
This is a welcome video explaining what the course is all about
This lecture provides a drawing that will help you have a better understanding of how the traditional centralized approach to managing a Microsoft environment works
This lecture will help make sure you have a foundational understanding of Microsoft Remote Access, Demilitarized Zones, and Virtualization
This lecture will help make sure you have a basic foundational understanding of the Microsoft Cloud Services
This video will help you understand how to use the assignments in the course
Explore Microsoft Teams as the main collaboration tool for easy communication, private and public chats, channels, and calendar integration, with open APIs linking with OneDrive, SharePoint, and Viva Insights.
Invite questions, set expectations for response times, and direct students to docs.microsoft.com for fast answers, while guiding them to exam-lab-practice and Udemy for updates, assignments, and exam questions.
Earn a certificate of completion by watching all course videos. Verify that assignments do not count toward certification, and watch the final video to learn how to obtain your certificate.
In Microsoft's cloud, things change constantly week to week; stay agile as menus and buttons move, and expect ongoing updates, which I try to track.
This lecture will walk you through some of the administration features using the Azure Portal
This lecture will show you the basics of the Microsoft 365 Portal
This lecture will help make sure you have a foundational understanding of Powershell which we will be using throughout the course.
Learn how to easily redo course simulations by navigating to the summary, returning to the assignment, and opening the instructions to access the simulation link.
Assess Teams network capacity by calculating per-user bandwidth for voice, video, meetings, and screen sharing, using network planner tools and per-endpoint usage for concurrent demand.
Open outbound TCP ports 80 and 443 and UDP ports 3478 and 3481 from clients to the internet to enable Microsoft Teams, with outbound firewall rules only.
Assign and manage user roles in Microsoft Teams by distinguishing owners, members, and guests, and navigate the Teams admin center.
Learn to manage teams in the Microsoft Teams admin center by creating, editing, and deleting teams, adjusting member permissions, channels, guest access, and settings like giphy and memes.
Explore how to create and manage channels in Microsoft Teams via the admin center and Teams app, including standard and private channels, member management, and PowerShell commands.
Explore how to manage channel settings in Microsoft Teams by enabling channel moderation, configuring who can start posts, and adjusting permissions for members, bots, and connectors within a channel.
Demonstrate creating and applying a restricted channel policy in the Teams admin center, disabling private channels, shared channels, and external users, for a selected group.
Explore how administrators create and manage messaging policies in the Teams admin center, applying global or group policies, configuring read receipts, delete options, Giphy moderation, and permissions.
Explore role-based access control in Microsoft Teams by viewing and assigning administrator roles in Azure Active Directory, including teams administrator and teams communications administrator.
Create a five-year retention policy in Microsoft Purview, selecting exchange mailboxes, SharePoint and OneDrive, with static retention and creation-time start, enforcing automatic deletion.
Apply sensitivity labels to documents and emails to classify data, automate labeling with policies, and enforce encryption and data loss prevention across cloud and local apps.
Plan and manage update policies for Teams using public preview, Office Insider, and targeted release. Learn admin center steps, policy options, and deployment methods for controlled updates.
Set an expiration policy for Microsoft 365 groups using the Azure Active Directory expiration blade, enable owner renewal notifications, and manage content deletion from Outlook, SharePoint, and Teams.
Configure external collaboration settings in Entra ID to manage guest access in Azure AD, including guest permissions, invite controls, and domain restrictions.
Explore how to create and manage app setup policies in the Teams admin center, controlling installation, pinning, side loading of custom apps, and group policy assignments.
Enable Teams Premium to unlock customizable meeting templates, branding, translated captions, end-to-end encryption and watermarks, enhanced webinars with a green room, and richer reporting by assigning a premium license.
Learn to manage meeting settings in the Teams admin center, including anonymous participants and apps interaction, email invitations, branding urls, and networking options for quality of service and port ranges.
Learn to create and edit meeting templates in the Teams admin center, configure options like lobby, recording, encryption, watermark, and apply template policies to control access.
Create and customize meeting policies in the Microsoft Teams admin center, configuring options for private meeting scheduling, lobby, attendance reporting, chat, recording, transcription, and content sharing.
We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more then the average course on Udemy!
