Microsoft 365 Administration and Security Essentials Training Course

About This Course

This course provides students with the necessary skills to deploy and configure System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. Through practical hands-on labs, participants will learn the following:

• The methods for architecting and implementing a System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Management Group.

• The procedures for upgrading and migrating from an existing Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Group to System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

• The fundamental components of Management Packs, including Object Discoveries, Rules, Monitors, Targeting, and Run As Accounts and Profiles, along with the process of authoring Management Packs.

• The configuration of fabric and application monitoring in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, covering both datacenter and cloud resources such as networking, storage, and compute.

• The setup for monitoring .NET and Java-based applications using Application Performance Monitoring.

• The configuration of end-to-end service monitoring, encompassing synthetic transactions and Distributed Application Diagrams.

• The creation of Dashboards, Service Level Tracking Reporting, and the SharePoint Web Part to visualize key performance and availability metrics.

• The customization of the Operations Manager Console to accommodate the specific needs of various application support teams.

• The integration of Operations Manager with other System Center 2012 R2 components, extending monitoring capabilities to cover essential business processes and procedures.

• The troubleshooting of an Operations Manager Management Group and the execution of disaster recovery procedures, such as database and management server recovery.

• The utilization of new features in System Center 2012 R2, including integration with System Center Advisor, Team Foundation Server, IntelliTrace, and the management of Windows Azure.

Audience Profile

The primary audience for this course consists of cloud and datacenter administrators who are new to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and are tasked with its deployment, configuration, and operation within their cloud or datacenter environments. The secondary audience includes cloud and datacenter administrators already familiar with Operations Manager who wish to upgrade their skills to incorporate the new features found in System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Plan for the deployment of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, including:
  • Defining hardware and software requirements.
  • Describing security considerations.
  • Architecting a highly available System Center and Microsoft SQL Server platform using Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn.
  • Planning for migration and upgrade scenarios to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
• Customize the Operations Console with User Roles.
• Execute various methods of Agent deployment with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
• Implement key Management Pack concepts and elements, including Management Pack Templates.
• Configure Notifications, Reporting, and Service Level Tracking in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
• Configure the following:
  • Audit Collection Services.
  • Agentless Exception Monitoring.
  • Operations Manager SharePoint Web Part in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
• Configure Application Performance Monitoring and Network Device monitoring in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
• Configure dashboards and widgets in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
• Describe the usage of new cloud-based features, including System Center Global Service Monitor and System Center Advisor.
• Configure integration between System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and other System Center 2012 R2 components.
• Troubleshoot an Operations Manager Management Group.
• Perform disaster recovery in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

About This Course

This is a three-day instructor-led training course designed for IT professionals who administer, configure, and manage Office 365 services in hybrid environments, where part of the infrastructure resides on-premises. The course also covers identity and authentication management, along with supporting technologies for Office 365. It focuses on the skills needed to administer and troubleshoot an Office 365 tenant and its key services, such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Skype for Business, as well as Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Azure Active Directory Identity Protection, and Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management. All topics are addressed from a hybrid perspective, providing knowledge on leveraging Office 365 services for both cloud and on-premises resources.

At Course Completion

• Describe Office 365 administration tools and licensing options.
• Deploy and configure directory synchronization in an Office 365 deployment.
• Plan hybrid configuration with Exchange Server and Exchange Online.
• Perform an Exchange Server hybrid configuration deployment.
• Describe and deploy Skype for Business and Teams in a hybrid deployment.
• Deploy SharePoint and OneDrive for Business in a hybrid environment.
• Describe and deploy various authentication methods in a hybrid Office 365 deployment.

About This Course

This three-day, instructor-led program is designed for individuals aiming to transition into a database professional role or those whose current responsibilities are expanding to include database management. The course covers essential database concepts, including various database types, languages, and design principles.

