ExamPro MS-900 Study Guide

Power BI (Business Intelligence)

A business analytics service that delivers insights for analyzing data.

Viva Learning

A centralized learning hub in Teams that allows you to easily integrate learning/building skills into your day.

Microsoft Intune

A cloud-based MDM and MAM provider for your apps and services.

Desktop Analytics

A cloud-based service that integrates with Configuration manager.

Microsoft 365

A cloud-based subscription service that helps solve the challenges to productivity and secure work from anywhere. A portfolio of products: Office apps, Teams, Windows, security.

Teams

A collection of people, content and tools surrounding different projects and outcomes within an organization.

Deployment Rings

A deployment method used to separate devices into a deployment timeline. The changes are rolled out in phases to specific groups of users or computers.

Microsoft Exchange Online

A hosted messaging solution that delivers the capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server as a cloud-based service.

Microsoft Power Platform

A line of business intelligent, app development and app connectivity software applications. Provides a low code development environment for building custom apps for busines needs.

MEM Admin Center

A one stop website to create policies and manage your devices.

Microsoft Project

A powerful project management tool designed for larger and more complex work tasks.

Yammer

A secure enterprise social network internal to an organization. Connects leaders and coworkers from any location.

Collaborative App

A solution that is integrated or built into Teams.

Windows 365

A subscription service that allows you to create and run PCs remotely. These PCs are known as Cloud PCs Offered for Business or Enterprise.

Microsoft Planner

A user friendly, collaborative task management tool for planning, managing and completing task based initiatives.

Microsoft Bookings

A web-based appointment scheduling and management system.

Microsoft 365 Admin Center Tasks

Add/delete/restore users. Add/remove licenses Create/delete/edit a group. Manage billing. View/create service requests. Manage global settings for apps. View activity reports. View service health.

Horizontal Scaling

Adding or subtracting the amount of servers/resources.

The Windows Insider Program

Allows businesses to test and provide feedback on features that will be released in the next feature update. Delivered ASAP during the deployment cycle through a process called flighting.

SharePoint

Allows companies to share/manage content, knowledge and applications in order to improve teamwork. Collaborate and find info quickly inside and outside the company.

OneDrive

Allows users to access, share and collaborate files.

Update Channels

Allows you to manage how frequently new feature updates are sent to your company.

Microsoft

An American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Redmond, WA.

MyAnalytics

An application to help employees and their managers gain insights into how workers spend their time with the goal of optimizing tasks and making them more efficient. Tracks data such as time spent in meetings, Outlook emails, productivity, time spent working late.

Microsoft Viva

An employee experience platform(EXP) that empowers people and teams to be their best from anywhere. Has 4 modules.

Stream

An enterprise video service where people within an organization can upload, view and share videos securely.

Microsoft To Do

An intelligent task management app that makes it easy to plan and manage your day.

Configuration Manager

An on-premises management solution to manage desktops, servers and laptops that are on your network or internet based.

Microsoft Teams

An organizations core center for collaboration with a chat-based workplace to help everyone work more productively.

AVD

Azure Virtual Desktop A modern and secure desktop and app virtualization service that runs on the cloud. Works across devices like Windows/Mac/iOS/Android/Linux.

Power Apps

Build apps to add directly into Teams by creating a tab.

CAPEX

Capita; Expenditure Spending money up front on physical infrastructure which is later deducted from the tax bill over time. This # is an informed guess.

Co-Management

Combines your existing on-premises Configuration Manager with the cloud using Intune and Microsoft 365 cloud services.

IaaS Cloud Services

Compute ex. VM Storage ex. Virtual HD Networking ex. Virtual network Databases ex Virtual databases for storing data

Cloud Computing Benefits

Cost Effective- no up-front costs, PAYG(pay-as-you-go) Global Secure- provider handles physical security, services secure by default Reliable-data backup, disaster recovery, data replication Scalable- increase/decrease resources and services Elastic- automatic scaling of resources and services Current- underlying hardware/software is managed/patched/replaced by cloud provider

Power Virtual Agents

Creates chatbots that can be integrated into Teams.

Channels

Dedicated sections within a team to keep conversations organized by specific topics, projects or disciplines.

Microsoft 365 Apps Deployment Methods

Deploy from a local source with Config Manager Deploy from the cloud with the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) Deploy from a local with the ODT Self-Install from the cloud using the Office portal.

Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Designed for IT professionals and administrators to manage the organization's Microsoft 365 subscription. Has reports that can help gather insights security and how employees are utilizing Microsoft 365 products and services. Gives you access to other admin centers for specific products and services such as Exchange and Teams.

