Microsoft 365 Certified: Messaging Administrator Associate (MS203)

Microsoft 365 Messaging (MS-203T00)

Module 1: Explore transport services

• Examine message transport components
• Examine message routing
• Configure message transport
• Examine transport agents

Module 2: Configure message transport

• Configure message transport options
• Configure SMTP domains
• Configure connectors

Module 3: Manage transport rules

• Explore transport rules
• Examine how transport rules work
• Configure transport rules

Module 4: Manage mail flow

• Explore mail flow in Microsoft Exchange
• Manage mail flow in Exchange Server deployments
• Manage mail flow in Exchange Online deployments
• Manage mail flow in hybrid Exchange deployments

Module 5: Troubleshoot mail flow

• Troubleshoot SMTP mail flow
• Troubleshoot shared namespace environments
• Troubleshoot Transport Layer Security encryption issues
• Troubleshoot with alert policies in Exchange Online

Module 6: Troubleshoot transport issues

• Troubleshoot network-based issues
• Troubleshoot transport connectors and agents
• Troubleshoot transport in coexistence

Module 7: This module is part of these learning paths

• Troubleshoot with message tracking logs and message tracing
• Troubleshoot with protocol logs
• Troubleshoot with event logs

Module 8: Plan for message security

• Explore Exchange Online Protection
• Plan message routing for Exchange Online Protection
• Examine message hygiene monitoring and reporting

Module 9: Manage anti-malware and anti-spam policies

• Examine message headers and spam confidence levels
• Examine anti-spam and anti-malware protection
• Manage anti-spam protection
• Manage anti-malware protection
• Examine advanced anti-spam features
• Manage spoofing protection
• Manage phishing protection
• Configure transport rules

Module 10: Explore threat protection in Microsoft 365 Defender

• Examine threat protection in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Explore using Configuration Analyzer to improve security policies
• Examine how Safe Attachments protect against malicious attachments
• Examine how Safe Links protects against malicious URLs
• Manage spoof intelligence
• Manage anti-phishing policies
• Manage the Tenant Allow/Block list in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Examine Advanced Hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender

Module 11: Explore messaging compliance in Microsoft 365

• Examine message policy and compliance
• Explore the Microsoft 365 permission model
• Configure retention policies
• Run a message trace

Module 12: Explore messaging compliance in Exchange

• Examine In-Place and Litigation holds
• Configure Messaging Records Management
• Analyze message tracking

Module 13: Manage Exchange Online archiving and auditing

• Plan and implement in-place archiving
• Explore journaling in Exchange
• Manage administrator and mailbox auditing

Module 14: Manage Content Search

• Design content searches
• Manage content searches
• Manage eDiscovery cases

Module 15: Manage authentication for messaging

• Examine password policy options
• Explore self-service password management
• Implement multifactor authentication for Exchange
• Plan password policies
• Explore modern authentication

Module 16: Configure organizational settings

• Configure workload policies and throttling
• Configure quota configurations
• Deploy Microsoft 365 add-ins

Module 17: Configure organizational sharing

• Examine Exchange federated delegation features
• Examine Exchange federation sharing components
• Plan for federation trusts and certificates
• Implement organization relationships
• Implement sharing policies

Module 18: Manage administrator roles

• Explore Role-Based Access Control
• Examine management role groups
• Examine built-in management role groups
• Implement admin roles for management role assignments
• Troubleshoot admin roles
• Manage role groups in Exchange Online

Module 19: Manage user roles

• Implement user roles for role assignment policies
• Implement management role assignment policies
• Create new roles, role assignments, and scopes

Module 20: Analyze role-based permissions

• Explore the use of split permissions
• Explore the use of multiple-forest permissions
• Explore the differences in permissions

Module 21: Explore the different types of Exchange recipients

• Explore recipient types
• Explore resource mailboxes
• Explore shared mailboxes
• Explore linked mailboxes
• Explore groups
• Explore public folders

Module 22: Create and manage Exchange recipients

• Manage mailbox settings
• Manage resource mailboxes
• Manage shared mailboxes
• Create and manage mail contacts and mail users
• Manage permissions for recipients
• Create and manage groups
• Create and manage public folders

Module 23: Manage email addresses, lists, and resources

• Explore address lists
• Create and manage address lists
• Examine address book policies
• Configure offline address books
• Examine email address policies

Module 24: Explore Exchange hybrid deployment requirements

• Examine the connection options for Exchange to Microsoft 365
• Explore the components of a hybrid deployment
• Explore Azure Active Directory Connect
• Examine the Microsoft 365 identity options for a hybrid Exchange deployment
• Compare Exchange delegated federation and Open Authentication

Module 25: Plan and configure a hybrid deployment using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard

• Plan for Exchange hybrid configuration
• Examine Organization Configuration Transfer
• Examine Exchange Modern Hybrid and the Hybrid Agent
• Review mail flow options for a hybrid deployment
• Prepare to run the Hybrid Configuration Wizard
• Examine hybrid deployment best practices

Module 26: Provide a gateway for Internet email using Edge Transport servers

• Examine Edge Transport servers
• Examine the infrastructure requirements for an Edge Transport server
• Explore mail flow using Edge Subscriptions and EdgeSync
• Explore message flow with an Edge Transport server

Module 27: Implement advanced hybrid functionality

• Manage a hybrid deployment
• Configure public folder coexistence with Microsoft 365
• Configure OAuth for a mixed Exchange environment
• Configure OneDrive access for on-premises mailboxes

Module 28: Troubleshoot hybrid deployments

• Troubleshoot directory synchronization
• Troubleshoot pass-through authentication and single sign-on
• Troubleshoot transport with Exchange Online
• Troubleshoot client access in coexistence
• Troubleshoot the Mailbox Replication service

Module 29: Plan mailbox migrations

• Explore migration options to Exchange Online
• Determine which migration option to use
• Update DNS during a Microsoft 365 migration

Module 30: Run IMAP migrations

• Plan an IMAP migration
• Run an IMAP migration
• Move mailboxes using an IMAP migration

Module 31: Run cutover and staged migrations

• Plan a cutover migration
• Run a cutover migration
• Plan a staged migration
• Run a staged migration
• Move mailboxes using cutover and staged migrations

Module 32: Run advanced mailbox migrations

• Plan a PST migration
• Run a PST migration
• Run a public folder migration
• Plan a cross-tenant migration
• Prepare source objects for a cross-tenant migration