Target Audience

The primary audience consists of professionals moving into database-related roles or those whose job scope now includes working with database technologies.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
• Explain core database concepts within the context of SQL Server 2016
• Describe the database languages utilized in SQL Server 2016
• Outline data modeling techniques
• Explain normalization and denormalization strategies
• Describe relationship types and their impact on database design
• Understand how database design affects performance
• Identify commonly used database objects

About This Course

This three-day Instructor-Led Training (ILT) course is designed to meet the needs of information technology (IT) professionals responsible for administering, configuring, troubleshooting, and operating Office 365 services. It covers essential aspects such as identities, dependencies, requirements, and supporting technologies. The curriculum focuses on the skills necessary to manage and troubleshoot the Office 365 tenant and its core services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Teams. Additionally, it addresses security and compliance features within the Office 365 environment.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT professionals and system administrators seeking to master administration and troubleshooting techniques in Office 365. Participants should possess a minimum of three years of experience in their respective fields, ideally with a background in system administration, network administration, or messaging.

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe Office 365 services.
• Administer Office 365 using the Microsoft 365 admin center, Office 365 services admin centers, and an
• Administer and troubleshoot directory synchronization and directory objects.
• Administer and troubleshoot Exchange Online.
• Administer and troubleshoot Teams.
• Administer and troubleshoot SharePoint Online.
• Plan and deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
• Administer and troubleshoot compliance and security in Office 365.

About This Course

This five-day course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and administer a Microsoft SharePoint 2016 environment. Participants will learn how to deploy, administer, and troubleshoot their SharePoint infrastructure. Additionally, the course offers guidelines, best practices, and key considerations to help optimize your SharePoint deployment.

This is the first course in a two-part sequence designed for IT professionals, aligned with the SharePoint 2016 IT Pro certification.

Audience Profile

The course is intended for experienced IT professionals interested in learning how to install, configure, deploy, and manage SharePoint 2016 installations in data center or cloud environments.

Typical students possess at least one year of hands-on experience* in planning and maintaining SharePoint, along with two years of experience with core technologies that SharePoint depends on, such as Windows Server 2012 R2 or later, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or later, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and networking infrastructure services.

The minimally qualified candidate typically:

• Is an IT professional responsible for planning, implementing, and maintaining a multi-server deployment of SharePoint 2016.
• Has working knowledge of, and preferably hands-on experience with, SharePoint Online.
• Has broad familiarity with SharePoint workloads.
• Has experience with business continuity management, including data backup, restoration, and high availability.
• Has experience with authentication and security technologies.
• Has experience with Windows PowerShell.

* The hands-on experience or job experience should be from a solutions-based role where the candidate has worked on multiple solutions in the SharePoint space that includes document management, content management, and search.

At Course Completion

• Describe the key features of SharePoint 2016.
• Design an information architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Design a logical architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Design the physical architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Install and configure SharePoint 2016.
• Create and configure web applications and site collections.
• Plan and configure service applications for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Manage users and permissions, and secure content in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Configure authentication in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Configure platform and farm-level security in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Manage information taxonomy in SharePoint web applications and site collections.
• Configure and manage user profiles and audiences.
• Configure and manage the search experience in SharePoint 2016.
• Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

About This Course

This course equips experienced Exchange Server administrators with the essential knowledge required to design and implement a robust Exchange Server messaging environment. The curriculum covers the design and configuration of advanced components within an Exchange Server deployment, including site resiliency, advanced security measures, compliance, archiving, and discovery solutions. Additionally, it addresses coexistence with other Exchange organizations or Exchange Online, as well as migration strategies from previous Exchange Server versions. Participants will also receive guidelines, best practices, and key considerations to help optimize their Exchange Server deployments.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT professionals who serve as experienced messaging administrators, messaging architects, or consultants. It is specifically designed for individuals in enterprise environments responsible for designing and deploying Exchange Server solutions, including those involving previous versions of Exchange Server or Exchange Online. Students are expected to possess prior experience with Exchange Server 2019 or earlier versions.

