Managing Office 365 Identities and Reqs - Exam 70-346 Prep

Explore provisioning of Office 365 tenants and identities, setting up domains, and piloting scenarios across three modules in preparation for the 70-346 exam.

Provision and manage Office 365 tenants via Azure AD, assign admin roles, and apply security controls—data loss prevention, encryption, archiving, and e-discovery across Exchange Online, SharePoint, and OneDrive.

Learn how to add and verify a custom domain in Office 365, and configure DNS records such as MX, CNAME, and SPF to ensure ownership and proper mail routing.

Plan the pilot to validate Office 365 deployment: select pilot users, prepare data migration, set up domains and licenses, and test updates, communication, and adoption strategies.

Explore Office 365 networking and security for exam 70-346 prep, covering connectivity and firewall settings and offering step-by-step guidance on key concepts.

Configure service-specific dns records for Office 365 on a Windows dns server, covering Exchange Online, Skype for Business, and Intune, with step-by-step creation guidance.

Enable client connectivity to Office 365 by configuring proxy and firewall, planning bandwidth, and testing required ports and services for Exchange Online, Skype for Business, and SharePoint.

Learn to manage administrator roles in Office 365, including global, billing, exchange, and IT manager permissions, and configure password reset policies using the Microsoft Online Sign-In Assistant.

Manage cloud identities and related topics, including password management, users and groups, and de-clawed identities with Parus shell, as the module wraps up with more details.

Configure password management by enforcing 16-character minimum complexity (mixed case, numbers, symbols, Unicode), defining expiration and reset options, and enabling group-based controls and self-service resets via secondary contact methods.

Learn to create and manage Office 365 users, assign licenses, and add them to security or Office 365 groups, using the admin center or PowerShell, plus MFA setup.

Manage Office 365 identities with Windows PowerShell to automate user creation, password policies, and bulk imports from CSV. Learn to handle deletions, recycle bin cleanup, and selective user management.

Explore Office 365 identities and requirements, and prepare the environment. Set up Azure AD Connect to support the exam topics.

Prepare on-premises active directory for Azure AD Connect by cleaning up, configuring UPN suffixes, enabling hybrid deployment, and password synchronization with writebacks.

Set up azure ad connect by reviewing prerequisites like domain functional level and dot net framework 4.5. Choose express or custom installation, and enable password sync and attribute filtering.

Manage AD users and groups with Azure AD Connect, covering password sync, federation, and single sign-on, plus configuring the sync scheduler and delta versus full sync.

Explore how to implement and manage federation services for Office 365 identities, covering planning, requirements, installation, and the use of a proxy server.

Plan requirements for Active Directory Federation Services to enable Office 365 single sign-on, federate domains, issue tokens, and address DMZ DFS proxy, connectors, costs, certificates, and MFA.

Install and configure ADFS federation servers, convert from standard to federated, prepare certificates, set up DNS and a service account, and test federation in a lab environment.

Learn how to install and configure the web application proxy for ADFS, including certificate preparation, choosing server deployment (single versus load-balanced DMZ), and setting up the federation service name.

Explore Office 365 availability and troubleshooting by examining reports, testing select services, and isolating service interruptions with built-in tools.

Learn to access and interpret Office 365 reports, use usage and security and compliance dashboards, schedule deliveries, and download reports for Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams.

Monitor the service health dashboard and the message center to track live status, outages, and updates, and configure the Office 365 management pack with System Center Operations Manager.

Explore practical troubleshooting workflows for Office 365, using built-in support and recovery assistance tools such as Saara to diagnose issues in Exchange and Outlook.