Overview
- Office 365 concepts, and functionality and licensing
- Office 365 Core Components
- Azure Active DirectoryMicrosoft Exchange
- Microsoft Teams
- Sharepoint Online
- Purview and Defender concepts
- Microsoft 365 Apps
- Office 365 Administration tools
- GUI vs Powershell
- Office 365 Domain and Identity Management
- Network requirements
- Identity Models
- Office 365 Purview and Defender
- Microsoft Information Protection Model
- Know your data
- Protect your data
- Prevent Data Loss
- Microsoft Compliance Score/Secure Score
Target Audience
This workshop is intended for IT professionals who are interested in expanding their understanding of Office 365 components and administration.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for the above course apart from a desire to learn more about the concepts, administration and capabilities of Office 365 from a technical perspective.
Learning Outcomes
- Office 365 Core Components
- Office 365 Administrative Tools
- Office 365 Setup tasks
- Domain options
- Network requirements
- Core administrative tasks
- Microsoft Purview and Defender for Information Protection
- Microsoft Compliance/Secure Score and Trust Portals
Course Outline
What is Office 365?
Office 365 vs Microsoft 365
Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Confusion
Office 365 is Evergreen
Office 365 Message Centre
Office 365 Release Preferences
Benefits of Office 365
Office 365 requirements
Office 365 Core Components
- Azure Active Directory
- Microsoft 365 apps for Business/Apps for Enterprise
- Exchange Online
- Sharepoint Online
- OneDrive for Business
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Purview/Compliance/Security
- What is Microsoft 365 Purview?
Office 365 additional Components
Office 365 3rd Party Apps, Add- ins and solutions
Office 365 is an extensible platform
Office 365 Hybrid Environments
- Exchange Hybrid
- SharePoint Hybrid
Office 365 Subscriptions
Office 365 license resources
Office 365 add-on services
Office 365 Signup Process
Office 365 Administration Tools
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Other Microsoft 365 Admin Centers
- Azure Active Directory
- Azure Active Directory and Zero Trust
- Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal
- Endpoint Manager
- Exchange Online Admin Center
- Microsoft PowerApps and PowerAutomate Admin Center
- Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center
- Microsoft Stream Admin Center
- Microsoft Search & Intelligence Admin Center
- Microsoft 365 Defender Portal
- SharePoint Online Admin Center
- Teams Admin Center
- Yammer Admin Center
Office 365 PowerShell
- Azure Active Directory
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Security and Compliance
Overview of Office 365 Administrator Roles
- Relationships between Azure AD Administrative Roles
- Custom Role Groups
Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
Azure AD Access Reviews
Office 365 Privileged Access management
Office 365 Domains
- Adding a custom domain
- Required Office 365 DNS Records
Identity Models
- Cloud only
- Password Hash Synchronisation
- Pass-through Authentication
- Seamless/Single Sign-on – SSO
- Federated Authentication
Office 365 Network Requirements
Office 365 URLs and IP address ranges
Egress (route) Office 365 data connections as close to the user as practical via DNS resolution to a local ‘front door’
Avoid ‘dog leg’ or ‘hairpin’ routing or network ‘backhauling’
Bypass proxies, and other traffic inspection devices for Office 365 traffic
Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool
Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer
Microsoft 365 Apps
- Available Office Applications for End Users
- Office for the Web (Office Online)
- Office Mobile Apps
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Mac
- Overview of Microsoft 365 Apps
- Microsoft Apps Common Features with Office 2021
- Microsoft 365 Apps Differentiating Features
- Microsoft 365 Apps Licensing
- Microsoft 365 Apps Deployment
- Application Compatibility
- User Self Service Deployment
- Administration of Self-Service installations
- Removing Microsoft 365 Apps License
- Organization Office installation options
- Centralized Microsoft 365 Apps Deployments
- ODT Configuration Files
- Office Customization Tool
- Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant
Office 365 Compliance, Security and Governance
- Microsoft 365 Purview/Compliance and Security Overview
- Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance Administration Tools
- Microsoft’s Information Protection Model
- Microsoft Compliance/Security Resources
- Compliance Score
- Microsoft Secure Score
- Microsoft Trust Center
- Microsoft Service Trust Portal
Microsoft 365 learning pathways
= Required
= Certification
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