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Plan for Exchange Server deployments.
• Plan and deploy Exchange Server hardware, virtualization, mailbox databases, and public folders.
• Plan message transport in Exchange Server.
• Plan and deploy Client Access services in Exchange Server.
• Design and implement a highly available Exchange Server environment.
• Maintain Exchange Server using Managed Availability and Desired State Configuration (DSC).
• Plan for messaging security and design and implement Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) and Microsoft Azure RMS within Exchange Server.
• Design and implement message retention and archiving.
• Design and implement data loss prevention policies, In-Place Hold, and eDiscovery.
• Design and implement messaging coexistence among Exchange Server organizations.
• Plan and implement the upgrade from previous versions of Exchange Server to Exchange Server 2019.
• Plan a hybrid Exchange deployment.

About This Course

This five-day, hands-on training course is designed to teach you the breadth of Microsoft virtual desktop technology, and the course will compare and contrast the various technologies with use cases and best practices. This course builds your skills in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V), and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) as part of Windows Server 2012 R2. Throughout this course, you will learn how to manage, monitor, support, and troubleshoot various Windows-based desktop virtualization solutions.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT administrators and implementers in large and midsized organizations who want to understand and get hands-on experience with the latest Microsoft desktop and application virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions based on these technologies.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe desktop and application virtualization.
• Plan and implement user state virtualization.
• Plan and implement App-V.
• Plan and deploy App-V clients.
• Manage and administer application virtualization.
• Understand application sequencing.
• Configure client Hyper-V.
• Plan and deploy session-based desktops.
• Publish and configure RemoteApp programs.
• Plan pooled personal desktops.
• Plan and implement pooled and personal desktops.
• Implement Remote Access.
• Understand health monitoring of VDI infrastructure.

After completing this course in Slovakia, students will be able to:

• Understand Operating System Configurations
• Install and Upgrade Client Systems
• Manage Applications
• Manage Files and Folders
• Manage Devices
• Understand Operating System Maintenance

About This Course

This course explores the essential methods and best practices aligned with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data using Power BI. It demonstrates how to access and process data from diverse sources, covering both relational and non-relational systems. Additionally, it covers implementing robust security standards and policies across the Power BI ecosystem, including datasets and groups, as well as managing and deploying reports and dashboards for effective sharing and content distribution.

Audience Profile

This course is designed for data professionals and business intelligence specialists seeking to master data analysis with Power BI. It also targets developers who create reports that visualize data from cloud-based and on-premises data platform technologies.

Skills gained

• Ingest, clean, and transform data
• Model data for performance and scalability
• Design and create reports for data analysis
• Apply and perform advanced report analytics
• Manage and share report assets

This five-day instructor-led training (ILT) course is designed to meet the needs of IT professionals involved in evaluating, planning, deploying, and operating Microsoft Office 365 services, including their identities, dependencies, requirements, and supporting technologies. The course emphasizes the skills necessary to set up an Office 365 tenant, including federation with existing user identities, and the skills required to maintain an Office 365 tenant and its users.

This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for planning, configuring, and managing an Office 365 environment. Students attending this course are expected to have a fairly broad understanding of several on-premises technologies such as Domain Name System (DNS) and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). In addition, they should have a general understanding of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Lync Server or Skype for Business Server, and Microsoft SharePoint Server.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Plan an Office 365 deployment, configure the Office 365 tenant, and plan a pilot deployment.
• Manage Office 365 users, groups, and licenses, and configure delegated administration.
• Plan and configure client connectivity to Office 365.
• Plan and configure directory synchronization between Microsoft Azure AD and on-premises AD DS.
• Plan and implement the Office 365 ProPlus deployment.
• Plan and manage Microsoft Exchange Online recipients and permissions.
• Plan and configure Exchange Online services.
• Plan and configure Microsoft Teams
• Plan and configure Microsoft SharePoint Online.
• Plan and configure an Office 365 collaboration solutions.
• Plan and configure the integration between Office 365 and Microsoft Azure Information Protection.
• Monitor and review Office 365 services, and troubleshoot Office 365 issues.
• Plan and implement identity federation between on-premises AD DS and Azure AD.

