Books that covers the exam

	Exam Ref 70-346 Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-346–and demonstrate your real-world mastery of the skills needed to provision, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Microsoft Office 365 identities and cloud services. Designed for experienced IT pros ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level. Get it on Amazon at the following links: Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/2cae1qN Amazon.ca: http://amzn.to/2bAsgI4 Amazon.fr: http://amzn.to/2bHo3jc Amazon.uk: http://amzn.to/2bHnLcd Amazon.de: http://amzn.to/2bHoQRi
	Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out Paperback Dive into Office 365 administration—and really put your systems expertise to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. Discover how the experts tackle deployment, configuration, and management—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery. Get it on Amazon at the following links: Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/2caf9dC Amazon.ca: http://amzn.to/2bzAAcf Amazon.fr: http://amzn.to/2bYZMaw Amazon.uk: http://amzn.to/2bHnR3d Amazon.de: http://amzn.to/2bzAPnT
	Essential PowerShell for Office 365: Managing and Automating Skills for Improved Productivity Take your Office 365 skills to the next level. Master PowerShell for Office 365 to stay competitive in today’s world of highly sought after cloud management skills. With expert guidance, IT pros will learn how to leverage the muscle of PowerShell to automate many advanced administrative tasks not otherwise accessible in the Office 365 Admin Center. You will discover how to unlock configuration options and automate tasks in order to free up valuable time and resources. Get it on Amazon at the following links: Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/2FsqX8y Amazon.ca: http://amzn.to/2GuDycC Amazon.fr: http://amzn.to/2EkGJTI Amazon.uk: http://amzn.to/2DMXxFM Amazon.de: http://amzn.to/2FrCR2z

Video Training for the exam

NOTE: Pluralsight is a paid resource unlike Channel9 and Microsoft Virtual Academy which are free. The quality they provide is also superior because of all the quality checks they go through, and the instructors are one of the best in the industry. The Pluralsight courses have a link to where you can get a free trial and decide for yourself if paying a subscription or not is worth it, but the 7 day free trial should allow you to view all those courses for free.

	Setting Up Office 365 Identities In this course, viewers will learn the beginning setup portions of Office 365 Identities for the 70-346 exam. From the History of Office 365, through setting up our pilot users on Office 365, we will go over every step. Link: http://spvlad.com/2rPwlRp Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	Administrating Office 365 Identities In this course, viewers will continue their learning about Office 365 Identities. We will begin by going over Administrator Roles and understanding how to manage Office 365 identities. We will setup Dirsync to replicate our internal users into Office 365. Link: http://spvlad.com/2rMUdoJ Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	PowerShell for Office 365 In this course, you will learn how to use PowerShell to manage Office 365 services. You will learn how to connect and manage users and licensing, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Compliance Center and last but not least, Skype for Business Online. You will learn not only how to change the advanced settings that are not even available in the user interface, as well as how to automate those boring tasks you’ve wanted to get rid of forever. This course also covers the PowerShell content for exams 70-346 and 70-347. Link: http://spvlad.com/PowerShellO365 Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	Getting Started with Office 365 Administration A quick start to Office 365 and the cloud environment. Learn how to jump right in as an administrator of your Office 365 environment. Link: http://spvlad.com/2DLv4QF Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	70-346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements with MVP/MCT Andy Malone. Link: https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mcpexamprep/70-346-Managing-Office-365-Identities-and-Requirements
	Managing Office 365 Identities and Services 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. Link: https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/managing-office-365-identities-and-services-8303?l=PVRdffYy_804984382

Articles / Blog Posts per objective

Provision Office 365 (15–20%)

• Provision tenants
  • Configure the tenant name, tenant region, initial global administrator; manage tenant subscriptions; manage the licensing model; configure tenant for new features and updates

1. Set up Office 365 for business [Office Support Article]
2. Compare all Office 365 for business plans [Office Products Web Page]
3. Switch to a different Office 365 for business plan [Office Support Article]
4. Buy licenses for your Office 365 for business subscription [Office Support Article]
5. Assign admin roles in Office 365 [Office Support Article]
6. About Office 365 admin roles [Office Support Article]
7. Office 365 International availability [Office Products Web Page]
8. Office 365 Plan Options [TechNet]
9. WHAT’S IN A (TENANT) NAME? [Blog Post]

