Almost every organisation in this region runs Microsoft 365, and almost all of them need someone who can administer it properly.
This course covers Entra ID identity, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, licensing that does not waste money, and the security baseline every tenant should have and most do not.
Jobs this leads towards
Real roles people do after this course and the ones that follow it.
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Microsoft 365 administrator
Runs email, Teams, SharePoint and accounts for an organisation.
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IT administrator (small business)
The one person who keeps a company's Microsoft world working.
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Identity and access administrator
Controls who can sign in to what — the front door of every modern company.
Certifications
What this course prepares you to sit. Exam vouchers are included.
- Microsoft MS-102 (Microsoft 365 Administrator)
Is this for me?
Ninety seconds, no wrong answers, nothing recorded. It tells you how closely this course matches what you enjoy — and where to look if it does not.
What a week looks like
Day to day, so nobody is surprised.
- One evening on concepts, one evening in the real console with a free-tier account.
- Every session ends with something running in the cloud that you built.
- Costs are tracked on purpose: you learn to read the bill before it is a problem.
- A practice exam every few weeks.
Three questions from week one
Get them wrong and you belong here. Get them right and you belong here too. Nothing is recorded.
Books worth having
None of these is required — the course lends what it needs. These are the ones worth owning.
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Microsoft Learn (free)
The official learning paths; the course follows them.
What to bring
Usually nothing. Where something small helps, it is here.
- ▸Nothing to buy: free-tier cloud accounts and lent laptops.
- ▸A notebook for the vocabulary — there is a lot of it.
- ▸A phone for the authenticator app.
Do this at home
Between sessions. Ten to twenty minutes; the people who do this are the ones who finish.
- Habit 1Do one Microsoft Learn module a day (15 minutes).
- Habit 2Spin up a free virtual machine, use it, and delete it. Check the bill.
- Habit 3Explain 'the cloud' to somebody at home in one minute.
What you will be able to do
- Administer users, groups and licences in Entra ID
- Configure Exchange Online mail flow and shared mailboxes
- Set up Teams and SharePoint sensibly for a small organisation
- Apply conditional access and MFA without locking everyone out
- Read the admin centre reports and act on them
What you will use
- Microsoft 365
- Entra ID
- Exchange Online
- Teams
- SharePoint
What the course covers
The lesson plan for this course is being written. Register and we will tell you the moment it opens.