tried to learn myself some new skills .... not that sweet since I have to force myself to learn other guys technology.
the current version of Office 365 is wave 15 , exchange 2013, sharepoint 2013, and lync 2013
however the exam itself is focused on wave 14, ie, exchange 2010, sharepoint 2010, and lync 2010
i think MS's plan is to push out a new one in May 2014
study books: cbt nugget; MS free ebook, MS MVA various internet sources
hands on experience: Office 365 migration
anyway, here is my brain dump
55 question in 150 minutes,
70% to pass
drop & drop, hot spot.
the main thing for me is the sharepoint, I am reasonably fimilar with sharepoint 3. When I looked at Sharepoint 2010 /2013, I am shocked by the vastness of those sharepoints 2010 , 2013. they become so complicated, new terms never heard of until I watched the videos / books
to get youself pass this one, you need be good at sharepoint as 1/3 of questions are sharepoint
to my disappointment, exchange + lync questions only 1/3 ; be sure you know the lync ports. if you have done Exchange P1 plan, exchange 2010 questions are not hard. be good at hub-transport rules
office 365 admin questions another 1/3, make sure you know the admin roles like Global administrator, password administrator, funny thing is bill admin can also monitor service health.
all I can see is Microsoft is pushing hard with their SharePoint
here is the full desc from MS website
Skills Being MeasuredThis exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.
The information after “This objective may include but is not limited to” is intended to further define or scope the objective by describing the types of skills and topics that may be tested for the objective. However, it is not an exhaustive list of skills and topics that could be included on the exam for a given skill area. You may be tested on other skills and topics related to the objective that are not explicitly listed here.
Administer Microsoft Office 365 (35%)
- Provision and manage users, groups, and domains.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: create users; configure user and group properties and settings; manage user licenses and subscriptions; Bulk Add Users Wizard (CSV import); use Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization Tool to provision and manage users and groups; recover identities and users; add and verify domains; Microsoft Online Services module for Windows PowerShell
- Manage roles.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Office 365 administrator roles; delegated administration; Exchange role-based access control (RBAC) roles including management role assignment policies for users
- Prepare the client computer and configure remote connectivity.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: prepare the client computer (prerequisites, desktop integration, group policy settings, managing desktop shortcuts, Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant); troubleshoot remote connectivity issues (Windows Firewall and network firewall for Lync, Exchange, and SharePoint); autodiscover and service location, trusted zones; configure remote administration (enable administrator for remote Windows PowerShell, Exchange Management Console), Office Professional Plus 2010
- Manage identity federation by using Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: configure and manage AD FS 2.0; single sign-on; two factor authentication; AD FS proxy
Administer SharePoint Online (31%)
- Manage site collections.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: create site collections; manage site collection properties (quotas, owners, administrators, and external user policies); create and configure the public website
- Manage metadata.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: manage the term store; delegated administration; manage term sets including multilingual; manage enterprise keywords
- Manage user profiles.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: configure user and organization properties and policies; manage social tags and notes; configure MySite properties; manage audiences
- Manage sites.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: manage team site; external user permissions; send external invites; create permission sets; define roles and groups; site templates; solution and feature framework (activating, deactivating, sandbox solutions); mobile device support; Recovery and Recycle Bin
Administer Exchange and Lync Online (34%)
- Manage mailboxes, contacts, and groups.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: single item recovery; recover mailboxes; migrate mailboxes; Email Migration Wizard; configure global policy settings including Outlook Web App mailbox policy and Exchange ActiveSync policies; security and distribution groups (moderated, restricted, dynamic, and self-service)
- Manage Exchange in an Office 365 hybrid deployment.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: configure mail routing; configure unified messaging integration; configure transport rules; troubleshoot a hybrid server; shared namespaces; federation gateway
- Manage messaging security and compliance.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: antivirus/antispam (Forefront Online Protection for Exchange); Exchange Hosted Encryption; S/MIME; Information Rights Management (IRM); journal rules; certificates; Mutual TLS (MTLS); create and manage retention policies and retention tags; administrator audit logging; mailtips; litigation hold; archive mailbox (personal and online)
- Manage Lync in an Office 365 environment.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: configure Lync services; configure federation and public IM connectivity (PIC); configure user settings (audio/video, file transfer, dial-in audio conferencing settings)
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Exam 70-323:
Administering Office 365
