Configuring Office 365 services for beginners

Name: Configuring Office 365 services for beginners
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Office 365 essential skills to activate tenant, provide Email and Skype services for small business, family and friends

Created byAshraf Ismail

Last updated 3/2017

English

What you'll learn

High level understanding of office 365 services and the tenant concept
Activate your first office 365 tenant
Activate Exchange online and Skype for business services in office 365 tenant
Enroll few users for office 365 services
Select the right office 365 license plan
Master basic office 365 administration tasks
Configure desktop Client and Mobile clients to connect to Office 365 email

Course content

6 sections • 31 lectures • 1h 27m total length

what is office 365 services1:40
In this lecture I will answer the most basic question: What is Office 365 services?
what is office 365 tenant1:53
In this lecture I will answer the most basic question: What is Office 365 tenant ?
I will simplify the service definition and map it to daily life examples

Office 365 tenant activation requirements1:18
In this lecture I will cover the requirements for trial tenant activating and the limitations of the trial tenant
Default domain and custom domain definiation2:25
In this lecture I will explain the differences between office 365 default domain and custom domain and why we need custom domains
Tenant activation process1:06
In this lecture I will cover tenant activation steps
Tenant Activation Lab5:10
In this demo i will cover step by step the tenant activation process in test environment
Exercise 1 Activate your tenant0:49
This exercise for you to follow the same steps and create your own office 365 trial tenant

Access office 365 tenant0:48
In this lecture you will learn how to access your Office 365 tenant
Access office 365 tenant lab4:18
in this Demo you will get familiar with Office 365 logon process and the different options in the landing page
Custom Domain Configuration Part 12:48
In this lecturee you will learn how to add custom domain to you tenant , how to complete the domain verification process and how to update your public DNS provider with required information for the verification process
Custome domain configuration part 24:36
In this cession you will learn how to add custom domain to you tenant , how to complete the domain verification process and how to update your public DNS provider with required information for the verification process
Exercise 2 configure your custom domain0:39
In this exercise you will add your custom domain to your Office 365 tenant and complete the verification process
Required DNS records for office 365 services1:06
In this lecture you will learn the required public DNS records for Office 365 services such as Exchange online and Skype for business
Exchange online and SKype online required DNS records explained6:16
In this Lecture you will learn the discovery process of the outlook client and Skype Client and how they locate the service based on specific public DNS records , and why we need additional DNS records to support the process
Configure the required DNS records for the service4:51
In this lecture you will learn how to configure the required DNS records for Exchange online and Skype for business in test tenant and in DNS hosted provider
Exercise 3 add DNS service records to your custom domain1:33
In this exercise you will complete the Exchange and skype DNS configuration in your test tenant
Create users and activate services Part 10:30
In this lecture you will learn how to create users , assign office 365 services to the user and validate the services are activated
Create users and activate services Part 27:25
In this lecture you will learn how to create users , assign office 365 services to the user and validate the services are activated
Excercise 4 Create users and activate services0:31
In this exercise you will provision and activate users in your tenant

Outlook Client configuration6:55
In this lecture we will learn how to download and install outlook, and how to configure outlook client to connect to office 365 mailbox
Mobile phone Client configuration2:32
In this session we will learn how to configure mobile phone to connect to office 365 service and access mailbox
Exercise 5 Configure Email Clients0:21
In this exercise you will test your skills based on what you learned and configure outlook clients in your environment against your test tenant

Skype for Business client for desktop4:25
In this lecture you will learn how to download Skype for business client and configure the client to connect to office 365 skype service
Skype for business client for Mobile phone3:01
In this session you will learn how to download Skype client for mobile phone and configure the client to connect to office 365 skype service
Exercise 6 Configure Skype for business clients0:31
In this exercise you will configure skype clients in your environment to connect to you test tenant

Manage user account (Delete, Modify and reset password)3:56
in this lecture you will learn how to modify office 365 user account, delete user account and reset password
Configure multifactor authentication for admin account3:55
in this lecture you will learn how to setup multifactor authentication for admin account using phone and txt message with code as second factor authentication
Create and configure distribution lists2:23
Disable office 365 service for a user1:41
Select and assign production license plan5:18
Course wrap-up and next step2:22
This lecture covers the course wrap-up and next step on the office 365 journey

Requirements

Computer and internet access, no additional software is required
Basic computer skills
Basic skills using email and skype
Passion to learn new skills and discover new areas in cloud services

Description

This course will give you a jump start to Office 365 skills, you will learn what is office 365 ,what is the tenant and then you will learn step by step how to create your free office 365 tenant and activate services for email and skype. In this course you will get familiar with many areas related to office 365 such as custom domains, license, mobile phone configuration with office 365.By completing this short course and the associated exercises you will have the required skills to setup your production tenant and provide services for your business or your family and friends. If you are IT professional, you will have the required skills to answer questions related to office 365 setup and move to higher paying jobs in the IT hierarchy with cloud focus.

Who this course is for:

Fresh IT professionals who are considering Office 365/cloud as long term carrier
IT professionals who would like to gain office 365 skills
Regular home users and freelancers who would like manage Email and skype services for their businesses, family, and friends
This course is not meant to cover all topics for Exam 70-347:" Enabling Office 365 Services”, which is planned for a different foreseeable future course

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Office 365 services overview2 lectures • 4min

Provision your office 365 trial tenant5 lectures • 11min

Configure office 365 Tenant12 lectures • 35min

Email Clients configuration3 lectures • 10min

Skype for Business Client configuration3 lectures • 8min

Office 365 Administration tasks6 lectures • 20min

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