Microsoft 365 Administrator

This learning path provides instruction on how to configure your Microsoft 365 tenant, including your organizational profile, tenant subscriptions, user accounts and licenses, groups, custom domains, and client connectivity.

Lessons:

• Configure your Microsoft 365 experience
• Manage users, licenses, guests, and contacts in Microsoft 365
• Manage groups in Microsoft 365
• Add a custom domain in Microsoft 365
• Configure client connectivity to Microsoft 365

This learning path provides instruction on how to manage your Microsoft 365 tenant, including administrative roles, tenant health and services, Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, and workplace analytics using Microsoft Viva Insights.

Lessons:

• Manage permissions, roles, and role groups 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

This learning path examines how organizations should plan for and implement identity synchronization in a hybrid Microsoft 365 deployment. You learn how to implement Microsoft Entra Connect Sync and Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync, and how to manage synchronized identities.

Lessons:

• Explore identity synchronization
• Prepare for identity synchronization to Microsoft 365
• Implement directory synchronization tools
• Manage synchronized identities

This learning path examines the threat vectors and data breaches organizations face today in their cybersecurity landscape, and the wide range of security solutions that Microsoft 365 provides to combat those threats.

Lessons:

• Examine threat vectors and data breaches
• Explore the Zero Trust security model
• Manage secure user access in Microsoft 365
• Explore security solutions in Microsoft Defender XDR
• Examine Microsoft Secure Score
• Examine Privileged Identity Management in Microsoft Entra ID
• Examine Microsoft Entra ID Protection

This learning path examines how to manage the Microsoft 365 security services, with a special focus on security reporting and managing the Safe Attachments and Safe Links features in Microsoft Defender for Office 365.

Lessons:

• Examine email protection in Microsoft 365
• Enhance your email protection using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Manage Safe Attachments
• Manage Safe Links

This learning path examines how to manage the Microsoft 365 threat intelligence features that provide organizations with insight and protection against the internal and external cyber-attacks that threaten their tenants.

Lessons:

• Explore threat intelligence in Microsoft Defender XDR
• 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

This learning path introduces you to the data governance features of Microsoft 365, which serve regulatory compliance, can facilitate eDiscovery, and are part of a business strategy to protect the integrity of the data estate.

Lessons:

• Examine data governance solutions in Microsoft Purview
• Explore data management practices in Microsoft 365
• Explore retention in Microsoft 365

This learning path provides instruction on implementing the Microsoft 365 data governance features, including how to calculate your compliance readiness, implement compliance solutions, and create information barriers, DLP policies, and policy tips.

Lessons:

• 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

This learning path provides instruction on managing the Microsoft 365 data governance features, including how to implement retention in email, sensitivity labels, and Windows Information Protection, and how to troubleshoot data loss prevention issues.

Lessons:

• Implement data classification of sensitive information
• Explore sensitivity labels
• Implement sensitivity labels