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Book Description

Discover expert guidance to achieve the Microsoft 365 Certified Teamwork Administrator Associate certification and become proficient in working with SharePoint Server hybrid configuration

Key Features

  • Discover how to deploy, configure, and administer the SharePoint ecosystem
  • Learn how to map traditional Microsoft services to a cloud-services model
  • Understand the security and governance requirements and configurations of your organization

Book Description

The Microsoft MS-301 exam validates the knowledge and skills you need for deploying, configuring, and managing SharePoint Server and SharePoint Hybrid, as well as migrating to SharePoint Online.

This SharePoint book offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the MS-301 exam syllabus, helping you take the exam with confidence, fully equipped to pass the first time. With the help of clear and succinct explanations, self-assessment questions, tips, and mock exams with detailed answers, this book covers the configuration of SharePoint Server and SharePoint Hybrid and the process of migrating to SharePoint Online. This study guide is divided into three modules. The first two modules focus on strategies and techniques to configure and manage SharePoint on-premises and hybrid scenarios, where you’ll get to grips with essential concepts relating to SharePoint deployments, such as authentication, Business Connectivity Services (BCS), and the data gateway. The third module will take you through migration methods and strategies. Each chapter includes practice questions to test your knowledge of the concepts covered.

By the end of this book, you'll have learned everything you need to pass the MS-301 certification exam, and you'll be able to use this reference guide for your administration tasks.

What you will learn

  • Understand the collaborative features of SharePoint Server technologies
  • Deploy and configure SharePoint Server 2019
  • Configure and manage site collections and hub site settings and security
  • Use migration tools in SharePoint to manage data migration
  • Explore BCS for working with external data sources
  • Get to grips with different types of authentication available in SharePoint Online

Who this book is for

The book is for intermediate administrators who want to pass the MS-301 exam and achieve the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teamwork Administrator Associate certification. Anyone looking to learn about deploying, configuring, and administering SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams will find this book useful. The book assumes a working knowledge of popular Microsoft services and a basic understanding of working with the SharePoint ecosystem.

