Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Office 365 – Cloud Accelerate & Cloud Essentials Subscribers can attend for FREE!

Practice Accelerator provides intermediate- to advanced-level training in Office 365 solutions. Practice Accelerator for Office 365 is designed for Cloud Accelerate and Cloud Essentials partners in small and medium businesses who are planning to deploy Office 365 in environments with fewer than 2,400 seats. Ideal participants for this offering are project personnel with technical backgrounds, such as those in technical project management, technical consulting, or technical support.

Practice Accelerator is not intended to be in-depth technical instruction for a particular service offering or technical scenario. Instead, this Practice Accelerator covers a broad range of technical topics and scenarios that may be encountered when deploying Office 365, such as a Microsoft Exchange Online Hybrid deployment scenario.

Practice Accelerator for Office 365 guides you through an Office 365 deployment project from start to finish in three phases: deployment overview, planning and preparation guidance, and migration and post-deployment guidance.

Recommended knowledge and experience

Course participants are expected to meet the following prerequisites:

• Understanding of the on-premises versions of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Lync Server, and Microsoft SharePoint Server
• Proficiency in Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Microsoft Exchange Server, and the Windows operating system and related technologies

About this Practice Accelerator

Delivery format: Virtual, instructor-led, live training sessions for four hours per day over a four-day period.

Cost: Five partner advisory hours will be deducted from your company’s account when you register.  Cloud Accelerate member or Cloud Essentials subscriber, can register for Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Office 365 at no cost.

What you get: Reusable tools and templates that can be used in customer engagements. Review the Practice Accelerator for Office 365 data sheet for a complete list.

Course Outline

Day one (4-hour live training)

• Deployment phases
• Microsoft Online Services Portal (MOSP)
• Key pre-deployment considerations

Day two (4-hour live training)

• Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Lync Online planning
• Client and end-user experience
• Training and supporting online users

Day three (4-hour live training)

• Active Directory preparation
• Deploying directory synchronization
• Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online preparation

Day four (4-hour live training)

• Post-deployment maintenance
• Exchange Online and SharePoint Online administration
• Additional managed service opportunities

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