Microsoft 365 Business for Admins For Dummies

Learn streamlined management and maintenance capabilities for Microsoft 365 Business  If you want to make it easy for your teams to work together using the latest productivity solutions with built-in security—while saving thousands of dollars in implementing the solution—you've picked the right book. Inside, you'll gain an understanding of Microsoft 365 Business, a complete integrated solution for business productivity and security powered by Office 365 and Windows 10. You’ll also learn how this cloud-based solution can help grow your business while protecting company data from potential threats using the same security management tools large enterprises use. Microsoft 365 Business For Admins For Dummies provides business owners, IT teams, and even end users an understanding of the capabilities of Microsoft 365 Business: an integrated platform and security solution built with the latest features to enable today's modern workforce and empower businesses to achieve their goals. De-mystifies the complexities of the bundled solution to help you avoid common deployment pitfalls Includes the latest information about the services included in Microsoft 365 Business Enhance team collaboration with intelligent tools Manage company-owned or bring your own device (BYOD) devices from one portal Step through a guided tour for running a successful deployment Get the guidance you need to deploy Microsoft 365 Business and start driving productivity in your organization while taking advantage of the built-in security features in the solution to grow and protect your business today.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Transforming the Small Business 5 Chapter 1: Understanding the New World of Work 7 Creating a Productive Workplace 8 Realizing the value of Microsoft 365 Business 8 Promoting teamwork in a diverse workforce 9 Keeping Business Technology Current 11 Looking back at traditional IT businesses 12 Running a modern IT environment 12 Safeguarding Business Data 13 Security is everyone’s business 13 Taking a layered approach to security 14 Chapter 2: Getting to Know Microsoft 365 Business 17 Understanding the Microsoft 365 Plans 18 Breaking down the Enterprise plan 19 Deciding whether the Business plan is right for you 19 Exploring Admin Center 21 Getting to know the Admin Center home page 21 Discovering admin centers 23 Growing Your Business with the Bookings App 24 Administering Bookings licenses 24 Installing the Bookings app 25 Part 2: Implementing Microsoft 365 27 Chapter 3: Preparing for Implementation 29 Setting the Stage for the Rollout 30 Introducing Microsoft Azure 30 Getting to know Azure Active Directory 31 Building the implementation road map 32 Taking Care of Prerequisites 34 Getting ready for Windows 10 Business 34 Flying on autopilot with Windows AutoPilot 35 Branding sign-in pages 36 Chapter 4: Migrating to Office 365 39 Moving Your Email System to Exchange Online 40 Basic email migration overview 41 Capitalizing on the Office 365 Mail Migration Advisor 42 Migrating Files to SharePoint Online 45 Do-it-yourself with the SharePoint Migration Tool 46 Syncing files with the OneDrive client 48 Customizing the Microsoft Teams Tool 48 Chapter 5: Deploying Windows 10 51 Making the Case for Windows 10 52 Getting cloud-ready with Windows 10 52 Windows as a service (WaaS) at a glance 53 Completing the Setup Wizard before Deployment 55 Manually Deploying Windows 10 Business 58 Deploying with Windows AutoPilot 61 Capturing the device ID 61 Registering the device for AutoPilot deployment 66 Stepping through the OOBE 67 Chapter 6: Configuring Security Features 69 Securing the Front Door 70 Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection overview 70 ATP Safe Attachments 71 ATP Safe Links 74 Using Encryption to Protect Email 75 Azure Information Protection labels 76 Sending an encrypted email 77 Chapter 7: Getting Tactical with the Deployment 79 Peering into a Real-Life Deployment 80 Questions to ask before deployment 80 Tales from the deployment trenches 81 Planning the Deployment 82 Part 3: Driving Productivity and Collaboration 85 Chapter 8: Unlocking Enhanced Collaboration 87 Understanding the Advanced Technologies in the Solution 88 All together as one with Groups 88 Connecting the dots with Office Graph 91 Serving up content with Delve 91 Getting to Know Your Collaboration Toolkit 93 Creating a team site in SharePoint 93 Being social at work with Yammer 95 Chapter 9: Teaming Up Digitally 97 Exploring Microsoft Team Capabilities 98 Making the case for Microsoft Teams 98 The Microsoft Teams user interface 100 Planning Your Microsoft Teams Deployment 101 Building a roadmap with your people 102 Getting your network ready 103 Getting your users ready for Microsoft Teams 103 Configuring Microsoft Teams 104 Integrating Microsoft Teams with Office 365 Services 107 Part 4: Building a Culture Of Security 109 Chapter 10: Managing Passwords 111 Knowing What You’re Up Against 112 Today’s common attacks 112 Applying the latest password guidance 114 Enabling Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) 116 