Managing Office 365 Identities and Services

Master the essential skills to efficiently manage and deploy Office 365 services with our comprehensive training designed for IT professionals and network administrators seeking to enhance their cloud capabilities.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Provision Office 365 tenants and manage cloud identities.

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Implement and manage federation for single sign-on (SSO).

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Monitor and troubleshoot Office 365 availability and usage.

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Configure and manage Exchange Online and Lync Online.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 5 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • IT professionals
  • Consultants
  • Network administrators
  • IT managers

Description

This is a 5-day Instructor Led Training (ILT) course that targets the needs of IT professionals who take part in evaluating, planning, deploying, and operating Office 365 services, including its identities, depend This is a 5-day Instructor Led Training (ILT) course that targets the needs of IT professionals who take part in evaluating, planning, deploying, and operating 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 users. This course maps to the following two certification exams: 70-346 and 70-347. Windows Azure and Office 365 are required or used as part of the lab for this course, which may not be available in all countries.  Please check with your Microsoft training provider that these cloud services are available in your area.  Training Providers please reference the course setup guide for more details. NOTE: Students need an Azure account that supports 8 VM cores in order to complete the course. You can either use an existing account or trial account (as long as it expires after the course end date and supports 8 cores). You must obtain your Azure account BEFORE coming to class. Do not expect to sign up for an Azure trial account during the course. Credits provided to Azure trial accounts are sufficient to cover course usage. Do not provision an Office 365 tenant in advance. The Office 365 tenant will be provisioned as part of the class. encies, 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 users. This course maps to the following two certification exams: 70-346 and 70-347. Windows Azure and Office 365 are required or used as part of the lab for this course, which may not be available in all countries.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: Preparing for Office 365

  1. Introduction to Office 365

  2. Provisioning Tenant Accounts

  3. Planning a Pilot

  4. Enabling Client Connectivity

Module 2: Managing Users, Groups, and Licenses

  1. Manage Users and Licenses by Using the Administration Center

  2. Manage Security and Distribution Groups

  3. Manage Cloud Identities with Windows PowerShell

Module 3: Administering Office 365

  1. Manage Administrator Roles in Office 365

  2. Configure Password Management

  3. Administer Rights Management

Module 4: Planning and Managing Clients

  1. Plan for Office Clients

  2. Manage User-driven Client Deployments

  3. Manage IT Deployments of Office 365 ProPlus

  4. Office Telemetry and Reporting

Module 5: Planning DNS and Exchange Migration

  1. Add and Configure Custom Domains

  2. Recommend a Mailbox Migration Strategy

Module 6: Planning Exchange Online and Configuring DNS Records

  1. Plan for Exchange Online

  2. Configure DNS Records for Services

Module 7: Administering Exchange Online

  1. Configure Personal Archive Policies

  2. Manage Anti-malware and Anti-spam Policies

  3. Configure Additional Email Addresses for Users

  4. Create and Manage External Contacts, Resources, and Groups

Module 8: Configuring SharePoint Online

  1. Manage SharePoint Site Collections

  2. Configure External User Sharing

  3. Plan a Collaboration Solution

Module 9: Configuring Lync Online

  1. Plan for Lync Online

  2. Configure Lync Online Settings

Module 10: Implementing Directory Synchronization

  1. Prepare On-premises Active Directory for DirSync

  2. Set up DirSync

  3. Manage Active Directory Users and Groups with DirSync In Place

Module 11: Implementing Active Directory Federation Services

  1. Planning for AD FS

  2. Install and Manage AD FS Servers

  3. Install and Manage AD FS Proxy Servers

Module 12: Monitoring Office 365

  1. Isolate Service Interruption

  2. Monitor Service Health

  3. Analyze Reports

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