70-347 Study Guide – Enabling Office 365 Services

The 70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services exam is the second exam required to get your Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Office 365 Certification. The MCSA Office 365 is a requirement to become a MCSE for the other servers in the Office suite such as SharePoint, Exchange and Skype for Business. As someone who got his MCSA Office 365 certification, this guide is to help you find materials to study, and ace the exam. I will share both free and paid options, whether books, video training or simply links to articles and blog posts. I will not share any dumps as those are against the Microsoft Terms of Service, and by using dumps, we decrease the value of our certifications.

Certification Path

Exam Name	Link to Exam on Microsoft Learning	Study Guide
70-346 Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements	Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements	70-346 Study Guide – Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements
Exam 70-347 Enabling Office 365 Services	Enabling Office 365 Services	70-347 Study Guide – Enabling Office 365 Services

Books that covers the whole exam

	Exam Ref 70-347 Enabling Office 365 Services Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-347–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of the skills needed to help securely and efficiently provide Microsoft Office 365 services in any environment.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/2ci7s5u Amazon.ca: http://amzn.to/2bKJUGn Amazon.fr: http://amzn.to/2bZoQgu Amazon.uk: http://amzn.to/2bZre6y Amazon.de: http://amzn.to/2bGXai1
	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
	Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out 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
	Microsoft SharePoint Online for Office 365: Administering and configuring for the cloud Use SharePoint Online to provide today’s most advanced collaboration capabilities–without managing your own infrastructure! This concise reference will help you configure and manage SharePoint Online to meet your requirements for functionality, performance, and compliance. Bill English covers user profiles, security, search, records management, App Catalogs, metrics, and more–to derive maximum value from SharePoint Online. Get it on Amazon at the following links:: Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/2bHQ2Cc Amazon.ca: http://amzn.to/2cjeYNu Amazon.fr: http://amzn.to/2c06mwe Amazon.uk: http://amzn.to/2c6Ra1D Amazon.de: http://amzn.to/2bI8LyE

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 10-day free trial should allow you to view all those courses for free.

	Planning and Configuring Exchange Online Configuring Office 365 tenant and its applications is just the start of a successful deployment. Learn about mailbox migration options, the types of mailboxes found in Exchange Online, and how to create, manage, archive, and secure mailbox contents. Link: http://spvlad.com/2DZLZi4 Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	PowerShell for Office 365 Note: While the PowerShell for Office 365 course is not specifically designed for the 70-347 exam, mastering the use of PowerShell for Office 365 is a key element of the MCSA Office 365 certification, and you will for sure get quite a few questions on common cmdlets for SharePoint, Exchange, Skype for Business as well as the eDiscovery Center. 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/PowerShellforOffice365 Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	Planning and Configuring Collaboration with SharePoint Online This course will teach you the basics of using Office 365 tools to easily and conveniently collaborate with others in your organization. You’ll also learn to configure SharePoint Online and integrate it with other Microsoft collaboration products. Link: http://spvlad.com/2EiLihf Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	Managing and Configuring Skype for Business Skype for Business is a very popular and powerful product. This course will provide you the information necessary to properly configure and manage Skype for Business Online components, including a hybrid Skype for Business. Link: http://spvlad.com/2DUYWtg Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	Planning, Configuring, and Monitoring O365 Clients and Devices This course introduces the Office 365 deployment tools used to configure and control the deployment of apps from Office 365, either by the user or by IT. You’ll explore the telemetry service to analyze and monitor Office 365 ProPlus and deployments. Link: http://spvlad.com/2ce22rs Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services with MVP/MCT Andy Malone. This is one of the two required exams toward MCSA: Office 365 certification. Link: https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mcpexamprep/70-347-Enabling-Office-365-Services
	Exam Prep Session for Exam 70-346 and Exam 70-347: MCSA Office 365 (Part 1) This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Microsoft Office 365 who are interested in taking the 70-346 exam or the 70-347 exam. These exams are required for the new MCSA: Office 365 certification. You can expect to review the topics covered in these exams in a fast-paced format, as well as receive some valuable test taking techniques. You will leave with an understanding of how Microsoft certification works, the key topics covered in the exams, and an exhaustive look at resources for getting ready for the exam. The session is led by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), experienced in delivering sessions on these topics. Link: https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK3905
	Exam Prep Session for Exam 70-346 and Exam 70-347: MCSA Office 365 (Part 2) This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Microsoft Office 365 who are interested in taking the 70-346 exam or the 70-347 exam. These exams are required for the new MCSA: Office 365 certification. You can expect to review the topics covered in these exams in a fast-paced format, as well as receive some valuable test taking techniques. You will leave with an understanding of how Microsoft certification works, the key topics covered in the exams, and an exhaustive look at resources for getting ready for the exam. The session is led by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), experienced in delivering sessions on these topics. Link: https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK3915

Articles / Blog Posts per objective

Manage clients and end-user devices (20–25%)

Manage user-driven client deployments
- Restrict self-provisioning of Office 365 ProPlus, Windows Store Apps and Mobile Apps, activation/revoke activation, and Office for Mac
  1. Overview of licensing and activation in Office 365 ProPlus [TechNet]
  2. Set up Office apps and email on a mobile device [Office Support Article]
  3. Manage user software in Office 365 [Office Support Article]
Manage IT deployments of Office 365 ProPlus
- Manage deployment, manage streaming updates, manage deployments using the Office deployment tool, customize deployment
  1. Office 365 ProPlus Deployment for IT Pros [Video – Microsoft Virtual Academy]
  2. Determine the deployment method to use for Office 365 ProPlus [TechNet]
  3. Getting started guide for deploying Office 365 ProPlus [TechNet]
  4. Overview of Click-to-Run for Office 365 setup architecture [TechNet]
Set up telemetry and reporting
- Enable telemetry through Group Policy, set up telemetry service, interpret issues reported by telemetry dashboard, deploy telemetry agents to legacy Office clients
  1. Office 365 ProPlus Deployment for IT Pros [Video – Microsoft Virtual Academy]
  2. Overview of Office Telemetry [TechNet]
Plan for Office clients
- Configure Outlook, Skype for Business client, Office Online, and click-to-run versus MSI; check configurations using the Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT); implement modern authentication for Office 365 clients
  1. Email in Office 365 for business – Admin Help [Office Support Article]
  2. Plan and deploy Office 2013 [TechNet]
  3. Set up Skype for Business Online [Office Support Article]
  4. Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) information [Microsoft Support Page]

