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Microsoft Office 365 Administration Cookbook

By : Nate Chamberlain
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Microsoft Office 365 Administration Cookbook

By: Nate Chamberlain

Overview of this book

Organizations across the world have switched to Office 365 to boost workplace productivity. However, to maximize investment in Office 365, you need to know how to efficiently administer Office 365 solutions. Microsoft Office 365 Administration Cookbook is packed with recipes to guide you through common and not-so-common administrative tasks throughout Office 365. Whether you’re administering a single app such as SharePoint or organization-wide Security & Compliance across Office 365, this cookbook offers a variety of recipes that you’ll want to have to hand. The book begins by covering essential setup and administration tasks. You’ll learn how to manage permissions for users and user groups along with automating routine admin tasks using PowerShell. You’ll then progress through to managing core Office 365 services such as Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, and Azure Active Directory (AD). This book also features recipes that’ll help you to manage newer services such as Microsoft Search, Power Platform, and Microsoft Teams. In the final chapters, you’ll delve into monitoring, reporting, and securing your Office 365 services. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned about managing individual Office 365 services along with monitoring, securing, and optimizing your entire Office 365 deployment efficiently.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Chapter 14: Appendix – Office 365 Subscriptions and Licenses

Preface

Thank you for buying this Microsoft Office 365 Administration Cookbook. Throughout the chapters that follow, you'll find over 100 recipes that walk you through administrative functions in the various apps and services that are to be found in Office 365. While that may seem like a lot, we're just scratching the surface. And in many cases, we've made a decision in recipes to focus on a specific way of configuring a policy or setting that could be configured a dozen other ways. The flexibility and potential for variation in how you administer your unique Office 365 environment in your organization is seemingly endless. This cookbook should simply spark ideas and get you on the right track to where you want to take your own apps and services. Always consult your organization's compliance and governance guidelines before making any significant changes, especially regarding security and compliance, and be sure to include others in decision-making where appropriate.