Preparing for the MS-100 Microsoft 365 Identity and Services exam to achieve the Microsoft 365 Certification for Enterprise Administrator Expert? Don’t know where to start? This post is the MS-100 Certificate Study Guide (with links to each exam objective).
I have curated a list of articles from Microsoft documentation for each objective of the MS-100 exam. Please share the post within your circles so it helps them to prepare for the exam.
MS-100 Microsoft 365 Identity & Services Course
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MS-100 M365 Identity & Services Practice Test
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Design and Implement Microsoft 365 Services (25-30%)
Manage Domains
Add and configure additional domains
Add a new domain in Microsoft 365
Configure user identities for a new domain name
Add a new user to Microsoft 365 business subscription
Configure workloads for a new domain name
Design domain name configuration
Planning domain, multiple domain & subdomains
Set Primary domain name
Set primary domain name in Microsoft 365
Verify custom domain
Plan a Microsoft 365 Implementation
Plan for Microsoft 365 on-premises Infrastructure
New Office 365 endpoint categories
Office 365 URLs and IP address ranges
Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises environments
Network planning and performance tuning for Microsoft 365
Network and migration planning for Office 365
Plan identity and authentication solution
Microsoft 365 identity models and Azure Active Directory
Federated authentication for Microsoft 365
Setup Microsoft 365 Tenancy and Subscription
Configure subscription and tenant roles and workload settings
Get started with the roles page
About admin roles in Microsoft 365
Evaluate Microsoft 365 for organization
Microsoft 365 for enterprise Test Lab Guides
The lightweight base configuration
The simulated enterprise base configuration
Plan and create tenant
Create your Microsoft 365 tenant account
Upgrade existing subscriptions to Microsoft 365
Upgrade to Microsoft 365 Business Premium from Business Standard
Switch to a different Microsoft 365 for business plan
Monitor license allocations
Manage Microsoft 365 Subscription and Tenant Health
Manage service health alerts
View service health notifications by using the Azure portal
Create & manage service requests
Ways to contact support for business products
How to create service requests to contact Office 365 support?
Create internal service health response plan
Monitor service health
How to check Microsoft 365 service health?
Configure and review reports, including BI, OMS, and Microsoft 365 reporting
Customize the reports in Microsoft 365 usage analytics
Monitoring and Reporting of Office 365 with OMS
Schedule and review security and compliance reports
Reports in the Security & Compliance Center
Types of reports in the Security & Compliance Center
View reports for Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
View email security reports in the Security & Compliance Center
Schedule and review usage metrics
Plan Migration of Users and Data
Identify data to be migrated and method
Data Migration in Microsoft 365
Identify users and mailboxes to be migrated and method
Move mailboxes between on-premises & Exchange Online
Ways to migrate multiple email accounts to Microsoft 365
Plan migration of on-prem users and groups
Migrate traditional Distribution Groups to Office 365 Groups
Migrate on premise user account on Office 365
Import PST Files
Manage User Identity and Roles (35-40%)
Design Identity Strategy
Evaluate requirements and solution for synchronization
Determine directory synchronization requirements
Directory synchronization for Microsoft 365
Set up directory synchronization for Microsoft 365
Evaluate requirements and solution for identity management
Identity roadmap for Microsoft 365
Determine identity requirements for a hybrid identity solution
Evaluate requirements and solution for authentication
Plan Identity Synchronization by Using Azure AD Connect
Design directory synchronization
Hybrid identity & directory synchronization for Microsoft 365
Implement directory synchronization with directory services, federation services, and Azure endpoints
Set up directory synchronization for Microsoft 365
Manage Identity Synchronization by Using Azure AD
Monitor Azure AD Connect Health
What is Azure AD Connect Health?
Monitor AD FS using Azure AD Connect Health
Azure Active Directory Connect Health: Monitoring the sync engine
Manage Azure AD Connect synchronization
Azure AD Connect sync: Understand synchronization
Change the default configuration in Azure AD Connect sync
Configure object filters
Control which objects appear in Azure Active Directory
Configure password sync
Implement password hash synchronization with Azure AD Connect sync
Implement multi-forest AD Connect scenarios
Topologies for Azure AD Connect
Microsoft Azure AD Connect – multiple forests, single Azure AD tenant
Manage Azure AD Identities
Plan Azure AD identities
What is a hybrid identity with Azure Active Directory?