Provision SharePoint Online site collections (20–25%)

Configure external user sharing
- Enable external user sharing globally, enable per-site collection, share with external users, remove external user access using the web UI and Windows PowerShell
  1. Manage external sharing for your SharePoint Online environment [Office Support Article]
Create SharePoint site collection
- Set SharePoint Online site collection administrator, set resource quota and warning level, and automatic adjustment of site collection sizes; set storage quota for site collection, and configure name and URL of site collection using the web UI and Windows PowerShell
  1. Learn about partner website hosting and public websites in Office 365 [Office Support Article]
  2. Manage administrators for a site collection [Office Support Article]
  3. Manage site collection storage limits [Office Support Article]
Plan a collaboration solution
- Configure Yammer.com; coauthoring, Office 365 groups; access files across multiple client devices; migrate files to OneDrive for Business; implement enterprise eDiscovery using the web UI and Windows PowerShell; implement Office 365 video; use Delve for collaboration; configure Data Loss Prevention
  1. Overview of co-authoring in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  2. What is OneDrive for Business? [Office Support Article]
  3. Plan and manage eDiscovery cases [Office Support Article]
  4. Yammer activation guide[Office Support Article]
  5. Setting up your Yammer network (Yammer admin guide) [Office Support Article]
  6. Office Delve for Office 365 admins [Office Support Article]
  7. Delve Analytics for Office 365 admins[Office Support Article]
  8. Enable Office Delve[TechNet]
  9. Meet Office 365 Video [Office Support Article]
  10. Manage your Office 365 Video portal [Office Support Article]

Configure Exchange Online and Skype for Business Online for end users (25–30%)

Configure additional email addresses for users
- Change default/reply to email address, bulk add/remove for new domain, manage secondary email aliases and SIP addresses using the web UI and Windows PowerShell
  1. Manage user mailboxes [TechNet]
  2. Manage Email address using PowerShell on Office 365[Blog Post]
  3. Add additional email aliases to a user in Office 365 [Office Support Article]
Create and manage external contacts, resources, and groups
- Create and manage resource mailboxes, create shared mailboxes, create external contacts, assign additional email address to contacts, create and manage distribution list and members, delegate permissions using the web UI and Windows PowerShell
  1. Permissions in Exchange Online [TechNet]
  2. Collaboration in Exchange Online [TechNet]
  3. Recipients in Exchange Online [TechNet]
Configure personal archive policies
- Enable personal archive for mailboxes, create custom retention policy, create retention tags, apply retention policy to mailboxes, review and modify default retention policy using the web UI and Windows PowerShell
  1. Enable or disable an archive mailbox in Exchange Online [TechNet]
  2. Archive mailboxes in Exchange Online [TechNet]
  3. Archive Features in Exchange Online Archiving [TechNet]
  4. Enable Office 365 Exchange Online Archiving In-Place Archive[Blog Post]
Configure Skype for Business Online end-user communication settings
- Turning off non-archived features for compliance, configure presence, configure available services, and configure per-user external communication using the web UI and Windows PowerShell
  1. Skype for Business Online settings summary [Office Support Article]

Plan for Exchange Online and Skype for Business Online (25–30%)

Manage antimalware and anti-spam policies
- Release quarantine, configure spam settings, configure lists, and configure notifications using the web UI and Windows PowerShell; implement Advance Threat Protection
  1. Spam confidence levels in Exchange Online [TechNet]
  2. Anti-malware protection in Exchange Online [TechNet]
Recommend a mailbox migration strategy
- Select the appropriate migration method from Remote move, Staged, Cutover, or IMAP using the web UI and Windows PowerShell; use the import service for data migration
  1. Ways to migrate multiple email accounts to Office 365 [Office Support Article and Video]
  2. How to migrate mailbox data by using the Exchange Admin Center in Office 365 [Microsoft Support article]
  3. How to migrate your Exchange server to Office 365 [Blog Post]
Plan for Exchange Online
- Plan client requirements for archive, manage Office 365 Protection Center, enable Legal hold, configure OWA access, configure ActiveSync and Mobile Device Management using the web UI and Windows PowerShell, configure Data Loss Prevention
  1. eDiscovery in Office 365
  2. Litigation Hold versus In-Place Hold in Exchange Online [Blog Post]
  3. Clients and mobile in Exchange Online [TechNet]
  4. Data loss prevention in Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online [TechNet Video]
Manage Skype for Business
- Enable external access; manage domains; manage Skype consumer connectivity; customize meeting invitations; disable push notification service using the web UI and Windows PowerShell; configure Cloud PBX, PSTN Conferencing, and Skype Meeting Broadcast
  1. Allow users to contact external Skype for Business users [Office Support Article]
  2. Skype for Business Online Administration and Management [TechNet]

Additional Tips

I think the best thing that you can do after reading this, or even meanwhile, is to open up an E3 or an E5 trial subscription, and try out everything that you read about. Only when you try it, you hit some bugs you really understand how it works in a real life scenario!

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