Publisher: Packt Publishing
Nate Chamberlain
Organizations across the world have switched to Office 365 to boost workplace productivity. However, to maximize investment in Office 365, you need to know how to efficiently administer Office 365 solutions.Microsoft Office 365 Administration Cookbook is packed with recipes to guide you through common and not-so-common administrative tasks throughout Office 365. Whether you’re administering a single app such as SharePoint or organization-wide Security & Compliance across Office 365, this cookbook offers a variety of recipes that you’ll want to have to hand. The book begins by covering essential setup and administration tasks. You’ll learn how to manage permissions for users and user groups along with automating routine admin tasks using PowerShell. You’ll then progress through to managing core Office 365 services such as Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, and Azure Active Directory (AD). This book also features recipes that’ll help you to manage newer services such as Microsoft Search, Power Platform, and Microsoft Teams. In the final chapters, you’ll delve into monitoring, reporting, and securing your Office 365 services.By the end of this book, you’ll have learned about managing individual Office 365 services along with monitoring, securing, and optimizing your entire Office 365 deployment efficiently.
Nate Chamberlain, Karuana Gatimu
Overcome the complexity of Microsoft 365 administration with tailored, step-by-step recipes. This second edition shows you how to configure, secure, and automate your environment using modern tools and proven best practices.Written by Microsoft MVP Nate Chamberlain, this updated edition reflects the latest features and services in Microsoft 365. Whether you’re tackling common admin tasks or developing advanced automations, each recipe provides real-world guidance and hands-on solutions.You'll start by setting up your tenant, assigning roles, and streamlining identity management with Microsoft Entra ID. Then, dive into key apps like SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Viva Engage, and learn how to configure them for collaboration and compliance. Advanced recipes guide you through automating tasks using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph, managing communication with Exchange Online, and reinforcing security with Defender and Purview.By the end of this book, you'll be able to confidently manage your Microsoft 365 environment and maximize its value in your organization.
Aaron Guilmette
The MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator Exam Guide is meticulously crafted to empower readers with practical insights, starting with the essentials of provisioning a Microsoft 365 tenant, configuring identity synchronization and secure access, and deploying key Microsoft 365 Defender components.The book's purpose is clear—to guide professionals through the complexities of the MS-102 exam, ensuring not just exam success but mastery of the subject matter. This comprehensive exam guide comes with lifetime access to supplementary resources on an online platform, including flashcards, mock exams, and exam tips from experts. With unlimited access to the website, you'll have the flexibility to practice as many times as you desire, maximizing your exam readiness.As you progress through each chapter, the book unveils the layers of Microsoft 365 workloads, equipping you with the skills to manage role-based administration, deploy identity synchronization using Entra ID Connect, implement modern authentication methods, manage secure access through Conditional Access policies, and analyze security threats using Microsoft 365 Defender.By the end of this book, you'll have the proficiency to implement data loss prevention, configure information and data protection features, and approach the MS-102 exam with confidence.
Gaurav Mahajan, Sudeep Ghatak, Nate Chamberlain, Scott...
