Managing Office 365 Identities and Services MS-500T00

Overview

In this course you will learn how to secure user access to your organization’s resources. The course covers user password protection, multi-factor authentication, how to enable Azure Identity Protection, how to setup and use Azure AD Connect, and introduces you to conditional access in Microsoft 365. You will learn about threat protection technologies that help protect your Microsoft 365 environment. Specifically, you will learn about threat vectors and Microsoft’s security solutions to mitigate threats. You will learn about Secure Score, Exchange Online protection, Azure Advanced Threat Protection, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, and threat management. In the course you will learn about information protection technologies that help secure your Microsoft 365 environment. The course discusses information rights managed content, message encryption, as well as labels, policies and rules that support data loss prevention and information protection. Lastly, you will learn about archiving and retention in Microsoft 365 as well as data governance and how to conduct content searches and investigations. This course covers data retention policies and tags, in-place records management for SharePoint, email retention, and how to conduct content searches that support eDiscovery investigations.

Prequisite

Learners should start this course already having the following skills:

• Basic conceptual understanding of Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Windows 10 devices.
• Experience with Office 365.
• Basic understanding of authorization and authentication.
• Basic understanding of computer networks.
• Working knowledge of managing mobile devices.

Content element

Course OutlineModule 1: Preparing for Office 365

This module reviews the features of Office 365 and identifies recent improvements to the service. It then identifies the challenges in deploying Office 365 the benefits of the FastTrack approach compared to the traditional plan/prepare/migrate deployment process. After this, you examine how to plan the pilot, provision tenant accounts and finally, verify that clients can connect to the Office 365 service.

Lessons

• Introduction to Office 365
• Provisioning the Tenant Accounts
• Planning a Pilot
• Enabling Client Connectivity

Lab : Setting up the Lucerne Publishing Datacenter EnvironmentLab : Preparing for Office 365

Module 2: Managing Users, Groups, and Licenses

In this module, students learn about managing users, groups, and licenses by using the Office 365 console and Microsoft PowerShell.

Lessons

• Manage Users and Licenses by Using the Administration Center
• Manage Security and Distribution Groups
• Manage Cloud Identities with Windows PowerShell

Lab : Managing Users, Groups, and LicensesLab : Continue Lucerne Publishing Datacenter Setup

• Manage users and licenses by using the Office 365 admin center.
• Manage security and distribution groups by using the Office 365 admin center.
• Manage users, licenses, and groups by using Windows PowerShell.

Module 3: Administering Office 365In this module, students learn about more complex administration functions, such as the management of administrators themselves, how to configure and set password policies in Office 365, and how to enable and administer rights management to protect confidential documents.Lessons

• Manage Administrator Roles in Office 365
• Configure Password Management
• Administer Rights Management

Lab : Administering Office 365

Module 4: Planning and Managing Clients

In this module, students learn how to plan for client deployment and ensure that users get the tools they need to interact with Office 365 effectively. This module covers the planning process, how to make Office 365 ProPlus available to end-users directly, and how to deploy it as a managed package. Finally, this module covers how to set up Office telemetry so that administrators can keep track of how users are interacting with Microsoft Office.

Lessons

• Plan for Office Clients
• Manage User-driven Client Deployments
• Manage IT Deployments of Office 365 ProPlus
• Office Telemetry and Reporting

Lab : Managing Clients

Module 5: Planning DNS and Exchange Migration

In this module, you learn about the factors that cover DNS domain configuration for Office 365, where you need to add the customer’s existing domain or domains to Office 365. This module also covers the individual settings that you need to configure so that each Office 365 service works correctly and fully supports client access. These activities typically happen in the Deploy phase of the FastTrack process.

So far, you have been looking at Office 365 on its own. In this module, you move on to considering what you have to cover when migrating services from your on-premise environment, starting with your email system. This module addresses the key issues of migrating email accounts to Exchange Online and the planning involved in that process. In the lab, you will practice that planning and then carry out a cutover migration from your on-premises environment to Exchange Online.

Lessons

• Add and Configure Custom Domains
• Recommend a Mailbox Migration Strategy

Lab : Preparing for Exchange Migration

Module 6: Planning Exchange Online and Configuring DNS Records

In this module, you learn about the factors that cover DNS domain configuration for Office 365, where you need to add the customer’s existing domain or domains to Office 365. This module also covers the individual settings that you need to configure so that each Office 365 service works correctly and fully supports client access. These activities typically happen in the Deploy phase of the FastTrack process. This module also addresses the key issues of migrating email accounts to Exchange Online and the planning involved in that process.

Lessons

• Plan for Exchange Online
• Configure DNS Records for Services

Lab : Configuring DNS Records and Migrating to Exchange Online

Module 7: Administering Exchange Online

In this module, you learn how to configure Exchange Online settings that you planned in the previous module, including archive polices, anti-malware and anti-spam settings, additional email addresses and external contacts and resources. These are actions that you would typically carry out during the Deploy phase of the Office 365 FastTrack deployment or as part of the normal management operations of Exchange Online.

You typically carry out these actions through the Office 365 portal, although you can also use the Windows Azure Active Directory PowerShell console to access additional features.

Lessons

• Configure Personal Archive Policies
• Manage Anti-malware and Anti-spam Policies
• Configure Additional Email Addresses for Users
• Create and Manage External Contacts, Resources, and Groups

Lab : Administering Exchange Online

Module 8: Configuring SharePoint Online

In this module, students learn how to plan a SharePoint Online implementation that reflects the customer’s needs and then create site collections that reflect those requirements. This module then covers the process of external user sharing with SharePoint Online and describes how this arrangement helps organizations share information more effectively.

Lessons

• Manage SharePoint Site Collections
• Configure External User Sharing
• Plan a Collaboration Solution

Lab : Configuring SharePoint Online

Module 9: Configuring Lync Online

In this module, students learn how to identify factors in the customer’s environment that need to be reflected in the Lync Online deployment plan, then configure Lync Online to reflect the customer’s business requirements, both at the end-user level and at the organization level.

Lessons

• Plan for Lync Online
• Configure Lync Online Settings

Lab : Configuring Lync Online

Module 10: Implementing Directory Synchronization

In this module, students learn how to plan, prepare and implement DirSync as a methodology for user and group management in an Office 365 deployment. The module covers the preparation of an on-premises environment, the installation and configuration of DirSync, and how to manage Active Directory users after DirSync has been enabled.

Lessons

• Prepare On-premises Active Directory for DirSync
• Set up DirSync
• Manage Active Directory Users and Groups with DirSync In Place

Lab : Implementing Directory Synchronization

Module 11: Implementing Active Directory Federation ServicesIn this module, students learn to plan for single sign-on (SSO) by using Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and then cover the process for setting up an AD FS server farm and an AD FS proxy. This module also cover the management process for certificates and the AD FS servers.Lessons

• Planning for AD FS
• Install and Manage AD FS Servers
• Install and Manage AD FS Proxy Servers

Lab : Implementing Active Directory Federation Services

Module 12: Monitoring Office 365In this module, students learn about monitoring user connections to Office 365 and how to cope with service outages. They look at a range of tools that diagnose service health and review the reports that Office 365 provides.

Lessons

• Isolate Service
• InterruptionMonitor Service
• HealthAnalyze Reports

Lab : Monitoring Office 365 (Optional)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Isolate and identify causes of Office 365 service interruption.
• Monitor Office 365 service health.
• Analyze and use Office 365 reports.