MCSE: Messaging

This training combines and covers materials from the following courses:

Course 20346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Services

Course 20341: Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Course 20342: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Duration: 120 hours

Course 20346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Services

Overview

This course targets the needs of IT professionals who take part in evaluating, planning, deploying, and operating Office 365 services, including its identities, dependencies, requirements, and supporting technologies. This course focuses on skills required to set up an Office 365 tenant, including federation with existing user identities, and skills required to sustain an Office 365 tenant and users.

Duration: 40 hours

Course Outline

Module 1: Preparing for Office 365

• Introduction to Office 365
• Provisioning the Tenant Accounts
• Planning a Pilot
• Enabling Client Connectivity

Module 2: Managing Users, Groups, and Licenses

• Manage Users and Licenses by Using the Administration Center
• Manage Security and Distribution Groups
• Manage Cloud Identities with Windows PowerShell

Module 3: Administering Office 365

• Manage Administrator Roles in Office 365
• Configure Password Management
• Administer Rights Management

Module 4: Planning and Managing Clients

• Plan for Office Clients
• Manage User-driven Client Deployments
• Manage IT Deployments of Office 365 ProPlus
• Office Telemetry and Reporting

Module 5: Planning DNS and Exchange Migration

• Add and Configure Custom Domains
• Recommend a Mailbox Migration Strategy

Module 6: Planning Exchange Online and Configuring DNS Records

• Plan for Exchange Online
• Configure DNS Records for Services

Module 7: Administering Exchange Online

• Configure Personal Archive Policies
• Manage Anti-malware and Anti-spam Policies
• Configure Additional Email Addresses for Users
• Create and Manage External Contacts, Resources, and Groups

Module 8: Configuring SharePoint Online

• Manage SharePoint Site Collections
• Configure External User Sharing
• Plan a Collaboration Solution

Module 9: Configuring Lync Online

• Plan for Lync Online
• Configure Lync Online Settings

Module 10: Implementing Directory Synchronization

• Prepare On-premises Active Directory for DirSync
• Set up DirSync
• Manage Active Directory Users and Groups with DirSync In Place

Module 11: Implementing Active Directory Federation Services

• Planning for AD FS
• Install and Manage AD FS Servers
• Install and Manage AD FS Proxy Servers

Module 12: Monitoring Office 365

• Isolate Service Interruption
• Monitor Service Health
• Analyze Reports

Course 20341: Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Overview

This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to plan, deploy, manage, secure, and support Microsoft® Exchange Server 2013. This course will teach you how to configure Exchange Server 2013 and supply you with the information you will need to monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot Exchange Server 2013. This course will also provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize performance and minimize errors and security threats in Exchange Server 2013.

Duration: 40 hours

Course Outline

Module 1: Deploying and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

• Exchange Server 2013 Prerequisites and Requirements
• Exchange Server 2013 Deployment
• Managing Exchange Server 2013

Module 2: Planning and Configuring Mailbox Servers

• Overview of the Mailbox Server Role
• Planning the Mailbox Server Deployment
• Configuring the Mailbox Servers

Module 3: Managing Recipient Objects

• Managing Exchange Server 2013 Mailboxes
• Managing Other Exchange Recipients
• Planning and Implementing Public Folder Mailboxes
• Managing Address Lists and Policies

Module 4: Planning and Deploying Client Access Servers

• Planning Client Access Server Deployment
• Configuring the Client Access Server Role
• Managing Client Access Services

Module 5: Planning and Configuring Messaging Client Connectivity

• Client Connectivity to the Client Access Server
• Configuring Outlook Web App
• Planning and Configuring Mobile Messaging
• Configuring Secure Internet Access for Client Access Server

Module 6: Planning and Implementing High Availability

• High Availability on Exchange Server 2013
• Configuring Highly Available Mailbox Databases
• Configuring Highly Available Client Access Servers

Module 7: Planning and Implementing Disaster Recovery

• Planning for Disaster Mitigation
• Planning and Implementing Exchange Server 2013 Backup
• Planning and Implementing Exchange Server 2013 Recovery

Module 8: Planning and Configuring Message Transport

• Overview of Message Transport and Routing
• Planning and Configuring Message Transport
• Managing Transport Rules

Module 9: Planning and Configuring Message Hygiene

• Planning Messaging Security
• Implementing an Antivirus Solution for Exchange Server 2013
• Implementing an Anti-Spam Solution for Exchange Server 2013

Module 10: Planning and Configuring Administrative Security and Auditing

• Configuring Role-Based Access Control
• Configuring Audit Logging

Module 11: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

• Monitoring Exchange Server 2013
• Maintaining Exchange Server 2013
• Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2013

Course 20342: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Overview

This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage a Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 messaging environment. This course will teach you how to configure Exchange Server 2013, and it will provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize your Exchange Server deployment.

Duration: 40 hours

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of Exchange Server 2013 Unified Messaging

• Telephony technologies overview
• Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2013
• Unified Messaging components

Module 2: Designing and implementing Exchange Server 2013 Unified Messaging

• Designing a Unified Messaging deployment
• Deploying and configuring Unified Messaging components
• Integrating Exchange Server 2013 Unified Messaging with Lync

Module 3: Designing and implementing site resiliency

• Site resiliency in Exchange Server 2013
• Planning a site resilient implementation
• Implementing site resiliency

Module 4: Planning virtualization for Exchange Server 2013

• Hyper-V 3.0 overview
• Virtualizing Exchange Server 2013 server roles

Module 5: Designing and implementing message transport security

• Overview of policy and compliance requirements
• Designing and implementing transport compliance
• Designing and implementing AD RMS integration with Exchange Server 2013

Module 6: Designing and implementing message retention

• Message records management and archiving overview
• Designing in-place archiving
• Designing and implementing message retention

Module 7: Designing and implementing messaging compliance

• Designing and implementing data loss prevention
• Designing and implementing an in-place hold
• Designing and implementing in-place e-discovery

Module 8: Designing and implementing administrative security and auditing

• Designing and implementing role based access control
• Designing and implementing split permissions
• Planning and implementing audit logging

Module 9: Managing Exchange Server 2013 with Exchange Management Shell

• Overview of Windows PowerShell 3.0
• Using Exchange Management Shell to manage Exchange Server recipients
• Managing Exchange Server 2013 with Exchange Management Shell

Module 10: Designing and implementing integration with Exchange Online

• Planning for Exchange Online
• Planning and implementing the migration to Exchange Online
• Planning coexistence with Exchange Online

Module 11: Designing and implementing messaging coexistence

• Designing and implementing federation
• Designing coexistence between Exchange organizations
• Designing and implementing cross-forest mailbox moves

Module 12: Designing and implementing Exchange Server migrations and upgrades

• Designing migration from non-Exchange email systems
• Planning the upgrade from previous Exchange versions
• Implementing the migration from previous Exchange versions

Certification & exams

Earning an MCSE: Messaging certification will qualify you for a position in network and computer systems administration.

This training maps to the following three certification exams

Exam 346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements

Exam 347:Enabling Office 365 Services

Exam 341: Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Exam 342: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013