• Add and configure custom domains
  • Specify domain name, confirm ownership, specify domain purpose, set default domain, and move ownership of DNS to Office 365
    1. Domains in Office 365 [TechNet]
    2. Add users and domain to Office 365 [Office Support Article and Video]
    3. Find and fix issues after adding your domain or DNS records in Office 365 [Office Support Article]
    4. What is the selecting services page in the Office 365 setup wizard? [Office Support Article]
    5. Change name servers at any domain registrar to set up Office 365[Office Support Article]
    6. Adding and Verifying a Domain for the NEW Office 365 [Blog Post]
• Plan a pilot
  • Designate pilot users; identify workloads that don’t require migration; run the Office 365 Health, Readiness, and Connectivity Checks; run IdFix; create a test plan or use case, and connect existing email accounts for pilot users; understand service descriptions and planning to onboard users to Office 365; configure connected accounts
    1. Office 365 deployment guide [TechNet]
    2. Deployment planning checklist for Office 365 [Office Support Article]
    3. FastTrack Center Benefit for Office 365 [TechNet]
    4. Office 365 Service Descriptions [TechNet]
    5. Pilot Office 365 with a few email addresses on your custom domain [Office Support Article]
    6. Install and run the Office 365 IdFix tool [Office Support Article]

Plan and implement networking and security in Office 365 (15–20%)

• Configure DNS records for services
  • Create DNS records for Exchange Online, Skype for Business Online, and SharePoint Online
    1. Create DNS records for Office 365 at any DNS hosting provider [Office Support Article]
    2. Office 365 URLs, Ports and IP address ranges [Office Support Article]
    3. Plan for third-party SSL certificates for Office 365 [Office Support Article]
    4. External Domain Name System records for Office 365[Office Support Article]
    5. Create DNS records for Office 365 when you manage your DNS records [Office Support Article]
• Enable client connectivity to Office 365
  • Configure proxy to allow client access to Office 365 URLs, configure firewalls for outbound port access to Office 365, recommend bandwidth, configure Internet connectivity for clients, deploy desktop setup for previous versions of Office clients
    1. Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer Tool [TechNet]
    2. Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer [Tool]
    3. Prepare for setup with health, readiness, and connectivity checks [TechNet]
    4. Firewall Ports for Office 365 [Blog Post]
    5. Troubleshooting tips for Office 365 ProPlus [TechNet]
    6. Office 365 URLs, Ports and IP address ranges [Office Support Article]
    7. Set up Office 2010 desktop programs to work with Office 365 for business [Office Support Article]
    8. Network planning and performance tuning for Office 365[Office Support Article]
• Administer Microsoft Azure Rights Management (RM)
  • Activate rights management, configure Office integration with rights management, assign roles for rights management, enable recovery of protected documents
    1. What is Azure Rights Management? [Microsoft Docs]
    2. What is Microsoft Azure Rights Management [Video]
    3. Azure Rights Management (RMS) Documentation [Microsoft Docs]
    4. Office 365 Information Protection using Azure Rights Management [Microsoft Blog]
    5. Configuring applications for Azure Rights Management [Microsoft Docs]
    6. Configuring super users for Azure Rights Management and discovery services or data recovery [Microsoft Docs]
    7. Apply Information Rights Management to a list or library[Office Support Article]
• Manage administrator roles in Office 365
  • Implement a permission model; create or revoke assignment of administrative roles or the administrative model; determine and assign global administrator, billing administrator, user administrator, and delegated administrator; control password resets
    1. About Office 365 admin roles[Office Support Article]
    2. Assign admin roles in Office 365[Office Support Article]
    3. Change my password in Office 365 for business [Office Support Article]

Manage cloud identities (15–20%)

• Configure password management
  • Set expiration policy, password complexity, password resets in Administration Center
    1. Admins: Reset a password for one or more users in Office 365[Office Support Article]
    2. Change my password in Office 365 for business [Office Support Article]
    3. Password policies and restrictions in Azure Active Directory [Azure Documentation]
    4. Set password expiration policies in Azure Active Directory [Azure Documentation]
    5. Change how often passwords expire in Office 365 for Small Business[Office Support Article]
    6. Manage passwords [TechNet]
• Manage user and security groups
  • Import users using bulk import (CSV), soft delete, Administration Center, and multi-factor authentication
    1. Set up multi-factor authentication for Office 365 users[Office Support Article]
    2. Users and passwords in Office 365 for business – Admin Help [Office Support Article]
    3. Delete a user in Office 365 [Office Support Article]
    4. Add several users at the same time to Office 365 – Admin Help [Office Support Article]
    5. Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365 [Microsoft Blog]
    6. Windows Azure Active Authentication: Multi-Factor for Security and Compliance [Microsoft Blog]
    7. Getting started with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication in the cloud [Azure Documentation]
    8. Office 365 User Account Management [TechNet]
• Manage cloud identities with Windows PowerShell
  • Configure passwords to never expire, bulk update of user properties, bulk user creation, Azure Active Directory cmdlets, bulk user license management, hard delete users
    1. PowerShell for Office 365 [Pluralsight]
    2. Manage Office 365 with Office 365 PowerShell [TechNet]
    3. Azure Active Directory PowerShell Module – Version 1.0 [MSDN]
    4. Set an individual user’s password to never expire [Video]
    5. Use PowerShell to Create Bulk Users for Office 365 [Blog]
    6. Manage Email address using PowerShell | Office 365 [Blog]
    7. Office 365: Assign individual parts of licenses based on groups using PowerShell [Blog]
    8. Manage Office 365 Recycle bin by using PowerShell [Blog]
    9. Administering Azure Rights Management by Using Windows PowerShell [Microsoft Docs]

