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MS-102T00: Microsoft 365 Administrator

By Mike Danseglio and Rick Trader
5 Days
Live Class Recording
June 22, 2026
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Course Description

This course prepares IT professionals to plan, deploy, and manage Microsoft 365 services, focusing on security, compliance, and identity management. It covers tenant management, Entra ID (Azure AD) implementation, and security through Defender XDR/Purview.

What you will learn 

  • With a focus on practical applications, the course covers:
  • Microsoft 365 tenant management
  • Microsoft 365 identity synchronization
  • Microsoft 365 security and compliance
  • User accounts and licenses
  • Security groups
  • Administrative roles
  • Office client connectivity
  • Manage user-driven client installations of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise deployments
  • Identity synchronization
  • Directory synchronization option
  • Common types of threat vectors and data breaches
  • Microsoft Secure Score
  • Azure Active Directory Identity Protection
  • Exchange Online Protection
  • Safe Attachments
  • Safe Links
  • Key components of Microsoft 365 compliance management.
  • Data governance
  • Microsoft Purview insider risk management
  • Data classification
  • Sensitivity labels

What products and services will you use and learn about in this course  

  • Azure Portal
  • Microsoft Entra Admin Portal
  • M365 Admin Portal
  • Azure Active Directory Connect
  • Connect Cloud Sync
  • Multifactor authentication
  • Self-service password management
  • Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Microsoft Purview

Prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Microsoft 365 Administrator

This course is designed to help students confidently prepare for the MS-102: Microsoft Certified: Microsoft 365 Administrator exam. The study areas for the certification exam related to this course are based on the Job Task Analysis (JTA) that was conducted in October 2022.

Note: To pass the certification test, studying outside the course may be required to ensure all the concepts are fully understood.

Course Outline

Learning Path 1: Configure your Microsoft 365 tenant

This learning path provides instructions on how to configure your Microsoft 365 tenant, including your organizational profile, tenant subscriptions, user accounts and licenses, groups, custom domains, and client connectivity.

Modules

  • Configure your Microsoft 365 experience
  • Manage users, licenses, and mail contacts in Microsoft 365
  • Manage groups in Microsoft 365
  • Add a custom domain in Microsoft 365
  • Configure client connectivity to Microsoft 365

 

Learning Path 2: Manage your Microsoft 365 tenant

This learning path provides instruction on how to manage your Microsoft 365 tenant, including administrative roles, tenant health and services, Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, and workplace analytics using Microsoft Viva Insights.

Modules

  • Configure administrative roles in Microsoft 365
  • Manage tenant health and services in Microsoft 365
  • Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
  • Analyze your Microsoft 365 workplace data using Microsoft Viva Insights

 

Learning Path 3: Implement identity synchronization

This learning path examines how to plan for and implement identity synchronization in a hybrid Microsoft 365 deployment, including how to implement Azure AD Connect and how to manage synchronized identities.

Modules

  • Explore identity synchronization
  • Prepare for identity synchronization to Microsoft 365
  • Implement directory synchronization tools
  • Manage synchronized identities
  • Manage secure user access in Microsoft 365

 

Learning Path 4: Explore security metrics in Microsoft 365 Defender

This learning path examines the threat vectors and data breaches organizations face today in their cybersecurity landscape, and the wide range of security solutions that Microsoft 365 provides to combat those threats.

Modules

  • Examine threat vectors and data breaches
  • Explore the Zero Trust security model
  • Explore security solutions in Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Examine Microsoft Secure Score
  • Examine Privileged Identity Management
  • Examine Azure Identity Protection

 

Learning Path 5: Manage your security services in Microsoft 365 Defender

This learning path examines how to manage the Microsoft 365 security services, with a special focus on security reporting and managing the Safe Attachments and Safe Links features in Microsoft Defender for Office 365.

