Manage a Modern Network with Microsoft 365 Beginner Bootcamp

Explore as-a-service models, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and learn how cost, time, and quality tradeoffs shape cloud decisions for data centers, storage, and hosted Microsoft 365 services.

Explore how virtualization lets one server host multiple virtual machines, boosting resiliency and cutting costs. See cloud, data center, and workstation virtualization with Azure, Hyper-V, and VMware examples.

Explore Active Directory domain services, compare domains with workgroups, and learn how domain controllers, replication, and a forest namespace organize users, computers, and policies.

Promote a Windows Server to a new Active Directory domain by installing Active Directory Domain Services, creating a forest and domain, and configuring DNS and NetBIOS.

Explore the domain name system as the lifeblood of Active Directory and the internet, covering name resolution, recursion, and core records like A, AAAA, MX, and CNAME.

Connect on-premise active directory with Azure Active Directory to deliver a unified sign-in for Microsoft 365. Learn password hash synchronization, pass-through authentication, and federation, with password hash synchronization as default.

Upgrade your Office 365/Microsoft 365 license to Azure Active Directory Premium Plan 1 or 2 to enable advanced identity and access management, conditional access, and other security guardrails.

Set up and configure group-based licensing in a lab, create a universal security group, and synchronize on-premises AD with Azure AD to assign EMS E5 licenses.

Explore how multi-factor authentication strengthens Azure Active Directory security, using two or more methods (password, trusted device, biometrics) and leveraging conditional access and end user self service to reduce risk.

Configure Azure AD password policies and self service password reset, enable password write back with AD Connect, and personalize branding to secure cloud and on premises access.

Create and test Azure AD conditional access policies to enforce admin and user MFA, block legacy authentication, and manage sign-in frequency with per-policy assignments.

Explore enterprise applications and single sign-on with Azure Active Directory, linking on-premises and cloud apps like Box, Salesforce, and SAP, using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML 2.0.

Explore identity protection in Azure AD premium, analyzing sign-in and user risk with machine learning to detect atypical travel, hijacked tokens, and suspicious IPs for automated security responses.

Enable and tune Azure AD Identity Protection risk policies, including sign-in and user risk, require MFA for risk, trigger password changes, and review risk reports from risky sign-ins.

Create a Windows 10 enterprise client in VirtualBox, join to on-premises Active Directory, and configure hybrid Azure AD join using Azure AD Connect and MFA exclusions.

Upgrade to Microsoft 365 E5 licensing via a one-month trial, assign licenses to users, and explore Defender for Endpoint, Purview, and other E5 services as the tenant activates.

In Lab 19, explore Defender for Office 365 policies in the security center, configure anti-phishing, impersonation protection, anti-spam, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and phishing simulations.

Explore client access in Office 365, focusing on Outlook desktop, Outlook on the web, and mobile Outlook apps; learn Autodiscover, modern authentication, and secure connections over port 443.

Explore the modern collaboration architecture (MoCA) in Office 365, detailing file collaboration, meetings, and the me, we, them, and us spaces.

Explore how OneDrive for Business and SharePoint enable secure co-authoring and file sharing, including external access controls, version history, and admin policies.

Understand how Microsoft’s global network and front doors connect Teams, how VPN, proxies, and DNS affect real-time voice quality, and explore PSTN calling, auto attendant, call groups, queues, and presence.

Explore the Purview compliance portal to identify sensitive information types and use data classification, trainable classifiers, and Content Explorer to locate data across Microsoft 365 services.

Learn to configure Microsoft 365 data loss prevention policies to detect sensitive information (PII, HIPAA) and encrypt or block external sharing across Exchange, SharePoint/OneDrive, and Teams.

Explore data lifecycle management in Microsoft 365, distinguishing retention from deletion, and implement static and adaptive retention policies, labels, and eDiscovery holds across Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams.

Explore data lifecycle management and retention policies in Office 365, outlining service side and adaptive scopes, retention labeling, and eDiscovery to meet corporate compliance and legal needs.

Explore information protection in Microsoft 365 by applying sensitivity labels, testing end-user and admin experiences, and configuring retention and data loss prevention policies across OneDrive, SharePoint, and Exchange.