Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out (Includes Current Book Service)

by Kegg, Darryl; Guilmette, Aaron; Mandich, Lou; Fisher, Ed

• ISBN13: 9781509304677
• ISBN10: 1509304673
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-11-16
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

Conquer Microsoft Office 365 Administration–from the inside out!

 

Dive into Microsoft Office 365 Administration–and really put your Office 365 expertise to work. This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, tips, and workarounds–all you need to plan, implement, and operate Microsoft Office 365 in any environment. In this completely revamped Second Edition, a new author team thoroughly reviews the administration tools and capabilities available in the latest versions of Microsoft Office 365, and also adds extensive new coverage of Azure cloud services and SharePoint. Discover how experts tackle today’s essential tasks–and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery.

•  Install, customize, and use Office 365’s portal, dashboard, and admin centers

•  Make optimal decisions about tenancy, licensing, infrastructure, and hybrid options

•  Prepare your environment for the cloud

•  Manage Office 365 identity and access via federation services, password and directory synchronization, authentication, and AAD Connect

•  Implement alerts and threat management in the Security & Compliance Center

•  Establish Office 365 data classifications, loss prevention plans, and governance

•  Prepare your on-premises environment to connect with Exchange Online

•  Manage resource types, billing and licensing, service health reporting, and support

•  Move mailboxes to Exchange Online via cutover, staged, and express migrations

•  Establish hybrid environments with the Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard

•  Administer Exchange Online, from recipients and transport to malware filtering

•  Understand, plan, and deploy Skype for Business Online

Current Book Service
In addition, this book is part of the Current Book Service from Microsoft Press. Books in this program receive periodic updates to address significant software changes for 12 to 18 months following the original publication date via a free Web Edition. Learn more at https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/cbs.

Author Biography

Darryl Kegg, senior consultant in the Microsoft cloud services team, is responsible for deployment of Office 365 and Microsoft Azure services to government, education, and Fortune® 100/500 customers. He has helped migrate over 10 million users to Azure. Aaron Guilmette, Senior Consultant at Microsoft, provides guidance and assistance to customers adopting Office 365, with a focus on messaging, identity, and scripting solutions. Lou Mandich, Senior Consultant at Microsoft, provides guidance and assistance to multiple customers adopting Office 365, with a focus on complex messaging and identity solutions. Ed Fisher is a Technology Solutions Professional at Microsoft, focusing on helping customers evaluate, deploy, and adopt Office 365 collaboration technologies, networking, and security solutions.

Table of Contents

Introduction

 

Part 1: Planning, Preparing and Deploying Office 365
1. Office 365 Deployment Milestones
2. Preparing Your Environment for the Cloud

 

Part 2: Office 365 Identity and Access
3. Federation Services, Password Synchronization and Authentication
4. Directory Synchronization Basics
5. Installing AAD Connect 100

 

Part 3: Inside the Office 365 Admin Portal
6. The Office 365 Portal Dashboard and Admin Centers
7. Understanding the Office 365 Resource Types
8. Inside Office 365 Billing and Licensing
9. Office 365 Service Health Reporting and Support

 

Part 4: Exchange Online Configuration and Management
10. Preparing Exchange On-premises and Exchange Online to Work Together
11. Exchange Online Recipient Types
12. Mailbox Migration Types
13. Executing the Hybrid Configuration Wizard
14. Managing Exchange Online

 

Part 5: Skype for Business Online
15. Skype for Business Online Concepts and Implementation
16. Deploying Skype for Business Online

 

Part 6: SharePoint Online
17. Overview of SharePoint Online
18. Implementing the SharePoint Online Hybrid Configuration
19. OneDrive for Business
20. Office Online Web Applications