MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator Essentials

Course description

This course covers the following key elements of Microsoft 365 administration: tenant administration, identity synchronization, and security and compliance.

In Microsoft 365 tenant management, you'll learn how to set up your Microsoft 365 tenant, including your organization profile, tenant subscription options, component services, user accounts and licenses, security groups, and administrative roles. Next, you'll transition to setting up Microsoft 365, with a primary focus on setting up Office client connectivity. Finally, you'll see how to manage user-controlled client installations of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise deployments.

It then moves on to a detailed examination of Microsoft 365 identity synchronization, with a focus on Azure Active Directory Connect and Connect Cloud Sync. You'll learn how to plan and implement each of these directory synchronization options, how to manage synchronized identities, and how to implement password management in Microsoft 365 using multi-factor authentication and self-service password management.

In the security management portion of Microsoft 365, we begin by examining the common types of threat vectors and data breaches that organizations face today. Below, you'll see how Microsoft 365 security solutions address each of these threats. You will be introduced to Microsoft Secure Score and Azure Active Directory Identity Protection. You'll then learn how to manage Microsoft 365 security services, including Exchange Online Protection, Safe Attachments, and Safe Links. Finally, you will be introduced to the various reports that monitor the security state of an organization. Later, it will move from security services to threat intelligence; specifically, using Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Cloud apps, and Microsoft Defender for endpoint.

Once we've seen the Microsoft 365 security suite, we'll examine the key components of Microsoft 365 compliance management. It begins with an introduction to all the key aspects of data governance, including data archiving and retention, Microsoft Purview message encryption and data loss prevention (DLP). Then, you'll dive deeper into archiving and retention, paying special attention to Microsoft Purview internal risk management, information barriers, and DLP policies. Then, you'll examine how to implement these compliance features through the use of sensitivity labels and data classification.
 

Public profile

This course is designed for individuals who aspire to the role of Microsoft 365 Enterprise administrator and have completed at least one of the role-based Microsoft 365 administrator certification paths.

Items in this collection

• Configure your Microsoft 365 experience
• Manage users, licenses, and mail contacts in Microsoft 365
• Manage groups in Microsoft 365
• Add a custom domain in Microsoft 365
• Configure client connectivity to Microsoft 365
• Configure administrative roles in Microsoft 365
• Manage tenant health and services in Microsoft 365
• Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
• Analyze your Microsoft 365 workplace data using Microsoft Viva Insights
• Explore identity synchronization
• Prepare for identity synchronization to Microsoft 365
• Implement directory synchronization tools
• Manage synchronized identities
• Manage secure user access in Microsoft 365
• Examine threat vectors and data breaches
• Explore the Zero Trust security model
• Explore security solutions in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Examine Microsoft Secure Score
• Examine Privileged Identity Management
• Examine Azure Identity Protection
• Examine Exchange Online Protection
• Examine Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Safe Attachment Management
• Manage Safe Links
• Explore threat intelligence in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Implement app protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Implementation of endpoint protection using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Implement threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Course outline

Tema1: Configure your Microsoft 365 experience

• Configure your Microsoft 365 experience
• Lab 1-Exercise 1 – Initialize your Microsoft 365 Tenant
• Manage users, licenses, and mail contacts in Microsoft 365
• Manage groups in Microsoft 365
• Lab 1-Exercise 2 – Manage users and groups
• Add a custom domain in Microsoft 365
• Lab 1-Exercise 3 – Add a custom domain
• Configure client connectivity to Microsoft 365

Tema 2: Manage your Microsoft 365 tenant

• Configure administrative roles in Microsoft 365
• Lab 2-Exercise 1 – Manage administration delegation
• Manage tenant health and services in Microsoft 365
• Lab 2-Exercise 2 – Monitor and troubleshoot Microsoft 365
• Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
• Lab 2-Exercise 3 – Install Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
• Analyze your Microsoft 365 workplace data using Microsoft Viva Insights

Tema 3: Implement identity synchronization

• Explore identity synchronization
• Prepare for identity synchronization to Microsoft 365
• Implement directory synchronization tools
• Lab 3-Exercise 1 – Prepare for identity synchronization
• Manage synchronized identities
• Lab 3-Exercise 2 – Implement identity synchronization
• Manage secure user access in Microsoft 365
• Lab 3-Exercise 3 – Manage secure user access

Tema 4: Explore security metrics in Microsoft 365 Defender

• Examine threat vectors and data breaches
• Explore the Zero Trust security model
• Explore security solutions in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Examine Microsoft Secure Score
• Examine Privileged Identity Management
• Lab 4-Exercises 1 through 3 – PIM Approval
• Examine Azure Identity Protection

Tema 5: Manage your security services in Microsoft Defender

• Examine Exchange Online Protection
• Examine Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Manage Safe Attachments
• Lab 5-Exercise 1 – Implement a Safe Attachments policy
• Manage Safe Links
• Lab 5-Exercise 2 – Implement a Safe Links policy

Tema 6: Implement threat protection by using Microsoft 365 Defender

• Explore threat intelligence in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Lab 6-Exercises 1 through 4 – Implement Threat Intelligence
• Implement app protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Implement endpoint protection by using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Implement threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Lab 6-Exercises 5 and 6– Implement Threat Intelligence

Tema 7: Explore data governance in Microsoft 365

• Examine data governance solutions in Microsoft Purview
• Explore archiving and records management in Microsoft 365
• Explore retention in Microsoft 365
• Lab 7-Exercises 1 and 2 – Implement Data Governance
• Explore Microsoft Purview Message Encryption
• Lab 7-Exercise 3 – Create message encryption rules

Tema 8: Implement compliance in Microsoft 365

• Explore compliance in Microsoft 365
• Implement Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
• Implement Microsoft Purview Information Barriers
• Explore Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
• Implement Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
• Lab 8-Exercises 1 and 2 – Implement DLP Policies

Tema 9: Manage compliance in Microsoft 365

• Implement data classification of sensitive information
• Explore sensitivity labels
• Implement sensitivity labels
• Lab 9 -Exercise 1 – Implement sensitivity labels

Previous requirements

Before attending this course, students must have:

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

Language

• English course
• Labs: English