Implement and manage identities by using Azure AD Connect (15–20%)

• Prepare on-premises Active Directory for Azure AD Connect
  • Plan for non-routable domain names, clean up existing objects, plan for filtering Active Directory, implement support for multiple forests
    1. Office 365 integration with on-premises environments [Office Support Article]
    2. Understanding Office 365 identity and Azure Active Directory [Office Support Article]
    3. Prepare to provision users through directory synchronization to Office 365 [Office Support Article]
    4. Integrating your on-premises identities with Azure Active Directory [Microsoft Blog]
• Set up Azure AD Connect tool
  • Implement soft match filtering and identify synchronized attributes, password sync, and installation requirements
    1. Custom installation of Azure AD Connect [Microsoft Blog]
    2. Step-By-Step: Setting up the new Azure Active Directory Connect [Microsoft Blog]
    3. Azure Active Directory Connect: Express Settings [CH9 Video]
• Manage Active Directory users and groups with Azure AD Connect in place
  • Delete (soft delete), create, modify users and groups with Azure AD Connect in place, schedule and force synchronization
    1. Custom installation of Azure AD Connect [Microsoft Blog]
    2. Azure AD Connect sync: Configure Filtering [Microsoft Blog]
    3. Azure Active Directory Synchronization: Filtering, Part 1 [Blog Post]
    4. Azure AD Connect sync: Scheduler [Microsoft Blog]

Implement and manage federated identities for single sign-on (SSO) (15–20%)

• Plan requirements for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
  • Plan namespaces and certificates, plan AD FS internal topologies and dependencies, plan WAP/AD FS proxy topologies, network requirements, multi-factor authentication, and access filtering using claims rules
    1. Understanding Key AD FS Concepts [TechNet]
    2. Using Multi-Factor Authentication with Active Directory Federation Services [TechNet]
    3. Manage Risk with Additional Multi-Factor Authentication for Sensitive Applications[TechNet]
    4. Checklist: Use AD FS to implement and manage single sign-on[TechNet]
    5. Requirements for AD FS [TechNet]
• Install and manage AD FS servers
  • Create AD FS service account, configure farm or stand-alone settings, add additional servers, convert from standard to federated domain, manage certificate lifecycle
    1. How To Install ADFS 2012 R2 For Office 365 [Microsoft Blog]
    2. AD FS 2.0 Sign-In Pages Overview [TechNet]
    3. Active Directory Federation Services Overview[TechNet]

• Install and manage WAP/AD FS proxy servers
  • Set up perimeter network name resolution, install required Windows roles and features, set up certificates, configure WAP/AD FS proxy settings, set custom proxy forms login page, switch between federated authentication and password sync
    1. Setting up ADFS Proxy Server – Part 1 [Blog Post]
    2. Install the Federation Service Proxy Role Service [TechNet]
    3. Active Directory Federation Services Overview[TechNet]

Monitor and troubleshoot Office 365 availability and usage (15–20%)

• Analyze reports
  • Analyze service reports, mail protection reports, analyze Office 365 audit log reports, analyze portal email hygiene reports
    1. View and download reports about service usage in Office 365 [Office Support Article]
    2. Use mail protection reports in Office 365 to view data about malware, spam, and rule detections [TechNet]
• Monitor service health
  • Monitor health using RSS feed, use service health dashboard (including awareness of planned maintenance, service updates, and historical data), Office 365 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager, and Windows PowerShell cmdlets
    1. View the status of your services [Office Support Article]
    2. Monitor Office 365 with SCOM 2012 SP1 [Blog Post]
    3. Office 365 Service Health and Continuity [TechNet]
• Isolate service interruption
  • Create a service request; determine connection issues using the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer (RCA), Microsoft Lync Connectivity Analyzer tool, and Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer tool; determine availability issues using the hybrid free/busy troubleshooter; determine client configuration issues using Office 365 Client Performance Analyzer and Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365
    1. Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer Tool [TechNet]
    2. Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer [Tool]
    3. Support Features in Office 365 [TechNet]

Additional Tips

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