Microsoft Office 365 Administration

Learn how to prepare your domain for Office 365 by understanding what a domain is, registering it, choosing licensing, and using admin centers to manage external sharing and service health.

Identify essential terms for setting up Office 365, including host name, domain name, registrars, DNS, IP addresses, and MX records for mail routing.

Add domain users by importing a csv file or typing them in. Mix and match licenses and research options at office.microsoft.com, then configure dns and mail flow to Office 365.

Learn how the onmicrosoft.com domain is appended to new subscriptions, how to choose a company prefix, and how to switch to your own domain with DNS while the alias remains.

Demonstrates how to create a Microsoft account and sign up for an Office 365 business standard license, including entering details, phone verification, and finalizing billing, with domain setup afterward.

Learn how to add and verify the on microsoft.com domain in the admin center, including creating a text DNS record, DNS propagation times, and linking to the 365 console.

Prepare your domain by adding dns records—mx, cname alias, and text records—using the csv or zone file for precise data entry, noting time to live 7200 and autodiscover in Outlook.

Choose licenses on the same platform, whether small business or enterprise. Core is enterprise E3, with add-ons such as Dynamics CRM, Power BI, and Project Online.

Log on as an admin to manage users and licenses, then explore admin centers for security, compliance, endpoint management, Azure Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and mail flow policies.

Configure external sharing in OneDrive and SharePoint by selecting defaults: internal, anyone with a link, or specific people, and applying advanced domain controls for security.

Discover the default set of Office 365 apps, like Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Yammer, OneDrive, Excel, OneNote, Teams, and Stream, plus free and paid add-ins in the web app store.

Check the service health dashboard to log and review incidents and advisories for Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint.

Learn how to prepare your domain, register it, choose licenses, explore admin centers, monitor service health, and submit support tickets in Microsoft Office 365 administration.

Learn to create and manage users and contacts in Office 365, import them, and configure passwords, two-factor authentication, password policies, and licenses, then install Office.

Differentiate users and contacts in Office 365: users log in with an email address and can access licenses and online apps, while contacts serve as a global address book entry.

Navigate the Office 365 admin center to manage users, view active and licensed accounts, export or import data, and enable multi-factor authentication with filters for active, guest, and deleted users.

Demonstrates creating a new user in the Office 365 admin center, assigning a license, and configuring password options. Showcases assigning roles such as exchange admin and global admin.

Explore the types of Office 365 groups, including distribution lists, mail-enabled security groups, and security groups for access control, and learn how they support SharePoint, DHCP, and Exchange administration.

Explore the different group types in Office 365 administration, including Office 365 groups that combine email, calendar, files, and workspace, plus distribution groups, mail-enabled security groups, and security groups.

Create a distribution group in the Office 365 admin center, assign an email address, and add owners and members in the Exchange Admin Center.

Create an Office 365 group in the admin center, assign an owner and group email, link a team for conversations, files, and calendars, and manage members.

Learn how to manage users in microsoft office 365 by editing usernames, setting email addresses, assigning licenses (perpetual or it group procured), and managing group membership.

Import Office 365 users by creating a csv with headers like first name, last name, and email, uploading it. Download headers-only csv, populate and verify, then delete sample users.

Learn to import multiple Office 365 users from a csv file with exact headers (username, first name, last name, display name, department), then assign licenses and sign-in controls.

Review the expanded Microsoft 365 user profile with fields like account username, groups, roles, and contact information, and emphasize security through multifactor authentication to protect passwords.

demonstrates resetting user passwords with an auto-generated, strong password; show or hide the password, require a change on first login, and send the new password to an alternate email.

Two-factor authentication adds a second factor beyond username and password, with options like Microsoft Authenticator, SMS, or email codes, to keep your account secure.

Learn to enable two factor authentication from the administrative side, manage multifactor settings, handle app passwords, and guide a user through enrollment and verification.

Explore user properties in the admin center, including display name, groups, licenses, OneDrive and mail settings, and how to manage devices with Intune and account actions.

Sign in as an admin, open settings, then security and privacy to configure password expiration policies, including change frequency, retention, complexity, and last-12 password reuse.

Manage organization-wide password policies in the admin center, set expiration days with user notifications, enable self-service password reset, and configure a privacy profile and a privacy statement linked to emails.

Learn how to add a new user license for Office 365, paying by credit card or via a reseller, and navigate the many redirects to licensing pages.

Log on to portal.office.com and open my account to access Microsoft Office apps and devices, then install Microsoft Office on the designated devices through the self-service interface.

Install Microsoft Office from portal.office.com, choose Office apps, run install, stay online, and access both locally installed apps and the online version.

Learn to manage users and contacts in Office 365, detailing user creation (imported or manual), email address consistency, licensing, and secure password policies for a strong organization.

Explore where Office 365 data resides, learn how to back it up, and manage recipients, including non licensed users, licensed users, shared mailboxes, contexts, and resource users.

Explore how to maintain Office 365 users by distinguishing licensed vs non-licensed accounts, managing admin access, handling user exits, and provisioning shared mailboxes, external contacts, and resource calendars.

Demonstrates creating a resource mailbox for a conference room in Office 365, configuring licensing, scheduling options, and auto accept so Outlook can book the room or equipment.

Create a shared mailbox in the Office 365 admin center named migration mailbox for Sandra classroom.com, add members Chris Green, Dan, and Dwight, and save changes; access updates in Outlook.

Migrate your email to Office 365 by identifying the domain registrar and hosting, choosing the right migration method (domain-wide or per-user), and using a PST export or DNS MX records.

Import data into Office 365 via Outlook for individual mailboxes, exporting and importing as needed; choose between PST or native 365 methods or third-party tools depending on the source.

Explore the exchange recipients in the Exchange admin center, including mailboxes, groups, resources, and contacts. Edit mailbox properties, enable archiving and email connectivity, and manage shared mailboxes and migration tasks.

Configure spam and malware protection in the exchange admin center, enabling malware filtering, quarantine, and end-user notifications, and tailor file-type blocks and international spam settings.

Explore the exchange admin center, a cloud-based interface for managing recipients and mailboxes with permissions, compliance, retention policies, and rules for incoming and outgoing mail in Office 365.

Explore message trace in the exchange admin center to track email delivery, view delivery times, and investigate if messages were delivered, deleted, or moved.

Explore the Teams admin center to manage devices, locations, users, and teams, set permissions, and policies. Integrate voice with the Office 365 license and set up meetings, messaging, and conferencing.

Explore the Teams admin center in the 365 portal, manage teams and members, configure channels and conversations, and apply global policies including private channels.

Explore maintaining Office 365 data across diverse recipients and navigate domain and teams admin centers to define user permissions and how we want them set up.

Explore key Office 365 terms, admin centers, and recipients, learn to register a domain, enable two-factor authentication, and assign licenses for a successful setup and maintenance.