About This Course

This is a five-day instructor-led training (ILT) course designed for IT professionals who evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Microsoft Office 365 services. The curriculum covers identities, dependencies, requirements, and supporting technologies. It focuses on the skills necessary to establish an Office 365 tenant, including federating with existing user identities, as well as sustaining the tenant and its users.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT professionals responsible for planning, configuring, and managing an Office 365 environment. Attendees are expected to have a broad understanding of on-premises technologies such as Domain Name System (DNS) and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Additionally, they should possess a general knowledge of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Lync Server or Skype for Business Server, and Microsoft SharePoint Server.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Plan an Office 365 deployment, configure the Office 365 tenant, and plan a pilot deployment.
• Manage Office 365 users, groups, and licenses, and configure delegated administration.
• Plan and configure client connectivity to Office 365.
• Plan and configure directory synchronization between Microsoft Azure AD and on-premises AD DS.
• Plan and implement the Office 365 ProPlus deployment.
• Plan and manage Microsoft Exchange Online recipients and permissions.
• Plan and configure Exchange Online services.
• Plan and configure Microsoft Teams
• Plan and configure Microsoft SharePoint Online.
• Plan and configure an Office 365 collaboration solutions.
• Plan and configure the integration between Office 365 and Microsoft Azure Information Protection.
• Monitor and review Office 365 services, and troubleshoot Office 365 issues.
• Plan and implement identity federation between on-premises AD DS and Azure AD.

Data serves as the most vital digital asset for any organization. In this program, you will acquire the skills to plan, configure, and oversee SharePoint Sites and OneDrive, thereby enabling modern content services that revolutionize the entire content lifecycle. This course explores the architecture of modern SharePoint, including SharePoint hub sites, and outlines best practices for implementing OneDrive within your enterprise. Key topics include sharing mechanisms, security protocols, and monitoring features for SharePoint and OneDrive within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Furthermore, you will learn how to oversee user profiles and applications using appropriate permission configurations. The curriculum also addresses the planning and setup of Managed Metadata, Business Connectivity Services, and search capabilities, ensuring that content can be effectively discovered, utilized, and governed across Microsoft 365.

Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:

• Set up SharePoint Sites.
• Administer site storage quotas.
• Deploy the OneDrive synchronization client.
• Utilize Group Policy to regulate OneDrive sync client configurations.
• Handle external sharing for data within Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive.
• Set up user profile attributes.
• Oversee audiences.
• Administer custom applications via the App Catalog.
• Establish and manage term groups, term sets, and individual terms.
• Explain the distinctions between modern and traditional search interfaces.

Explore the essentials of Office 365 Management, covering key components of the platform, strategies for migrating an organization to Office 365, configuration methods, and the administration of Office 365 ProPlus deployments.

Audience profile

This course targets individuals aiming for the Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator role who have successfully completed a Microsoft 365 role-based administrator certification path.

Skills gained

• Comprehensive overview of Office 365
• Strategies for migrating organizations to Office 365
• Configuring Office 365 environments
• Administering Office 365 ProPlus deployments

This five-day instructor-led course equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain a Microsoft SQL Server 2014 database. The curriculum emphasizes teaching individuals how to leverage the product features and tools of SQL Server 2014 specifically related to database maintenance.

Note: This course is designed for customers who are interested in learning SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014. It covers the new features in SQL Server 2014, but also the important capabilities across the SQL Server data platform.

This five-day, instructor-led course is tailored for IT professionals with prior experience in Windows Server. It targets individuals tasked with managing identity, networking, storage, and compute resources using Windows Server 2019, requiring a solid grasp of the scenarios, requirements, and options applicable to this platform. The curriculum equips IT professionals with the essential administration skills needed to deploy and support Windows Server 2019 within most organizational environments.