Microsoft Jump Start – Office 365 for IT Professionals

Office 365 Training

“Microsoft Office 365 for IT Professionals” is specially tailored for technologists looking for real-world proof of how cloud-based Office 365 enables organizations to solve more problems from more places. Microsoft Office 365 brings together cloud versions of our most trusted email, communication and collaboration software – Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online – with the Office Professional Plus desktop suite

This new Jump Start courseware comes from the early readiness content that was used for Live delivery directly from Microsoft. This 3-day course was taught to over 1400 students and received an NSAT of 164 from the post-event survey similar to the MTM format used for MOC courses. This is a demo-based course and does not include labs.

Audience

This course is designed for experienced IT Professionals, IT Decision Makers, Network Administrators, Microsoft customers and partners who need to determine how to best leverage the cloud.

At Course Completion

At the end of this course, students will:

 Understand Key components of Microsoft Office 365
 Know the deployment models
 Understand key elements of automation using PowerShell
 Know how to use Directory Sync
 Differentiate key functionality for Microsoft Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

Knowledge and proficiency with the following Microsoft technologies:

 Active Directory Domain Services and Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0; DNS; PowerShell
 Microsoft Exchange 2010/2007/20032000 ; SharePoint Server 2010/2007
 Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Or Microsoft Lync Server 2010
 Microsoft Office 2010/2007; Microsoft Internet Explorer (and other browsers); Windows Update/Microsoft Update; Windows Phone and mobility

Knowledge of network topology:

 Active Directory sites, trusts, and topology
 Wide area connectivity: on-premise networks/equipment / Internet bandwidth and latency
 Firewall technologies

Additional areas of knowledge:

 SSL Certificates; Email encryption; Archival systems
 Lotus Notes Domino, Novell GroupWise, POP/IMAP/SMTP based systems
 Project Management

 
Module 1: Office 365 Overview

• Why Office 365?
o DEMO
• Security in Office 365
• Multi-layered Defense
• Security and Compliance Features

Module 2: Deploying Clients for Microsoft Office 365

• Client Requirements (Software and Hardware)
• What Office Professional Plus is and isn’t
• Office Professional Plus Components and Interactions
• Office Professional Plus Deployment Options
• Office Professional Plus Installation Overview
o DEMO: Office Professional Plus Deployment – Unmanaged
o IT Managed Deployments
o DEMO: Office Professional Plus Deployment – Managed
• Office Professional Plus Deployment Considerations

Module 3: Microsoft Office 365 Administration and Automation Using Windows PowerShell™

• Update on Office 365 PowerShell plans
• Overview of Features
o DEMO: PowerShell

Module 4: Microsoft Office 365 Identity & Access Solutions

• Cover the different Identity Options
• Explain the Identity Architecture and Features
• Describe how federated authentication works
o DEMO: Federation Tool
o DEMO: SSO in Action
• Describe the various deployment scenarios

Module 5: Microsoft Office 365 Directory Synchronization

• What is Directory Sync?
o Who did we build Directory Sync for?
o What does Directory Sync do for you & your users
o When to use Directory Sync
• Using Directory Sync
o Requirements
o How Directory Sync works
o Common asks
o Coming features
o Gotchas
• DEMO: Directory Sync Overview

Module 6: Exchange Online Overview for IT Pros

• What is Exchange Online?
• Exchange Online delivers:
o Anywhere Access
o Protection and Compliance
o Visibility and Control
o DEMO: Exchange Online Capabilities in Office 365
• Deployment Flexibility
• Unsupported feature sets

Module 7: Microsoft Exchange Online Administration

• The Tools
o DEMO: Office 365 / Exchange Online Portal Integration
• RBAC in the Cloud
o DEMO: Office 365 / Exchange Online RBAC Integration
• Mailbox Provisioning Options
• License assignment and enforcement
• Cross Premises Administration
• Partner Administration
• Geopolitical Restrictions

Module 8: Microsoft Staged Exchange Online Migration

• Migration Overview
• Cutover Exchange migration
• Staged Exchange migration
• What’s Coming?

Module 9: Hybrid Deployment w/ Exchange Server

• Review Hybrid Features
• Planning Requirements
• Exchange Sharing
• Secure Transport
• Deployment Stages

Module 10: Exchange Online Archiving and Compliance

• Overview of compliance in Exchange Online
• Explain and demonstrate key compliance features in Exchange Online
o Personal Archive
o Discovery
o Retention & Hold Policies
o Information Rights Management
o Transport rules

Module 11: Lync Online Overview & Configuration

• Lync Online Overview
• Initial set up and network configuration
• Setting up Lync federation
o Demo: Setting up interop with dial-in audio conferencing
• Lync Meetings and dial-in audio conferencing
o Demo: End user experience
• Roadmap update

Module 12: SharePoint Online Overview

• Intro
• SharePoint Online Features
• DEMO: SharePoint Online
• Where to start
• Live in a Hybrid World
 
Module 13: SharePoint Online Administration

• Introduction
• Delegated administration
• SharePoint Online Administration overview
• Site Collection ownership
• DEMO
• Planning and Assessing a Move to the Cloud

Module 14: SharePoint Online Extensibility & Customization

• Overview of Microsoft SharePoint Online development
• The power user and/or designer
o In-browser customizations
o SharePoint Designer 2010: no-code solutions
• The developer
o Sandboxed solutions
o Microsoft Silverlight®

DEMOs throughout – this is a ‘show me’ session

Module 15: Office 365 Deployment Overview

• Pre-Deployment Considerations
• Planning ->Preparing ->Migrating
o Common Deployment Blockers
o Organizational Planning
o Network Planning
o User Identity and Provisioning Planning
o Exchange Online
o Lync Online
o SharePoint Online
o Client Deployment
o Mobile Devices

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Course duration: 3 Days

Cost: £1095 + VAT

Office 365 Training Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dunfermline and other sites throughout the UK including onsite closed company courses are available.

Office 365 Training in Ghana, Nigeria and Qatar is also available.