Azure AD UserPrincipalName (UPN) population
Implement and manage Azure AD self-service password reset
Plan an Azure AD self-service password reset deployment
Enable Azure AD self-service password reset
How Azure AD self-service password reset works?
Manage access reviews
What are Azure AD access reviews?
Perform access review using My Access
Manage groups
Manage app and resource access using Azure AD groups
Manage passwords
Set the password expiration policy for your organization
Manage product licenses
Assign or remove licenses in Azure Active Directory
Change license assignments for a user or group in Azure AD
Scenarios using groups to manage licensing in Azure AD
Manage users
Create and manage users in Azure Active Directory
Perform bulk user management
Manage User Roles
Plan user roles
Roles available in Microsoft 365
Allocate roles in workloads
Workload-specific roles in Microsoft 365
Assign admin roles to users in Microsoft 365
Configure administrative accounts
Set up additional administrator accounts for emergency
Configure RBAC within Azure AD
Add/remove role assignments using the Azure portal
Delegate admin rights
Delegate Azure Active Directory admin roles
Manage admin roles
View & assign administrator roles in Azure Active Directory
Manage role allocations by using Azure AD
Plan security and compliance roles for Microsoft 365
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Manage Access and Authentication (20-25%)
Manage Authentication
Design authentication method
Authentication methods available in Azure Active Directory
Choose the right authentication method for your solution
Configure authentication
Configure your app to use Azure AD login
Implement authentication method
Enable passwordless sign-in with the Authenticator app
SMS-based authentication using Azure Active Directory
Enable passwordless security key sign-in
Sign-in to Azure AD using email as an alternate login ID
Manage authentication
Eliminate bad passwords in Azure Active Directory
Monitor authentication
Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Design an MFA solution
Overview of Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
Plan an Azure Multi-Factor Authentication deployment
Configure MFA for apps or users
Set up multi-factor authentication for users
Build Multi-Factor Authentication into custom apps
MFA setup & end-user experience with Office 365
Administer MFA
Manage user settings for Azure MFA
Report MFA utilization
Configure Application Access
Configure application registration in Azure AD
Register an application with the Microsoft identity platform
Create an Azure AD application & service principal to access resources
Configure Azure AD application proxy
Remote access to on-premises apps with Azure AD Application Proxy
Using Azure AD Application Proxy to publish on-premises apps
Azure AD Application Proxy frequently asked questions
Publish enterprise apps in Azure AD
Implement Access for External Users of Microsoft 365 Workloads
Create guest accounts
Add Azure AD B2B collaboration users in the Azure portal
Design solutions for external access
The ultimate guide to Office 365 external sharing
Manage sharing with external users in Microsoft 365
Manage guest access in Microsoft 365 groups
Manage external collaboration settings
Plan Office 365 Workloads and Applications (10-15%)
Plan for Office 365 Workload Deployment
Identify hybrid requirements
Hybrid deployment prerequisites for Exchange
Checklist & requirements for hybrid deployment in Office 365
Preparing for Hybrid Deployment with Exchange and Office 365
Plan connectivity and data flow for each workload
Configure connectivity from Microsoft 365 to SharePoint Server
Plan for Microsoft 365 workload connectivity
Microsoft 365 network connectivity principles
Network planning and performance tuning for Microsoft 365
Plan migration strategy for workloads
Microsoft 365 email migration performance & best practices
What do you need to know about a staged email migration?
Migrate multiple email accounts to Microsoft 365
IMAP migration in the Microsoft 365 admin center
Plan migration for SharePoint Server workloads
Prepare workloads for new deployments and migrations
Plan Microsoft 365 Apps Deployment
Manage Office software downloads
Manage software download settings in Office 365
Configuring Office 365 download settings for end-user
Manage Microsoft 365 apps
Manage Microsoft 365 Apps with Configuration Manager
Plan for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Plan your enterprise deployment of Microsoft 365 Apps
Plan for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise updates
Plan for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise connectivity
Microsoft 365 network connectivity overview
Microsoft 365 network connectivity principles
Plan for Office for the web
Office for the web service description
Plan Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise deployment
This brings us to the end of the MS-100 Study Guide
What do you think? Let me know in the comments section if I have missed out on anything. Also, I love to hear from you how your MS-100 Microsoft 365 Identity & Services certification preparation is going on!
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