Deploying Microsoft 365 Teamwork (MS-300) Study Guide

At the beginning of 2019 Microsoft released a new set role-based certifications. These role-based certifications help show that you can keep pace with today’s technical roles and requirements. In addition, they prove that you have a thorough understanding of each particular technology and validate your skills. In this article we’ll be covering one of the newest Microsoft 365 certification exams called the “MS-300 – Deploying Microsoft 365 Teamwork”  and what you will need to know to pass this exam with flying colors!

What is the MS-300?

If you plan on taking this exam, this will prepare you for the Microsoft 365 Teamwork Administrator role and the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teamwork Administrator Associate certification. According to Microsoft, you will need to be able to do the following:

• Configure, deploy, and manage Office 365 and Azure workloads that focus on efficient and effective collaboration and adoption
• Manage apps, services, and supporting infrastructures to meet business requirements
• Deploy, manage, migrate, and secure SharePoint (online, on-premises, and hybrid), OneDrive, and Teams
• Make informed decisions regarding governance
• Collaborate with the messaging administrator, voice administrator, and security administrator to ensure each area has been configured according to business needs

Prerequisites

According to Microsoft you should already have a good grasp of the following things:

• Understanding of integration points for Office, PowerApps, Flow, Yammer, Microsoft Graph, Stream, Planner, and Project
• Understanding of how to integrate third-party apps and services including line-of-business applications
• Understanding of SQL Server management concepts, Azure Active Directory, PowerShell, networking, Windows server administration, Domain Name System (DNS), Active Directory mobile device management, and alternative operating systems

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s start breaking down each section of this exam and where you can go to study these topics.

Configure and Manage SharePoint Online (35-40%)

• Plan and configure site collections and hub sites
  • Identify procedures for creating, deleting, and restoring site collections
  • Assign users or groups as site collection administrators
  • Plan and configure navigation
  • Design site collection and subsites structure
  • Configure site collection settings and features
• Plan and configure customizations and apps
  • Plan and configure App Catalog
  • Plan and deploy apps with proper permissions and licenses
• Plan and configure managed metadata
  • Plan and create the term store structure
  • Plan and configure term store security
  • Maintain the term store
• Plan and configure guest access
  • Assign guest licenses
  • Configure restricted domains
  • Plan and configure guest sharing and site access
• Manage SharePoint Online
  • Configure user profile properties
  • Archive or delete unused artifacts
  • Plan for Information Rights Management
  • Modify storage limits for SharePoint Online
• Manage search
  • Create and update search dictionaries
  • Manage query suggestions
  • Create result sources
  • Manage the search schema
  • Manage search center settings
  • Monitor search usage reports and crawl logs
• Monitor and maintain the SharePoint Online service
  • Research, troubleshoot, and resolve reported issues
  • Monitor service health issues
  • Monitor SharePoint usage and usage patterns

Configure and Manage OneDrive for Business (25-30%)

• Configure and Manage OneDrive for Business
  • Configure settings in the OneDrive for Business admin center
  • Configure external sharing, sync, and storage settings
  • Configure device access, notification, and compliance settings
  • Research, troubleshoot, and resolve reported issues
  • Plan OneDrive for Business silent account configuration
• Manage users and groups
  • Add and remove admins for a OneDrive account
  • Assign a default storage quota
  • Configure a retention policy for deleted OneDrive for Business users
• Manage sharing and security
  • Configure data encryption in OneDrive for Business
  • Control access to OneDrive for Business from unmanaged devices
  • Audit sharing activities and view files shared with people outside an organization
• Manage sync security
  • Recommend group policy settings to control OneDrive sync client settings
  • Limit syncing to devices joined to specific domains
  • Limit syncing to domain-joined or compliant devices
  • Block syncing of specific file types
• Monitor and maintain the OneDrive service
  • Research, troubleshoot, and resolve reported issues
  • Monitor service health issues
  • Monitor OneDrive usage and usage patterns

Configure and Manage Microsoft Teams (20-25%)

Configure and Manage Workload Integrations (15-20%)