Long-term Servicing Channel

Designed for specialist devices that do not run Office apps. Receives new features every two or three years.

Microsoft 365 User Portal

Designed for users to access their email, calendar and documents via Microsoft 365 apps like Office , Teams , Outlook etc.

Defense in Depth/ 7 Layers of Security

Employing multiple layers of security to avoid a single point-of-failure

Power Virtual Agents

Enables anyone to create powerful chatbots using a guided, no code graphical interface, no need for data scientists or developers.

Fault Tolerant

Ensuring there is no single point of failure.

Public Cloud

Everything built on the cloud provider.

Limited Ring

For pilot and validation. Validates the update on representative devices across the network.

Preview Ring

For planning and development. Evaluates the new features of the update.

Broad Ring

For wide deployment. After sufficient stabilization of devices from the Limited ring it is time for broad deployment across the network.

Fail Over

Having a plan to shift traffic to a redundant system in case the primary system fails.

Power Automate

Helps automate tasks and processes within Teams.

Power BI

Helps organization to collaborate with data in Teams.

Cloud Service Types

IaaS - for admins PaaS - for developers SaaS - for customers

Zero Trust Model

Identities Endpoints Apps Data Infrastructure Network

Vertical Scaling

Increasing or decreasing a server/resources capabilities.

Dynamics 365

Integrated with Teams, can provide high level details of customers.

Viva Connections

Keeps everyone in the workforce connected to each other.

Power Automate

Lets users create automated workflows between applications and services.

Productivity Score Reports

Measures the work done in your company to the work done in similar companies to provide metrics, insights and recommended actions you can take to help your organization use Microsoft 365 products and services efficiently.

MEM

Microsoft Endpoint Manager Provides tools and services you need to make managing all devices easier. Helps solve the challenge of device management in todays mobile/remote work environment.

Azure

Microsoft's cloud service provider

MAM

Mobile Application Management

MDM

Mobile Device Management

WaaS - Quality Updates

Monthly cumulative updates. Contain security patches and other changes to make the OS more reliable.

Cloud Hosting

Multiple physical machines that act as one. The system is abstracted into multiple cloud services. Flexible/Scalable/Secure/Cost-Effective/High Configurability

Private Cloud

On-Premises or OpenStack Everything built on company's datacenters.

Dedicated Server

One physical machine dedicated to a single business. Runs a single web app/site. $$$/High Maintenance/High Security

Virtual Private Server

One physical machine dedicated to a single business. Virtualized into sub-machines. Runs multiple web apps/sites.

Shared Hosting

One physical machine shared by multiple businesses. Relies on most tenants to under utilize their resources. $ Very Cheap/Very Limited

OPEX

Operational Expenditure The cost associated with switching an on-premises datacenter to the service provider. Customer is only concerned with non-physical costs. Allows you to try a product or service without investing in the equipment.

General Availability Channel

Provides new functionality with feature update releases annually. Ideal for pilot deployments, testing of feature updates and developers who need to work with the latest features.

Viva Insights

Provides privacy protected insights and actionable recommendations that help everyone in the organization work smarter and achieve balance.

Workplace Analytics

Provides rich, actionable insights into your organization's communication and collaboration trends to help you make more effective business decisions.

Current Channel

Receives feature updates at least once a month or as soon as they are ready.

Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

Receives feature updates every six months for select devices that need extensive testing before rolling out the new Office features.

Monthly Enterprise Channel

Receives feature updates once a month on a predictable release schedule.

Windows Autopilot

Sets up and preconfigures new devices, getting them ready for use.

Elasticity

The ability to automatically increase or decrease capacity based on demand.

Servicing Channels

The first way to separate users into deployment groups for feature and quality updates.

ServiceNow/Salesforce

Third party partners and services integrate with Teams for more capabilities.

WaaS - Feature Updates

Twice a year in March and September. Includes new functionalities for the OS.

Azure AD

Used by MEM for identity of devices, users, groups and MFA.

Viva Topics

Uses AI to identify knowledge/experts and then organize them into shared topics.

Hybrid Cloud

Uses both Public(cloud service provider) and Private(on-premises)

Cross Cloud

Uses multiple cloud providers. aka multi-cloud/hybrid-cloud

Usage Reports

View these reports by time period and Microsoft 365 product or service to understand how your employees are using the products and services .

WaaS

Windows as a Service Microsoft strategy of deploying, updating and servicing the Windows OS.

Microsoft 365 Apps

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Teams etc. Available for Business and Enterprise.