Have access to the following:
Training from an instructor of over 20 years who has helped thousands on their certification journey
Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material
Instructor led hands on that can be followed even if you have little to no experience
TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:
Introduction
Welcome to the course
Understanding the Microsoft Environment
A Foundation of Active Directory Domains
A Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization
A Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services
Creating a free Microsoft 365 Azure AD Account
Introduction to Teams
Questions for John Christopher
Order of concepts covered in the course
Plan and configure network settings for Teams
Calculate network bandwidth capacity for Teams voice, video, meetings, & live
Analyze network impact by using Network planner
Specify network ports and protocols used by Teams
Specify optimal network architecture for Teams with QoS
Assess network readiness & connectivity by using the Network Assessment Tools
Create and manage teams
Create a team by using the MS Teams admin center, Teams client, or PowerShell
Create a team from an existing Microsoft 365 group, SharePoint site, or team
Create a team from a template
Create and manage Teams templates and template policies
Manage the membership of a team
Assign and modify user roles in a team
Manage a team in the Microsoft Teams admin center
Manage Teams environment settings in the Microsoft Teams admin center
Configure privacy and sensitivity settings for Teams
Manage channels and chats
Recommend channel types, including standard, private, and shared
Add, edit, remove channels and manage membership
Manage Teams channel settings
Create and manage teams policies for channels
Create and manage messaging policies
Manage security and compliance settings for Teams
Identify licensing requirements for security and compliance features
Specify security and compliance alert policies
Choose appropriate Teams administrator roles
Plan and configure Enhanced encryption policies
Plan and configure threat policies in Microsoft 365 Defender
Understanding retention and disposition in Microsoft 365
Retention Policies vs Retention Labels vs Retention Label Policies
Specify retention labels
Create a retention label policy to publish labels
Specify retention policies
Understanding Sensitivity Labels
Specify sensitivity labels & publishing policies, including Teams meeting policies
Understanding data loss prevention (DLP)
Specify data loss prevention (DLP) policies
Understanding Conditional Access Policies
Plan Conditional Access for Teams
Specify information barrier (IB) policies
Identify use cases for communication compliance & insider risk management
Plan and implement governance and lifecycle management
Licensing requirements for advanced lifecycle management of teams
Identify where Teams stores content
Plan & manage update policies, Public Preview, Office Insider, & Targeted release
Create and manage policy packages in Teams
Plan and configure policy assignment for users and groups
Configure settings for Microsoft 365 group creation
Configure an expiration policy for Microsoft 365 groups
Adding an additional teams license
Understanding naming policies for Microsoft 365 groups
Configure a naming policy for Microsoft 365 groups, including blocked words
Archive, delete, or unarchive one or more teams
Restore or troubleshoot the deletion of a Microsoft 365 group
Identify when to use access reviews in Azure AD for members and guests
Configure and manage external collaboration
Identify licensing requirements for external collaboration
Configure SharePoint Online and OneDrive external sharing settings
Configure External access in the Microsoft Teams admin center
Configure External collaboration settings in Azure AD for guest access
Control guest access to a specific team, including sensitivity labels & Azure AD
Remove guests from Teams, including from a team or a tenant
Configure & manage cross-tenant access for B2B direct connect shared channels
Manage apps for Teams
Manage Org-wide app settings in the Microsoft Teams admin center
Create and manage app permission policies along with consent and blocking apps
Create and manage app setup policies
Manage purchasing of apps in the Teams app store
Customize the appearance of the Teams app store
Customize the branded experience of an app
Upload an app to Teams
Manage meetings and events
Recommend meeting types, including live events, webinars, & virtual appointments
Enable enhanced meeting features for a user by assigning Microsoft Teams Premium licenses
Configure meeting settings
Create and manage meeting templates and template policies
Create and manage meeting policies
Create and manage conference bridges
Create and manage audio conferencing policies
Plan and configure live events settings and policies
Manage Teams clients and devices
Identify licensing requirements for Teams Phone and resource accounts
Identify licensing requirements for Teams devices
Manage configuration profiles for Teams devices
Configure Teams Rooms accounts and systems
Manage device settings and firmware
Manage Teams device tags
Provision and configure remote sign-in for new devices
Manage phone numbers and services for Teams Phone
Evaluate PSTN,Calling Plan,Direct Routing,Operator Connect, & Teams Phone Mobile
Add, change, or remove an emergency address for an organization
Provision and manage phone numbers for users, services, and conferencing bridges
Assign, change, or remove a phone number for a user or a resource account
Create and manage resource accounts in the Microsoft Teams admin center
Manage voice settings and policies for users
Create and manage voicemail policies
Configure auto-attendants and call queues
Create and manage calling policies
Monitor and report on Teams
Monitor and report on voice and meeting quality
Report on Teams usage,team activity,app usage,active users,per-meeting & storage
Monitor and report on the creation and deletion of teams
Monitor and report on guest access
Monitor the Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool
Manage feedback policies
Troubleshoot audio, video, and client issues
Collect client-side logs
Clear the Teams client cache
Troubleshoot issues by using self-help diagnostics for Teams