Microsoft 365 offers tools for content management, communication, process automation, and report creation. Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online Cookbook maximizes workplace collaboration and productivity using SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Delve, M365 Search, Copilot, Power Platform, Viva, Planner, and Microsoft Forms.You will find thoroughly updated recipes for SharePoint Online, covering sites, lists, libraries, pages, web parts, and learn SharePoint Framework (SPFx) basics for building solutions. You will explore many Microsoft Teams recipes to prepare it to be your organization’s central collaboration hub. You will be able to unlock Power Platform potential with recipes for Power Apps to enable low-code/no-code app development and learn to automate tasks with Power Automate and Power Automate Desktop. The book teaches you data visualization with Power BI, and chatbot creation with Power Virtual Agents (Copilot Studio). Finally, you will also learn about the cutting-edge Copilot and Gen AI functionality in Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. By the end, you will be equipped with skills to effectively use Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, and the Power Platform.Whether it's enhancing career prospects or improving business operations, this book is a perfect companion on your journey through the Microsoft Office 365 suite.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Gaurav Mahajan, Sudeep Ghatak
Microsoft Office 365 provides tools for managing organizational tasks like content management, communication, report creation, and business automation processes. With this book, you'll get to grips with popular apps from Microsoft, enabling workspace collaboration and productivity using Microsoft SharePoint Online, Teams, and the Power Platform.In addition to guiding you through the implementation of Microsoft 365 apps, this practical guide helps you to learn from a Microsoft consultant's extensive experience of working with the Microsoft business suite. This cookbook covers recipes for implementing SharePoint Online for various content management tasks. You'll learn how to create sites for your organization and enhance collaboration across the business and then see how you can boost productivity with apps such as Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, Planner, Delve, and M365 Groups. You'll find out how to use the Power Platform to make the most of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents. Finally, the book focuses on the SharePoint framework, which helps you to build custom Teams and SharePoint solutions.By the end of the book, you will be ready to use Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online to enhance business productivity using a broad set of tools.
Aaron Guilmette, Yura Lee, Marcos Zanre
The MS-900 exam tests your understanding of Microsoft 365 services and components, along with their implementation, security, licensing, and general cloud concepts. This revised third edition helps you gain detailed actionable insights into the topics included in the latest syllabus, covering each topic according to its weight in the exam.You’ll begin by reviewing key cloud concepts, including cloud computing, services, and development models, and then explore different cloud architectures and learn what Microsoft offers as a service in the form of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with core Microsoft 365 components as well as the processes and tools used for managing Windows 10, Windows 11, and Microsoft 365 apps. This edition also includes expanded information on the Microsoft Viva Suite, formerly Workplace Analytics. The chapters shed light on security, compliance, privacy, and trust in Microsoft 365, and provide additional guidance regarding the pricing and support offered by Microsoft for different services and apps.By the end of this MS-900 book, you’ll have gained all the knowledge and skills needed to confidently appear for the exam.
Aaron Guilmette, Yura Lee, Marcos Zanre
Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals certification demonstrates your foundational knowledge of adopting cloud services, specifically the software as a service (SaaS) model. Exam MS-900 tests your understanding of Microsoft 365 services, components, their implementation, security, licensing, and general cloud concepts. This updated second edition covers all the recent and important changes in the examination in detail to help you achieve certification.You’ll begin by exploring key topics such as Microsoft security and compliance policies, pricing and support, and cloud concepts. The book helps you to understand these concepts with the help of real-world scenarios, learning about platform services such as Microsoft Windows, SharePoint, Microsoft 365 apps, Teams, and Exchange. The content has been updated to include Microsoft Forms, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Security Center, Windows Virtual Desktop, and Insider Risk Management. Each chapter contains a section that will test your knowledge of the core concepts covered. Finally, you’ll take a practice exam with extra questions to help prepare you for the actual test.By the end of this MS-900 book, you’ll be well-equipped to confidently pass the MS-900 certification exam with the help of the updated exam pattern.
Gustavo Moraes, Douglas Romao
With its extensive set of tools and features for improving productivity and collaboration, Microsoft 365 is being widely adopted by organizations worldwide. This book will help not only developers but also business people and those working with information to discover tips and tricks for making the most of the apps in the Microsoft 365 suite.The Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Guide is a compendium of best practices and tips to leverage M365 apps for effective collaboration and productivity. You'll find all that you need to work efficiently with the apps in the Microsoft 365 family in this complete, quick-start guide that takes you through the Microsoft 365 apps that you can use for your everyday activities. You'll learn how to boost your personal productivity with Microsoft Delve, MyAnalytics, Outlook, and OneNote. To enhance your communication and collaboration with teams, this book shows you how to make the best use of Microsoft OneDrive, Whiteboard, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. You'll also be able to be on top of your tasks and your team's activities, automating routines, forms, and apps with Microsoft Planner, To-Do, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms.By the end of this book, you'll have understood the purpose of each Microsoft 365 app, when and how to use it, and learned tips and tricks to achieve more with M365.