Table of Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright and Credits
    1. Deploying SharePoint Server Hybrid: Exam MS-301 Guide
  3. Dedication
  4. About Packt
    1. Why subscribe?
  5. Contributors
    1. About the author
    2. About the reviewer
    3. Packt is searching for authors like you
  6. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. To get the most out of this book
    4. Conventions used
    5. Get in touch
    6. Reviews
  7. Overview of SharePoint Server 2019
    1. Overview of SharePoint Server architecture
    2. Overview of core SharePoint features and services
    3. Summary
    4. Questions
  8. Planning a SharePoint Farm
    1. Selecting and configuring a farm topology
    2. Dedicated roles
    3. Shared roles
    4. Special roles
    5. Role services
    6. Farm topologies
    7. Designing for high availability
    8. Fault forecasting
    9. Fault avoidance
    10. Fault removal
    11. Fault tolerance
    12. Supported SharePoint high-availability designs
    13. Planning for disaster recovery
    14. Outage costs
    15. Disaster recovery options, costs, and considerations
    16. Planning and configuring backup and restore options
    17. Farm
    18. Granular
    19. Configuration only
    20. Central Administration
    21. PowerShell
    22. Planning for IRM
    23. Planning localization and language packs
    24. Multiple language user interface
    25. Variations
    26. Planning and configuring content farms
    27. Planning integration with Office 365 workloads
    28. Planning and configuring the OneDrive sync client
    29. Planning Group Policy configuration settings
    30. Deploying OneDrive administrative templates
    31. Planning and configuring a high-performance farm
    32. Core requirements
    33. Server infrastructure
    34. Processors
    35. Server roles
    36. Storage
    37. RAID
    38. Multipathing
    39. Disk configurations
    40. Database capacity
    41. Network
    42. Summary
    43. Questions
  9. Manage and Maintain a SharePoint Farm
    1. Configuring and maintaining core infrastructure to support a SharePoint deployment
    2. Server management from Central Administration
    3. Managing servers in this farm
    4. Managing services in this farm
    5. Exploring Manage Farm Features
    6. Configuring Alternate Access Mappings
    7. SQL Server
    8. Distributed Cache
    9. Stopping or starting the Distributed Cache service
    10. Adding or removing a server in a Distributed Cache cluster
    11. Changing the memory allocation for the Distributed Cache service
    12. Viewing cache configuration
    13. Configuring the cache
    14. Changing the service account of the AppFabric caching service
    15. Performance tuning
    16. Repairing a cache host
    17. Deploying and configuring service and web applications
    18. Creating a web application
    19. Creating a root site collection
    20. Creating host-named site collections
    21. Planning and configuring user profiles
    22. Planning for user profiles
    23. Creating a User Profile service application
    24. Extending user profiles
    25. Configuring user profile synchronization
    26. Configuring SharePoint to use Active Directory
    27. Creating a synchronization connection
    28. Mapping user profile properties
    29. Running a manual profile synchronization
    30. Scheduling profile synchronization
    31. Planning and configuring OneDrive/My Site access
    32. Creating a My Sites collection
    33. Updating the User Profile service application
    34. Monitoring
    35. Monitoring farm Health Analyzer reports and resolving issues
    36. Configuring Health Analyzer rules
    37. Configuring the Health Analyzer timer job
    38. Monitoring storage usage for SharePoint
    39. Configuring diagnostic logging
    40. Updating SharePoint Server and validate the installation
    41. Selecting an upgrade path for version to version upgrades in on-premises SharePoint deployments
    42. Managing SharePoint workflows
    43. Planning and configuring Workflow Manager
    44. Configuring prerequisites
    45. Installing Workflow Manager
    46. Installing the Workflow Manager client
    47. Connecting to SharePoint
    48. Troubleshooting
    49. Configuring a content type hub
    50. Configuring prerequisites
    51. Setting up a content type hub
    52. Configuring a Managed Metadata service
    53. Troubleshooting performance issues
    54. Configuring SMTP authentication for a SharePoint farm
    55. Summary
    56. Questions
  10. Implement Authentication
    1. Selecting and implementing an authentication method
    2. Authentication methods
    3. Windows
    4. Forms
    5. SAML
    6. Zones
    7. Configuring web apps with multiple authentication methods
    8. Monitoring and maintaining authentication
    9. Troubleshooting authentication issues
    10. Summary
    11. Questions
  11. Manage Site Collections
    1. Planning and configuring the site collection architecture
    2. Classic SharePoint
    3. Modern SharePoint
    4. Planning the site collection architecture
    5. Determining who will use the site
    6. Determining the content of the site
    7. Planning the navigation structure
    8. Determining access to sites and content
    9. Planning for fast site creation
    10. Planning and configuring modern team and communication sites
    11. Planning and configuring modern lists and libraries
    12. Modern lists
    13. Modern libraries
    14. Planning and configuring self-service site collections
    15. Planning
    16. Configuring self-service site creation
    17. Planning and configuring site policies
    18. Overview of site policies
    19. Configuring site policies
    20. Reorganizing sites based on changes in business needs
    21. Saving a site as a template
    22. Site Content and Structure
    23. Deploying customizations
    24. Activating and deactivating site collection features
    25. Summary
    26. Questions
  12. Plan and Configure Business Connectivity Services
    1. Overview of Business Connectivity Services
    2. Overview of Secure Store
    3. Planning for external content types
    4. Planning and configuring connections to external data sources
    5. Configuring Secure Store target applications
    6. Importing the BCS model
    7. Configuring external lists
    8. Planning and configuring search for BCS applications
    9. Summary
    10. Questions
  13. Planning and Configuring Managed Metadata
    1. Planning and configuring Managed Metadata Service applications
    2. Overview and terminology
    3. Planning the Managed Metadata Service application
    4. Planning for taxonomy and folksonomy
    5. Configure the Managed Metadata Service application
    6. Creating and configuring a service account
    7. Configuring a Managed Metadata Service application
    8. Configuring the Managed Metadata Service connection
    9. Planning and configuring the Term Store security
    10. Adding a Term Store administrator
    11. Adding a group manager
    12. Adding a contributor
    13. Planning and configuring the Term Store structure
