MS-203T00: Microsoft 365 Messaging| Enroll Now!

Course Description

This course examines the key elements of Microsoft 365 messaging administration, including message transport and mail flow, messaging security, hygiene, and compliance, messaging infrastructure, and hybrid messaging. This course is designed for persons who are aspiring to be Messaging Administrators in a Microsoft 365 deployment.

Audience Profile

The Messaging Administrator plans, deploys, configures, troubleshoots, and secures the messaging infrastructure in a hybrid and cloud enterprise environment. Responsibilities include managing recipients, mailboxes, transport, mail flow, administrative roles, threat protection, compliance, migrations, and client connectivity. To implement a secure hybrid topology that meets the business needs of a modern organization, the Messaging Administrator must collaborate with other workload administrators and the Microsoft 365 enterprise administrator. The Messaging Administrator should have a working knowledge of authentication types, licensing, and integration with Microsoft 365 applications.

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Manage Microsoft Exchange Online settings and resources (40–45%)

Manage organizational and client access settings in Exchange Online

Manage a global address list (GAL)
Add or remove an offline address book (OAB)
Manage address book policies
Plan and configure organization relationships and individual sharing
Configure Outlook on the web policies

Manage recipients and resources

Manage user mailboxes
Manage resource mailboxes
Manage shared mailboxes
Create and manage mail contacts and mail users
Manage groups, including distribution lists, dynamic distribution lists, mail-enabled security groups, and Microsoft 365 groups
Manage mailbox permissions, including delegation
Manage mailbox mail flow settings
Create and manage public folders

Manage Exchange hybrid settings and migration

Configure virtual directories and URLs in a hybrid environment
Maintain and expand the configuration by using the Hybrid Configuration wizard
Configure migration endpoints
Create and manage a cross-tenant migration batch

Plan and manage the mail transport architecture (25–30%)

Manage and secure mail flow

Plan and configure connectors
Plan and implement mail flow rules (transport rules)
Manage accepted and remote domains
Configure namespaces, accepted domains, and DNS records, including Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
Implement email authentication, including Sender Policy Framework (SPF), DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Domain-based Message Authentication, and Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)

Troubleshoot mail flow

Configure and manage alert policies
Trace a message
Analyze a message trace
Analyze message headers
Analyze non-delivery reports (NDRs)
Troubleshoot by using the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer

Secure the messaging environment (25–30%)

Manage role-based permissions in Exchange Online

Plan and manage RBAC roles
Manage default and custom admin role groups
Manage user roles

Secure messages by using Microsoft 365 Defender

Configure and manage anti-phishing policies
Configure and manage anti-spam policies
Configure and manage anti-malware policies
Configure and manage Safe Attachments
Configure and manage Safe Links
Configure and manage quarantine policies

Manage compliance

Configure Messaging Records Management (MRM) and retention policies for a specific mailbox folder
Enable and configure archive mailboxes
Manage inactive mailboxes
Analyze audit logs
Manage journal rules
Manage content search
Manage standard eDiscovery cases (not including Premium eDiscovery)

This course is designed for persons who are aspiring to the Microsoft 365 Messaging Administrator role.

This will be a virtual event hosted on Microsoft Teams. In the Microsoft Teams platform and sessions, your name, email address, or title may be viewable by other participants. By joining this event, you agree to this experience. 

MS-203T00: Microsoft 365 Messaging