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Microsoft 365 Administration course with hands on sims
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Rating: 4.6 out of 5(3,434 ratings)
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Microsoft 365 Administration course with hands on sims

Learn how to expertly administer Microsoft 365 with lecture and hands on simulations available 24/7
Last updated 4/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn the concepts and perform hands on activities needed to master Microsoft 365 administration
  • Gain a tremendous amount of knowledge involving Microsoft 365 and Azure Services
  • Get loads of hands on experience with Microsoft 365 and Azure
  • Utilize hands on simulations that can be access anytime, anywhere!

Course content

10 sections71 lectures10h 1m total length
  • Understanding the Microsoft 365 and Azure Environment1:48
  • A Foundation for Microsoft ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services)12:11
  • A Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization13:09

    Explore how rras vpns and dmz perimeter networks secure remote access from home users, and how virtualization with Hyper-V enables elastic, cloud-like on-premises resources.

  • A Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services17:14
  • DO NOT SKIP: Portals renamed!1:51
  • VERY IMPORTANT! Using Assignments in the Course6:40
  • Questions for John Christopher5:42

    John Christopher invites your questions about Microsoft 365, encourages patience with a high-volume audience, and points you to official docs and examlabpractice.com for fast, up-to-date answers and course resources.

  • DONT SKIP: Before beginning your account setup4:48
  • Creating a trial Microsoft 365/Azure Account17:08
  • Certificate of Completion0:33

Requirements

  • Willingness to put in the time and practice the steps shown in the course

Description

We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more than the average course on Udemy!

Have access to the following:

  • Training from an instructor of over 20 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer

  • 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 and simulations to practice 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

  • Foundations of Active Directory Domains

  • Foundations of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization

  • Foundations of the Microsoft Cloud Services

  • IMPORTANT Using Assignments in the course

  • DO NOT SKIP: The first to know about Microsoft cloud services

  • Creating a trial Microsoft 365/Azure Account

Fundamental capabilities of Microsoft 365

  • Concepts of IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS

  • Managing licenses for users and groups in Microsoft 365

  • Public, private, and hybrid cloud model concepts

  • Microsoft 365 organization configuration

  • Exploring the Teams admin center configurations

  • Exploring SharePoint online configuration

  • Roles and permissions for sites in SharePoint

  • Exploring basic configuration of Exchange Online

Microsoft 365 licensing, connectivity, update and adoption monitoring

  • Microsoft 365 license management and monitoring

  • Managing Network connectivity insights

  • Monitoring and managing software updates by using the Microsoft 365 admin center

  • Adoption and usage monitoring in Microsoft 365

  • Concepts of Microsoft 365 Backup

Managing the Microsoft 365 tenant

  • Tenant creation

  • Working with domain names in Microsoft 365

  • Microsoft 365 service health monitoring

Working with identities and privileges in Microsoft 365

  • User creation and management

  • External/Guest user management

  • Creating groups in Microsoft 365

  • Creating groups in Microsoft Azure

  • Working with bulk user management

  • Role based access control concepts

  • Working with roles in Microsoft 365

  • Understanding the concepts of administrative units

  • Administrative unit creation and management

  • Privileged identity management (PIM) concepts

  • Administering privileged identity management (PIM)

Fundamentals of security concepts in Microsoft 365 administration

  • Microsoft's shared responsibility model

  • Concepts of defense in depth

  • Visualizing the Zero-Trust model

  • Encryption and hashing in Microsoft 365 / Azure

  • Understanding Sensitive Information Requirements

  • Compliance blade renamed to Microsoft Purview

  • Introduction to compliance in Microsoft 365

  • Understanding the Microsoft 365 Defender services

  • Introduction to Microsoft 365 Defender portal

  • Concepts of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

  • Exploring settings for managing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

  • Concepts of Microsoft Entra ID Protection

  • Configuring Entra Identity Protection

Managing Defender for Office 365

  • Concepts of Defender for Office 365

  • Defender for Office 365 policies and rules

  • Taking a look at threats identified in Defender for Office 365

  • Attack simulation campaigns

  • How to unblock users

Microsoft Purview information protection, retention & data data loss prevention (DLP)

  • Sensitivity labels concepts

  • Working with sensitive info types by using keywords and regex

  • Concepts of retention and disposition in Microsoft 365

  • Retention labels, retention label policies, and retention policies

  • Creating retention labels

  • How to configure a retention label policy to publish labels

  • Retention policy creation

  • Concepts of Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

  • Creating data loss prevention policies (DLP)

  • Alerts involving Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Who this course is for:

  • IT people interested in learning a tremendous amount about Microsoft 365 Administration
  • People interested in learning a tremendous amount about Microsoft 365 and Azure Service