Modules

  • Explore threat intelligence in Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Implement app protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
  • Implement endpoint protection by using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Implement threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Office 365

 

Learning Path 6: Implement threat protection by using Microsoft 365 Defender

This learning path examines how to manage the Microsoft 365 threat intelligence features that provide organizations with insight and protection against the internal and external cyber-attacks that threaten their tenants.

Modules

  • Explore threat intelligence in Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Implement app protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
  • Learning Path 7: Explore data governance in Microsoft 365
  • Implement endpoint protection by using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Implement threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Office 365

 

Learning Path 7: Explore data governance in Microsoft 365

This learning path introduces you to the data governance features of Microsoft 365, which serve regulatory compliance, can facilitate eDiscovery, and are part of a business strategy to protect the integrity of the data estate.

Modules

  • Examine data governance solutions in Microsoft Purview
  • Explore archiving and records management in Microsoft 365
  • Explore retention in Microsoft 365
  • Explore Microsoft Purview Message Encryption

 

Learning Path 8: Implement compliance in Microsoft 365

This learning path provides instruction on implementing the Microsoft 365 data governance features, including how to calculate your compliance readiness, implement compliance solutions, and create information barriers, DLP policies, and policy tips.

Modules

  • Explore compliance in Microsoft 365
  • Implement Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
  • Implement Microsoft Purview Implementation Barriers
  • Explore Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
  • Implement Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

 

Learning Path 9: Manage compliance in Microsoft 365

This learning path provides instruction on managing the Microsoft 365 data governance features, including how to implement retention in email, sensitivity labels, and Windows Information Protection, and how to troubleshoot data loss prevention issues.

Modules:

  • Implement data classification of sensitive information
  • Explore sensitivity labels
  • Implement sensitivity labels
Course Content
Introduction
Introduction
Learning Path 1: Configure your Microsoft 365 tenant
Configure your Microsoft 365 experience
Manage users, licenses, and contacts in Microsoft 365
Manage groups in Microsoft 365
Add a custom domain in Microsoft 365
Configure client connectivity to Microsoft 365
Learning Path 2: Manage your Microsoft 365 tenant
Manage permissions, roles and role groups in Microsoft 365
Manage tenant health and services in Microsoft 366
Review
Day 1 Review
Learning Path 2: Manage your Microsoft 365 tenant
Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Analyze your Microsoft 365 workspace data using Microsoft Viva Insights
Learning Path 3: Implement identity synchronization
Explore identity synchronization
Prepare for identity synchronization to Microsoft 365
Implement directory synchronization tools
Manage synchronized identities
Review
Day 2 Review
Learning Path 4: Explore security metrics in Microsoft Defender XDR
Examine threat vectors and data breaches
Explore the Zero Trust security model
Manage secure user access in Microsoft 365
Additional Content
Explore security defaults
Learning Path 4: Explore security metrics in Microsoft Defender XDR
Explore security solutions in Microsoft Defender XDR
Examine Microsoft Secure Score
Examine Privileged Identity Management in Microsoft Entra
Examine Microsoft Entra ID Protection
Learning Path 5: Manage your security services in Microsoft Defender XDR
Examine email protection in Microsoft 365
Enhance your email protection using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Manage Safe Attachments
Managing Safe Links
Review
Day 3 Review
Additional Content
Discussion on secure boot certificates expiring
Learning Path 6: Implement threat protection by using Microsoft Defender XDR
Explore threat intelligence in Microsoft Defender XDR
Implement threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Implement app protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Implement endpoint protection by using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Learning Path 7: Explore data governance in Microsoft 365
Examine data governance solutions in Microsoft Purview
Explore data governance solutions in Microsoft Purview
Explore retention in Microsoft 365
Review
Day 4 Review
Learning Path 8: Implement compliance in Microsoft 365
Explore compliance in Microsoft 365
Implement Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Implement Microsoft Purview Information Barriers
Explore Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Implement Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Learning Path 9: Manage compliance in Microsoft 365
Implement data classification of sensitive information
Explore sensitivity labels
Implement sensitivity labels
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Introduction to labs
Introduction to labs