    14. Creating and managing term sets
    15. Creating a term set
    16. Managing a term set and maintaining the Term Store
    17. Creating a term
    18. Copying a term
    19. Reusing a term
    20. Pinning a term
    21. Merging a term
    22. Deprecating a term
    23. Moving a term or term set
    24. Deleting a term or a term set
    25. Importing term sets
    26. Planning and configuring the Term Store languages
    27. Downloading and installing language packs
    28. Configuring multilingual support
    29. Summary
    30. Questions
  14. Manage Search
    1. Overview of Search
    2. Managing the search schema
    3. Creating and updating search dictionaries
    4. Managing company names
    5. Managing query spelling
    6. Managing Query Suggestions
    7. Managing result sources
    8. Creating a result source
    9. Managing query rules
    10. Configuring search and result output
    11. Content Search web part
    12. Search Results web part
    13. Search Results query
    14. Search Result type display template
    15. Search Results settings
    16. Search Results Refinement
    17. Configuring search farms
    18. Configuring a Trust for Search
    19. Configuring a Remote SharePoint results source
    20. Managing the search topology
    21. Prerequisites
    22. Configuring an enterprise search service instance
    23. Performing other search topology updates
    24. Viewing the current active topology
    25. Cloning
    26. Adding a component
    27. Removing a component
    28. Activating a search topology
    29. Troubleshooting search
    30. Performance
    31. Crawl completeness
    32. Summary
    33. Questions
  15. Overview of SharePoint Hybrid
    1. Evaluating hybrid scenarios
    2. Sites
    3. Site following
    4. OneDrive for Business
    5. Self-service site creation
    6. App Launcher
    7. Search
    8. Taxonomy
    9. B2B extranet sites
    10. Planning for hybrid service integration 
    11. Summary
    12. Questions
  16. Plan a Hybrid Configuration and Topology
    1. Planning for Hybrid best practices
    2. Configuring the prerequisites for a SharePoint Hybrid farm
    3. Running the SharePoint Hybrid Configuration Wizard
    4. Summary
    5. Questions
  17. Implement Hybrid Teamwork Artifacts
    1. Configuring hybrid taxonomy and content types
    2. Prerequisites
    3. Updating term store permissions
    4. Copying on-premises taxonomy to SharePoint Online
    5. Running the Hybrid Configuration Wizard
    6. Configuring hybrid OneDrive for Business
    7. Prerequisites
    8. Creating a pilot group
    9. Configuring permissions
    10. Running the Hybrid Configuration Wizard
    11. Configuring hybrid sites
    12. Configuring Hybrid B2B sites
    13. Configuring the hybrid app launcher
    14. Configuring document rendering for web apps
    15. Configuring the prerequisites for Office Online Server
    16. Installing the Office Online Server
    17. Configuring Office Online Server
    18. Troubleshooting hybrid configuration issues
    19. Hybrid taxonomy language not found
    20. Invalid content type name
    21. Site following
    22. Document rendering
    23. Summary
    24. Questions
  18. Implement a Hybrid Search Service Application
    1. Overview of cloud hybrid search
    2. Configuring cloud hybrid search
    3. Prerequisites 
    4. Preparing Azure AD for SharePoint Hybrid
    5. Creating a cloud SSA
    6. The Hybrid Configuration Wizard
    7. PowerShell
    8. Connecting the cloud SSA to SharePoint Online
    9. Creating a content source for the cloud hybrid search
    10. Configuring the SharePoint Server search to display results from SharePoint Online
    11. Troubleshooting the cloud hybrid search
    12. The cloud hybrid search setup fails to complete due to networking
    13. The Hybrid Configuration Wizard fails
    14. The cloud hybrid search fails to return expected results
    15. Summary
    16. Questions
  19. Implement a Data Gateway
    1. Planning the implementation of an on-premises data gateway
    2. Server and software requirements
    3. Networking requirements
    4. Endpoints
    5. Proxy servers
    6. Security and credentials
    7. High-availability requirements
    8. Recovery key
    9. Installing and configuring an on-premises data gateway
    10. Configuring networking
    11. Configuring a proxy server
    12. Configuring proxy server authentication
    13. Downloading and installing the software
    14. Creating a cluster
    15. Managing an on-premises data gateway
    16. Adding a data source
    17. Adding a gateway admin
    18. Changing the gateway service account
    19. Updating the data gateway service to use a group MSA
    20. Creating a group MSA
    21. Configuring the service
    22. Updating the data gateway service to use a domain account
    23. Changing the recovery key
    24. Monitoring a gateway
    25. Enabling gateway performance monitoring
    26. Enabling query logging
    27. Troubleshooting common issues
    28. Communication errors
    29. Installation errors
    30. Log sources
    31. Summary
    32. Questions
  20. Overview of the Migration Process
    1. Determining and inventorying data sources
    2. Evaluating the migration process and tools
    3. Self-service
    4. Service engagements
    5. Gathering data permissions and accessing the requirements
    6. Planning the destination site architecture and security
    7. Evaluating network requirements
    8. Planning the migration requirements
    9. Planning the operational requirements
    10. Preparing data sources
    11. Change management
    12. Summary
    13. Questions
  21. Migrate Data and Content
    1. Prerequisites
    2. Network
    3. SharePoint Online
    4. SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool
    5. SPMT
    6. Scanning SharePoint content for migration issues
    7. Generating an identity mapping file for existing sites
    8. Scanning content for potential issues
    9. Identifying and resolving blocking issues that prevent migration
    10. Determining the course of action for content that cannot be migrated
    11. Planning and configuring an automated SharePoint migration
    12. Recommended tools and strategies to migrate data
    13. Summary
    14. Questions
  22. Assessment Answers
    1. Chapter 1 – Overview of SharePoint Server 2019
    2. Chapter 2 – Planning a SharePoint Farm
    3. Chapter 3 – Manage and Maintain a SharePoint Farm
    4. Chapter 4 – Implement Authentication
    5. Chapter 5 – Manage Site Collections
    6. Chapter 6 – Plan and Configure Business Connectivity Services and Secure Store
    7. Chapter 7 – Planning and Configuring Managed Metadata
    8. Chapter 8 – Manage Search
    9. Chapter 9 – Overview of SharePoint Hybrid
    10. Chapter 10 – Plan a Hybrid Configuration and Topology
    11. Chapter 11 – Implement Hybrid Teamwork Artifacts
    12. Chapter 12 – Implement a Hybrid Search Service Application
    13. Chapter 13 – Implement a Data Gateway
    14. Chapter 14 – Overview of the Migration Process
    15. Chapter 15 – Migrate Data and Content
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