Planning for Microsoft 365 Implementation and Migration

Microsoft 365 represents a combination of Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility offerings – providing the most complete set of SaaS technologies that Microsoft has to offer. With Microsoft 365, organizations can deploy a complete solution encompassing both devices and applications, along with applying security and compliance policies to protect the entire suite.

This lesson will help you as you plan your migration of users and data to Microsoft 365, including planning your identity and authentication solution, and the on-premises infrastructure needed to support your migration. We’ll also help you understand and identify your business requirements and use cases, to help drive your decision-making process when planning to transition your infrastructure to the Microsoft cloud. We’ll spend some time focusing on networking and discuss some of the networking decisions that need to be made to ensure an optimal migration experience, as well as the best experience for your users after migration.

This lesson will also help you to identify which data needs to be migrated to the cloud, and what the best migration method will be based on your scenario – we’re also going to cover the different types of user identities, how your users will authenticate, and how that’s going to affect your migration planning.

In addition to talking about these different components, we’re also going to run through a few demos – showing you some of the practical steps involved, along with some tips and tricks we’ve picked up along the way. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Plan a Microsoft 365 Implementation, including the supporting infrastructure
• Plan your identity and authentication solution, both on-premises and in the cloud
• Identify your users, data, and mailboxes to be migrated to Microsoft 365
• Plan the migration of your groups and user data to Microsoft 365

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for people who:

• Want to become a Microsoft 365 administrator
• Are preparing to take the Microsoft’s MS-100 exam 

Prerequisites

To get the most from this lesson, you should have a general understanding of networking & server administration as well as IT fundamentals such as DNS, Active Directory and PowerShell.