Course : Microsoft 365 for Administrators

Remote AVIT® certification optional

Microsoft 365 for Administrators

Remote AVIT® certification optional
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In this course you’ll be introduced to the Microsoft 365 platform’s admin center. In particular, you’ll learn how to administer services in Exchange, SharePoint, Skype Enterprise, Teams, and OneDrive. You’ll be able to confirm your skills with optional AVIT® certification.


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Price : 1350 CHF E.T.
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In this course you’ll be introduced to the Microsoft 365 platform’s admin center. In particular, you’ll learn how to administer services in Exchange, SharePoint, Skype Enterprise, Teams, and OneDrive. You’ll be able to confirm your skills with optional AVIT® certification.

Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
  • Know the options for administering a Microsoft 365 platform
  • Manage accounts, sync an Active Directory
  • Manage mailboxes via Exchange Online
  • Administer SharePoint Online sites
  • Configure essential functions of Skype Entreprise Online
  • Administer collaborative work in Teams and OneDrive

Intended audience
System admins, system engineers, operators, and integrators.

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Windows administration. Experience in components of Microsoft 365 as a user, particularly Exchange and SharePoint.

Course schedule

Introduction to Microsoft 365

  • Overview of Microsoft 365. Possible hybrid scenarios.
  • Cloud-side/client-site architecture.
  • Free trial of Microsoft 365.
  • Introduction to PowerShell. Remote administration: Azure AD PowerShell.
Hands-on work
Learn about and register for the AVIT® certification option. Logging in to the Microsoft 365 portal. Using the admin center. Remote administration with PowerShell.

Managing users, groups, and licenses.

  • Working with users and groups.
  • Notion of roles. Assignment of roles.
  • Authentication. Passwords. Licenses.
Hands-on work
Adding a user. Creating a group. Assigning a role.

AD syncing

  • Tools: IDFix, AD Connect.
  • Syncing AD with Azure AD.
  • Azure Rights Management. Syncing with ADFS.
Hands-on work
Syncing an AD.

Basic administration of Exchange

  • Overview of Exchange Online.
  • Mail user. Mail contacts.
  • Shared mailbox.
  • Resource mailbox.
  • Spam filter.
Hands-on work
Creating a user mailbox, mail contact, shared mailbox, and resource mailbox.

Basic administration of SharePoint

  • Overview of SharePoint Online.
  • Site collections. Managing users. Managing rights.
  • Accessing company data. External access.
  • Managing the term store. Managing search.
Hands-on work
Creating a site collection Assigning rights. Creating a content type and managed metadata.

Basic administration of Skype for Business

  • Overview of Skype for Business Online.
  • Configuring users, Domain federation.
  • Teleconferences.

Basic administration of Teams and OneDrive

  • Overview of Teams and OneDrive.
  • Teams. Adding users.
  • Notion of a channel, a meeting.
  • Sharing files. Collaborative work. Searching.
  • Admin settings.
Hands-on work
Creating a team. Associating a team with a Microsoft 365 group. Sending and receiving messages.

Security and monitoring

  • The monitoring environment.
  • Retention policies.
  • Data loss prevention. Content search.
  • Threats. Auditing. Reports.
Hands-on work
Hands-on work


Certification
If registering for the AVIT® Microsoft 365 certification option, you must do so at the same time as course registration. The exam is a 60-minute adaptive test that is 70% operations. The result indicates your skill level. Merely taking the course is not sufficient to achieve a maximum score. The exam must be both scheduled and then taken online within 4 weeks following the start of your session.

Practical details
Hands-on work
The course alternates between presentations and hands-on work. This hands-on work is done using the GUI, i.e. in PowerShell.
Teaching methods;
30% course and 70% hands-on with exercises. Customized monitoring and correction.

Customer reviews
4,7 / 5
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Dates and locations
From 26 to 28 June 2024 *
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