Rolling out SSPR in your organization 116 The end user’s experience in SSPR 118 Changing passwords from the MyApps portal 120 Living in a Password-Less World 121 Chapter 11: Configuring Multi-Factor Authentication 123 Getting Grounded on Authentication 124 MFA in the Microsoft ecosystem 124 Best practices from the trenches 125 Deploying MFA 126 Admin tasks for setting up MFA 127 Enabling end users for MFA 128 End-user MFA experience 130 Managing MFA 132 Chapter 12: Demystifying Information Protection 135 Configuring AIP 136 The evolution of AIP 136 Activating AIP 137 Getting familiar with labels 138 A few words about policies 140 Putting AIP Into Action 142 Installing the AIP client 142 Applying a label to a document 144 Revoking access to information 145 Chapter 13: Measuring Your Security Posture 147 Exploring the Secure Score Dashboard 148 Getting to the dashboard 148 Understanding your score 149 Taking action to improve your score 150 Comparing your score 153 Reviewing the Score Analyzer 154 Part 5: Managing Mobile Devices and Apps 157 Chapter 14: Introducing Microsoft Intune 159 Getting to Know Intune 160 Better together with Intune and AAD 160 Toggle switch revelations 161 Choosing Between MDM and MAM 164 Making the case for MDM 164 Choosing MAM 167 Chapter 15: Managing Mobile Devices 169 Understanding Device Management 170 Stepping through the device lifecycle 171 Preparing for device management 172 Working in the Device Management Portal 177 Preparing for device enrollment 178 Configuring Apple enrollment for MDM 178 Setting up a device compliance policy 182 Assigning device compliance polices 184 Creating a device configuration profile 185 Administering an enrolled device 187 Walking in the End User’s Shoes 188 Chapter 16: Managing Mobile Applications 193 Laying the Groundwork for MAM 194 Understanding app protection policies 194 Different ways to do MAM 196 Reviewing the Default App Policies 196 Application policy for Window 10 197 Application policy for iOS 198 Going Beyond the Basics 201 Adding an app to the Company Portal app 201 Downloading the Excel app from the Company Portal app 202 Chapter 17: Browsing with the Edge Mobile App 205 Driving Users to (the) Edge Is Good 206 Value for the organization 206 Value for the end user 207 Deploying Edge as Managed App 208 Creating the Edge app configuration policy 209 Assigning the Edge app configuration policy 211 Adding the Edge app to the Company Portal app 212 Installing the Edge mobile app 212 Testing the Edge mobile app policy 215 Testing conditional access in the Edge mobile app 218 Part 6: Administering the Service 221 Chapter 18: Working in Microsoft 365 Admin Center 223 Modernizing IT Management 224 Experiencing the new Admin Center 224 Personalizing the experience 226 One-Stop-Shop User Management 228 Interacting with the Users List 229 Managing users 230 Chapter 19: Creating Reports and Alerts 233 Keeping Apprised with Reports 234 Usage Reports in Microsoft 365 Admin Center 234 Reviewing the Reports in Security Admin Center 235 Turning on audit logs 238 Setting Up Alerts 240 Chapter 20: Managing Collaboration Workspaces 243 Understanding Teamwork in Microsoft 365 244 Use cases for OneDrive for Business 244 The benefits of SharePoint Online 246 The deal about Microsoft Teams 248 Better three-gether: OneDrive, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams 249 Working in SharePoint Admin Center 250 Turning on the new experience 250 The Home Page 251 Active Sites under the Sites group 252 Access Control under the Policies group 253 The Settings Menu 253 Part 7: The Part of Tens 255 Chapter 21: Ten Apps and Features an Admin Should Know 257 BitLocker 258 End User Communications 259 Microsoft Flow 260 Microsoft Forms 261 Microsoft Planner 262 Microsoft PowerApps 263 Microsoft Search 264 Microsoft Stream 265 Microsoft Sway 266 Service Health 267 Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Be Productive in Microsoft 365 Business 269 Pick Up Where You Left Off 270 Share Documents with Confidence 270 Co-Author Anytime, Anywhere 271 Catch Someone’s Attention Easily 272 Figure Out Whodunnit 272 Blur My Background Please 273 Design Like a Pro by Using AI 274 Talk, Don’t Type 275 Go Hands-Free with Read Aloud 275 Time Travel with Windows Timeline 276 Chapter 23: Ten Tips to Drive Adoption 279 Get Leaders to Sponsor the Effort 280 Recruit and Activate Champs 280 Communicate the Change 281 Develop and Execute a Training Plan 282 Start with “Easy Win” Scenarios 282 Provide Self-Service Resources 283 Highlight the Wins 284 Check the Usage Report 284 Be Ready to Provide Support 285 Bring in the Pros 285 Index 287

About the Author :
Jennifer Reed is the co-author of Office 365 For Dummies and founder of Cloud611, an IT services company that helps SMBs take advantage of cloud technologies to drive business outcomes. As a solutions architect, Jenn has helped migrate thousands of users to Office 365. As a manager of a high-performing team of solutions architects, Jenn's focus is enabling IT departments to adapt to evolving technological innovations and adopt the best approach to digital transformation.<