Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert (MS-102) Cert Prep
7h 40mAdvanced2024-08-29
Authors

Microsoft Press
Microsoft

Kushantha Gunawardana
Course details
If you are a Microsoft 365 administrator who performs tenant-level implementation and administration of cloud and hybrid environments, earning the Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert (MS-102) certification can move your career forward. The Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert (MS-102) exam measures your ability to: deploy and manage a Microsoft 365 tenant; implement and manage identity and access in Azure AD; manage security and threats by using Microsoft 365 Defender; and manage compliance by using Microsoft Purview. This course helps you prepare for the exam.
Skills covered
Personal Productivity SoftwareMicrosoft 365Cloud AdministrationCloud ServicesCert PrepCloud ComputingBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft
Concepts
Introduction
- Exam MS-102 Microsoft 365 Administrator - Introduction
Deploy and Manage a Microsoft 365 Tenant
- Module introduction
Implement and Manage a Microsoft 365 Tenant
- Learning objectives
- Create a tenant
- Implement and manage domains
- Configure organizational settings, including security, privacy, and profile
- Identify and respond to service health issues and configure notifications in service health
- Monitor adoption and usage
Manage Users and Groups
- Learning objectives
- Create and manage users
- Create and manage guest users
- Create and manage contacts
- Create and manage groups, including Microsoft 365 groups
- Manage and monitor Microsoft 365 license allocations
- Perform bulk user management, including PowerShell
Manage Roles in Microsoft 365
- Learning objectives
- Manage roles in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra
- Manage role groups for Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft 365 workloads
- Manage delegation using administrative units
- Implement privileged identity management for Microsoft Entra roles
Implement and Manage Microsoft Entra Identity and Access
- Module introduction
Manage Compliance Using Microsoft Purview
- Learning objectives
- Prepare for identity synchronization using IdFix
- Implement and manage directory synchronization using Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync
- Implement and manage directory synchronization using Microsoft Entra Connect
- Monitor synchronization using Microsoft Entra Connect Health
- Troubleshoot synchronization, including Microsoft Entra Connect and Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync
Implement and Manage Authentication
- Learning objectives
- Implement and manage authentication methods, including Windows Hello for Business, passwordless, tokens, and the Microsoft Authenticator app
- Implement and manage self-service password reset (SSPR)
- Implement and manage Microsoft Entra Password Protection
- Implement and manage multifactor authentication (MFA)
- Investigate and resolve authentication issues
Implement and Manage Secure Access
- Learning objectives
- Plan for identity protection
- Implement and manage Microsoft Entra ID Protection
- Plan Conditional Access policies
- Implement and manage Conditional Access policies
Manage Security and Threats Using Microsoft 365 Defender
- Module introduction
Manage Security Reports and Alerts Using the Microsoft 365 Defender Portal
- Learning objectives
- Review and take actions to improve the Microsoft Secure Score in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal
- Review and respond to security incidents and alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Review and respond to issues identified in security and compliance reports in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Review and respond to threats identified in threat analytics
Implement and Manage Email and Collaboration Protection Using Microsoft Defender
- Learning objectives
- Implement policies and rules in Defender for Office 365
- Review and respond to threats identified in Defender for Office 365, including threats and investigations
- Create and run campaigns, such as attack simulation
- Unblock users
Implement and Manage Endpoint Protection Using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Learning objectives
- Onboard devices to Defender for Endpoint
- Configure Defender for Endpoint settings
- Review and respond to endpoint vulnerabilities
- Review and respond to risks identified in the Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management dashboard
Manage Compliance Using Microsoft Purview
- Module introduction
Implement Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Lifecycle Management
- Learning objectives
- Implement and manage sensitive info types using keywords, keyword lists, or regular expressions
- Implement retention labels, retention label policies, and retention policies
- Implement sensitivity labels and sensitivity label policies
Implement Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Learning objectives
- Implement DLP for workloads
- Implement endpoint DLP
- Review and respond to DLP alerts, events, and reports