizational sharing

• Provide an overview of Exchange federated delegation sharing features.
• Describe federated sharing components.
• Identify considerations for designing and implementing federation trusts and certificates.
• Implement organization relationships.
• Implement sharing policies.

Module 18: Manage administrator roles

• Describe how RBAC is used to assign roles to users.
• Understand management role groups and their administrative tasks.
• Assign the built-in management roles for messaging administration.
• Create custom management roles and assign them through role assignment policies to users.
• Troubleshoot RBAC management roles.

Module 19: Manage user roles

• Describe the built-in end-user roles.
• Configure role assignment policies.
• Create new custom roles and role assignment policies.

Module 20:Analyze role-based permissions

• Identify the differences between shared permissions and split permissions.
• Describe multi-forest permissions.
• Identify the differences between the permission models.

Module 21: Explore the different types of Exchange recipients

• Describe the different recipient objects in Exchange.
• Examine how organizations use resource mailboxes.
• Compare shared mailboxes to linked mailboxes.
• Describe how recipients can be grouped together to improve collaboration.
• Examine how organization us public folders.

Module 22: Create and manage Exchange recipients

• Manage mailbox settings.
• Manage resource mailboxes and shared mailboxes.
• Create and manage mail contacts and mail users.
• Manage permissions for recipients.
• Create and manage groups.
• Create and manage public folders.

Module 23: Manage email addresses, lists, and resources

• Describe address lists.
• Create and manage address lists.
• Describe address book policies.
• Configure offline address books.
• Describe email address policies.

Module 24: Explore Exchange hybrid deployment requirements

• Describe connection options that are available for connecting on-premises Exchange to Microsoft 365.
• List and describe components of a hybrid deployment.
• Describe Azure Active Directory Connect (Azure AD Connect).
• Identify Microsoft 365 identity options for Exchange hybrid.
• Compare Exchange delegated federation to OAuth.

Module 25: Plan and configure a hybrid deployment using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard

• Plan for Exchange Hybrid configuration.
• Describe Organization Configuration Transfer.
• Explain Exchange Modern Hybrid and Hybrid Agent.
• Plan mail flow options for a hybrid deployment.
• Describe the prerequisites to run the Microsoft 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard.
• Explain best practices for implementing a hybrid deployment.

Module 26: Provide a gateway for Internet email using Edge Transport servers

• Describe the purpose and functionality of Edge Transport servers.
• Explain the infrastructure requirements for Edge Transport servers.
• Describe the Edge Subscription process using EdgeSync.
• Plan for message flow with an Edge Transport server.

Module 27: Implement advanced hybrid functionality

• Manage a hybrid deployment.
• Describe when you must configure Public Folder coexistence with Microsoft 365.
• Explain how to configure Oauth for a mixed Exchange environment.
• Describe how to configure OneDrive attachments for on-premises mailboxes.

Module 28: Troubleshoot hybrid deployments

• Troubleshoot directory synchronization.
• Troubleshoot pass-through authentication and single sign-on.
• Troubleshoot transport with Exchange Online.
• Troubleshoot client access in coexistence.
• Troubleshoot the Mailbox Replication service.

Module 29: Plan mailbox migrations

• Describe the migration and coexistence strategies with Exchange Online.
• Describe considerations that affect which migration option to use.
• Determine whether DNS MX records must be changed during a mailbox migration.

Module 30: Run IMAP migrations

• Describe the requirements for an IMAP migration and how it’s carried out.
• Move mailbox data using an IMAP migration.

Module 31: Run cutover and staged migrations

• Describe the requirements for both cutover and staged migrations.
• Identify the steps involved in running both cutover and staged migrations.
• Create and manage migration batches in the Exchange Admin Center.

Module 32: Run advanced mailbox migrations

• Import PST Files to Exchange Online mailboxes.
• Migrate Public Folders to Exchange Online.
• Plan for a cross-tenant mailbox migration.
• Prepare target user objects for cross-tenant migration.